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In an article on the Media thread, I read one mild spoiler that will not surprise anyone, about Philip's son in Russia.  Posting below for those who want to avoid it. . . . The sho

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http://www.spoilertv.com/2014/11/the-americans-season-3-first-6-episode.html

 

Just a guess, but w.r.t 3.05, from wikipedia:

 

On 3 November 1982, during the Soviet war in Afghanistan, there was a huge fire in the tunnel which at the time was filled with Soviet military convoys. A very large, but unknown number, of Soviet troops were killed in the Salang tunnel fire.

sistermagpie

sistermagpie

Hadn't thought about that. I assume that you are thinking that Paige may go down that route.....ugh

 

 

That was the association I made. Or somebody else doing that, maybe faking it. But Paige doesn't actually seem to be drawn to the church for specifically spiritual reasons, and there's a lot of ways that phrase could apply so maybe it's not that at all. 

Inquisitionist

Inquisitionist

Some storyline spoilers available here.

 

Deadline revealed a The Americans Season 3 spoiler involving a new cast and new mission for Russell's Elizabeth Jennings. It wrote:

 

Karen Pittman (Begin Again) has been tapped for a recurring role on the third
season of FX's Cold War drama The Americans. She will play Lisa, a struggling
mother and recovering alcoholic who works on the assembly line of a highly
classified Defense Department project and just became the Alcoholic Anonymous
sponsor of newly sober Michele."

 

And since Pittman's character is no ordinary American, she will be
targeted
by the KGB with the help of Elizabeth.

 

"But what Lisa doesn't know is that Michele is actually an alias being
used
by covert KGB spy Elizabeth Jennings (Keri Russell), who wants
information on
Lisa's classified project - and their fast friendship is
belied by Elizabeth's
ulterior motives. Talentworks-repped Pittman is on
Broadway in the Pulitzer
Prize-winning drama Disgraced."

 

 

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sistermagpie

sistermagpie

That's the same actress/character who appeared in "Martial Eagle" last season, isn't it?

 

 

Yes, that was I guess where Elizabeth established the relationship that will play out this season. It's great for them to set up a spy/source manipulation relationship that doesn't include sex.

 

I saw the actress in "Disgraced" and she was fantastic. With her in the role I'm really looking forward to the character.

Dev F

Dev F

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This also suggests that season 3 will continue to focus on the KGB's attempts to steal the United States' Stealth technology, doesn't it? Lisa was a factory worker at Northrop who was working on that program, right?

 

I sort of expected them to keep going with the "mission of the year" format, after they did Star Wars in season 1 and Stealth in season 2, but it makes sense that they would want to stick with a storyline that would allow them to keep a lot of their recurring cast around, including Vasili and Anton over in the USSR. That might also be the way they get Nina back into the mix, since she and Vasili have a history.

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scrb

scrb

So the first ep of S3 shows they're in 1982 and Brezhnev has passed.

 

Wikipedia lists him as passing in November of 1982.  He's succeeded by Andropov and Chernenko for a couple of years until Gorbachev takes over in '85.

 

It'll be interesting to see if the show depicts how their work changes with Perestroika and how Philip and Elizabeth react to it.

 

It looks like some Soviets are weary of the Afghanistan war but for now, the Residentura is going to go after the CIA for helping the Mujahideen.

Umbelina

Umbelina

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Andropov

 

I was interested in his successor, so yeah, it's wikipedia, but still interesting.  There is a ton about him on the web.  Sounds like a fascinating man, but his reign doesn't last very long (2 years about) and the next guy lasts just over a year.  It could be interesting for the show, depending on what they do with the timeline.

sistermagpie

sistermagpie

Blech. The description of that last ep says that Paige and Elizabeth take a trip that lands them in "dangerous territory." It looks like they really are going to go to the USSR together. I don't know why I hate this development so much but I really do. I can only hope it's a fake out, but then, it's so coy to begin with it almost has to mean they're going there. 

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Umbelina

Umbelina

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It could be anything. 

 

That said, I don't think it's far fetched.  Travel then was not like it is now, and this is the KGB, it's not as if they would need VISAs or documents, or anyone is going to stamp their passport.  If it's a quick trip, a plane to a nearby European country cover there, then slip over the border into Russia very easily, and in secret.  Boat, private plane, car, whatever.

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sistermagpie

sistermagpie

That said, I don't think it's far fetched.  Travel then was not like it is now, and this is the KGB, it's not as if they would need VISAs or documents, or anyone is going to stamp their passport.  If it's a quick trip, a plane to a nearby European country cover there, then slip over the border into Russia very easily, and in secret.  Boat, private plane, car, whatever.

 

 

Oh, I don't think it's far-fetched that they could go. In the real world I think Illegals went back regularly--why not? I just hate the prospect of three generations of Elizabeths on a bonding trip.

 

Perhaps Elizabeth will walk in and her mother will slap her and called her a coward like her father for coming back. That might be funny.

ruby24

ruby24

Blech. The description of that last ep says that Paige and Elizabeth take a trip that lands them in "dangerous territory." It looks like they really are going to go to the USSR together. I don't know why I hate this development so much but I really do. I can only hope it's a fake out, but then, it's so coy to begin with it almost has to mean they're going there. 

Ugh. I think you're probably right. I'm not liking that either.

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SunnyBeBe

SunnyBeBe

This is the actress who plays Martha in an interview that originally aired in Jan 2015.  Man, I love her English accent.  I didn't know she was English!

 

She says she was apprehensive wondering when her character would get the ax. I can't tell if she really got it or not.

 

http://live.huffingtonpost.com/r/segment/alison-wright-the-americans-interview/54b9c03afe34443132000283

Dev F

Dev F

My guess is the emotionally charged mission is killing Martha.

 

I actually had the horrifying thought that they'll start the episode with Martha already dead and the emotionally charged mission will be to go kill her parents. Seems like it would be thematically appropriate in an episode that apparently has Elizabeth going to see her dying mother and Philip finally having it out with surrogate dad Gabriel.

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SunnyBeBe

SunnyBeBe

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It seems like he could leave her parents out of it.  Besides telling the FBI that Martha married him, they couldn't give much more detail than Martha's neighbors.  The neighbors must have seen Clarke quite a bit more than her parents.  Elizabeth and Granny would have generic descriptions.  I guess, I just don't want Philip to go there.

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sistermagpie

sistermagpie

Interesting little note on tonight's finale with some spoilers:

 

http://www.tvguide.com/news/mega-buzz-americans-elizabeth-paige-russia/

 

What it says: Yes, they go to Russia, but going to Russia proves easier said than done. Yes, they will visit with Elizabeth's mother, but it will do more harm than good in improving things with angry Paige.

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ToastnBacon

ToastnBacon

Interesting little note on tonight's finale with some spoilers:

 

http://www.tvguide.com/news/mega-buzz-americans-elizabeth-paige-russia/

 

What it says: Yes, they go to Russia, but going to Russia proves easier said than done. Yes, they will visit with Elizabeth's mother, but it will do more harm than good in improving things with angry Paige.

Thanks for that!

I really hope they write this with Phillip knowing that the visit to Russia would put more distance between Paige and Elizabeth.

I want Phillip to still be subtly undermining the attempts to recruit Paige into spying for the KGB.

If I were writing this story, I would have Phillip eventually defecting with the kids so they could have a shot at being the real Americans.

I don't think the wounds from season one were ever healed between P&E, and I hope the writers revisit the big divide between P&E.

Elizabeth is a hardcore Soviet, and I have my doubts about Phillip ever buying into that crap to the extent that Elizabeth did.

You never hear Phillip talking about "the cause" the way Elizabeth does. The most patriotic we saw Phillip ever be was when he screamed, "The KGB is everywhere!" When he killed those two Afghanis in the season opener.

ToastnBacon

ToastnBacon

Blech. The description of that last ep says that Paige and Elizabeth take a trip that lands them in "dangerous territory." It looks like they really are going to go to the USSR together. I don't know why I hate this development so much but I really do. I can only hope it's a fake out, but then, it's so coy to begin with it almost has to mean they're going there.

I'm with you, I don't want them going there either. If it is a fake out, they are going to elaborate lengths, because in that video clip of the preview there is a blue neon sign that says Apotheke. That is the German word for pharmacy, so my guess is they are trying to sneak into East Germany to get behind the iron curtain.

Seems like they could have went to Sweden, then Finland to hop over the border to Russia if they wanted to avoid one of the most heavily guarded borders of the Cold War.

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John S

John S

I'm with you, I don't want them going there either. If it is a fake out, they are going to elaborate lengths, because in that video clip of the preview there is a blue neon sign that says Apotheke. That is the German word for pharmacy, so my guess is they are trying to sneak into East Germany to get behind the iron curtain.

Seems like they could have went to Sweden, then Finland to hop over the border to Russia if they wanted to avoid one of the most heavily guarded borders of the Cold War.

They could go to Austria, whose people speak German, and then sneak into Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, or Hungary.

bluebonnet

bluebonnet

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Just read a completely spoilery for the finale and wow, something happening there so terrible (to me) I never even predicted it!

oh god, i want to know but i don't want to know but i want to know but......am i going to cry?  just tell me if i should prepare a proper tissue.  something happens to henry, right?

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sistermagpie

sistermagpie

I don't know if this is quite a spoiler or just speculation, but I peeked at the imdb listings and Pastor Tim was listed in basically one more ep (the one after this week's entitled Clark's Place. He's not listed in next week's.

 

I assume like in Pastor Tim he will be central to the story while Philip and Elizabeth are in quarantine at least trying to ensure the hit doesn't happen. I'm not sure whether his presence in the next ep shows he survives or not. After all, he was listed in the cast for Pastor Tim and only appeared as a dream there. This next ep is supposed to have something really big at the end of it so...I don't now. None of the synopsis released so far seem to have much about the family at all.

 

Meanwhile, it looks like Elizabeth's mother will be making an appearance this week so maybe Elizabeth's doing something thinking while stuck at Gabriel's.

 

This is just imdb and it's not always accurate. But certainly other actors have themselves listed for episodes in the future of this season. I'd just be really surprised at them going for the "oops, now he's been killed with us the prime suspects" just because that possibility is already such a thing they're afraid of, you know? I feel like it's more like the show to distract us with that fear and then sideswipe us with something else. But I really have no idea.

 

I'm just crippled with dread!

SunnyBeBe

SunnyBeBe

Can someone remind me about the listings that appear on the IMdb site.   I know that in the past, I have checked them to see if a certain actor showed up as appearing on a certain episode.  Sometimes, there was no listing that the actor would appear in those future episodes, but in fact they later did appear and the info was updated and the info made current.  My question is what about the opposite?  What if IMdb DOES list the actor as appearing in certain episodes.  Does that mean that they will or could it be a fake out?  IMdb list Alison Wright as appearing in ALL of the remaining episodes this season.  Is this accurate?  Could she be in a dream sequence? Or does she survive to the last episode.  How is that possible?  Just wondering.   

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