Elizabeth and Philip forge a new bond; Pastor Tim will get job offer he can’t refuse.
Quite a day to recapThe Americans.
Pity the TV series about Russian subterfuge that has to keep up with real life.
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Anyway, time for a stiff drink.
Alexei Morozov offers Philip some home-brewed Soviet-grade moonshine, and they have a gripe session about married life.
Now, no fights.
Like dog somebody beat with stick.
His son is no better off.
Just sad, sad, very sad boy.
The man the wife is having an affair with will soon be the CIAs man in Moscow.
They want the affair to continue.
Even Alexei is feeling a little homesick.
Moscow was nice city with my mother.
I know I made a mistake.
I failed my people, he says.
I admire you I believe in you, Elizabeth says.
Youre fighting so things like that dont have to happen to other people.
I wish I cold tell you it gets easier.
It doesnt, but you’ve got the option to do this.
you’re free to be great at it.
Did you report me?
No, she says, simply.
Pasha has no idea I got them to do it, Tuan says.
Good, Elizabeth says.
Back at the Jennings house, Paige is obsessively mopping floor.
Out, out damn spots!
She has guilt pangs over something she read in Pastor Tims diary while babysitting his child.
He says I might be screwed up.
Hes worried about my soul.
He doesnt really know you, Philip says, but the good pastor has struck a nerve with Paige.
I think maybe I am screwed up.
Pastor Tim thinks its from all the lying.
Everyone thinks theyre screwed up.
Thats what Ive learned, Philip tells her.
It wasnt lying, Elizabeth says.
We kept things from you to protect you.
And when you were ready, we told you.
Paige isnt going to get over this so easy.
They know shes not the kind of kid who can put things behind her.
She takes her windshield wipers off to prevent them from being stolen.
It hardly makes sense that shes some kingpin.
We were told it was being used for defense, Philip says.
I dont know anything about it.
Im sorry, Claudia tells him.
They let her know that Pastor Tim is making mischief again.
Perhaps he can be sent somewhere far away, with a job offer he cant refuse.
There are peace groups, international religious counsels.
Do you want me to look into it?
Claudia says
Well let you know, they tell her.
This will be Paiges call.
Elizabeth and Philip look worried.
Years, Claudia says.
Youll have to keep running Stobert and Kemp long term.
Her agents are not happy to hear this.
Mom and Dad break it to Paige that Pastor Tim could be manipulated into leaving.
We dont think you should have to be around him anymore, Elizabeth says.
We dont think you should have to manage him for the rest of your life, Philip counters.
Without him even knowing… Paige says.
We would only do it if it was something good for him, Philip assures her.
And we wouldnt do it if you didnt want us to, Elizabeth promises.
Her parents let her keep believing that lie.
It does feel good when you could make a difference, Elizabeth says.
You did something so huge, and no one even knows, Paige marvels.
Thats how it works, Philip says.
Every day we fight to get him out of house, she says.
I know a lot of kids whove gone through that sort of thing.
It does get better, says Elizabeth, the person who is secretly making it worse.
I… one of my student, we have sex.
I was so mad at Alexei.
We fight, fight all time.
My student was so nice, easy, and fun.
Alexei now try not to fight, for Pasha he say we must be strong.
I feel bad all time now.
I want my family be happy.
Then fight for that.
Then we see a double date between Mr. and Mrs. Jennings and Stan Beeman and his mysterious girlfriend Renee.
I dont want Stan to be like Martha, Philip says.
The rock makes its way to the Rezidentura, where Tatiana decodes it.
Then we see her personally confront Evgheniya on the street.
Im from the embassy.
Im a friend you have nothing to talk about.
I understand why you would think that.
Theres a lot of bad information out there.
But the truth is people who leave we want them to come back.
It looks very good for us, too.
There would be no problem.
Evgheniya says she will think about it.
The trap is set
Speaking of traps…
Here is the big news of this episode: Philip and Elizabeth are married.
Philip proposes to his KGB partner by presenting her with the phone marriage certificate they were given decades ago.
You want to make it official?
And we are the lone witnesses to the marriage of Nadezhda and Mikhail.
This seems like setup for a future operation.
I do want you to give him that job offer.
Im not mad at him.
Hes been good to me, but he hasnt been good for our family.
But what they did to their daughter, Id have to call monstrous.
Ive seen sexual abuse, Ive seen affairs, but nothing Ive seen compares to what P.J.
Theres more:
A severe psychic injury… Damage is done.
How can she trust anyone ever again?
I am afraid for this poor girl.
She doesnt even know how much she is suffering.
Hes the one who doesnt know whats coming.
