The American's on Fx

I do agree a bit with Naughtius about the baby getting back to Russia.
After killing the mother, why would they bother with smuggling the baby back to Russia?

 

It's probably an honor thing. The baby is of Russian descent and a descentant of one of their soldiers/spies so returning it to the family is probably a thing of honor and respect for their country and their culture.

 

I suppose they were trying to keep the spies happy. I think they suspect they're both a bit flakey and not without some justification.

 

Well, yeah but there are probably significant risks in doing it. It's not like you can send a baby via DHL is it

 

Not really. You're talking about an organization that has spies living as regular people all over the country. Getting a baby out of the country is probably a piece of cake. A boat would probably make it fairly easy or if they can get fake docs for adults, babies would be really easy.

 

What's the point of appeasing her if they're going to kill her anyway? Also, why didn't she just shoot the mother there and then or tell the KGB couple to kill her?

 

Indeed.

 

Very good episode.
If I want to nitpick, then Stan just casually telling his neighbors what must still be very sensitive information at that point did seem a bit odd.

 

It's been renewed for a second season.

http://www.avclub.com/articles/fx-r...g&utm_campaign=standard-post:headline:default

 

I wondered how they would handle that but the way it was presented it seemed OK to me. Mind you, it also came across as him just reassuring a friend who was worried so maybe what he was saying wasn't telling the truth.

IIRC, (and bear in mind we're going back a few years ), it was said pretty much right away that Reagan was going to be OK. Hague was just making 'clucking noises', (as the little woman calls them), to reassure people they weren't defenceless.

The thing that worries me slightly is, where are they going with the FBI fella and his wife having 'marital problems'?? ... and this should interest me, why, precisely???

 

I think it's a follow up to that moment in the pilot where he froze when someone mentioned his time undercover with the white supremacist group. I think Stan will be revealed to be increasingly mentally instable.

 

I believe Philip and Elizabeth both came to America as pure ideologues.
They have just taken very different paths since then. Where Philip's experiences living in the US seem to have frayed his belief in the cause, Elizabeth has only gotten more determined. I don't think the point is that Elizabeth does not get America, she just perceives it through the prism of what was told to her about the place prior to her mission. Philip seems to perceive his new "home" from a more neutral position.

 

Hopefully... as long as it doesn't start to go towards Elizabeth having to try and get secrets out of him using her 'feminine wiles', (showing my age with that phrase ), and creating marital difficulties between her and Phillip. That's got Peyton Place written ALL over it, IOW a quite OBVIOUS 'plot device'

It's been pretty good so far so hopefully they'll resist the temptation.

 

Agreed. I think there have been some moments since the pilot where there have been signs of that such as his paranoia after someone told hi the KGB spies act just like normal American families and he proceeds to break into their house to check their car. There were some other moments too but cant think of them right off the top of my head.

 

Yep, that's my bet as well

 

lmao

I just came back from seeing that movie, there were a few creepy moments..enough that it makes me a bit paranoid right now.

Loving this series so far, my favourite part might be how the FBI officer got the Soviet female secretary to be his mole..a very realistic take on how it could happen and how such a stupid and innocently inconsequential activity could net someone in a uncompromising situation.