Yeah, clit is an FX first for me. I've heard gash used on Sons of Anarchy so I'm surprised they've never said clit before if it's permissible on FX.

Yes, there were a lot of asses shown in this episode and I'm still waiting for a good look at Matthew Rhys'. I suspect it's very cute underneath those very unfortunate early 80s pants he has to wear. But I wonder if he and Kerri Russell have no nudity clauses in their contracts? Speaking of, if it's true that TV adds…

Do we know for certain that the two old friends slept together? Mmm, that Irina appeared to be, at the very least, topless in bed with Philip/Misha suggested to me that, yes, they did.

I posted this on another site about there being a Clerks III and I am prepared to be slammed.

Yeah, but that's what it was like back in the day before the age of the cell phone. If Mom or Dad forgot to pick you up at the mall/arcade/skating rink/movies/after school and they weren't at home or work to get your call, you were just SOL.

How many bloodies did their parents regularly consume?

"country music made a big comeback in the early '90s…a lot of rock-loving adults were turned off by hair metal and alternative rock, and in many cases, country became either rock songs or power ballads with Southern accents"

Or if he makes a move on Nina, he'll be bonding with her as one deep cover infiltrator to another which is on a level his wife can never and will never understand.

"The Americans is pushing the envelope a bit—a lot of TV shows have cusswords in them these days, but I can't think of many that showcase that salty language in the "Previously, on…" blurb right at the beginning of the show."

I was the same age as Paige in 1981 and kids were still kids. We did not question or challenge our parents no matter what line of bullshit they fed us.

"Paige and Henry don't seem like particularly observant kids…I was about Henry's age in 1981 and barely noticed anything that wasn't happening on an arcade video game screen."

Me too. I find it hard to believe that Claudia would be a handler without being able to defend herself. Not that she necessarily has to engage in hand to hand combat at her age and physical condition like Philip and Elizabeth, but I'd still expect her to have some lethal moves that don't require exertion like the…

" Derek Luke (who hasn’t taken off in Hollywood like he should have) "

"the revelation that Liz had ratted out Phil"

Is it wrong that I think it would be really hot if Philip and Elizabeth went off on each other? I don't know why but I just really want to see them throw down. And I think it's inevitable that they will.

You must not haved watched Rescue Me or currently watch Sons of Anarchy. They can say pretty much everything on FX except 'fuck' and 'cunt'. They refer to it as 'gash' on Sons of Anarchy.

When she was reminding him of line dancing and hosting bridge night, I could almost hear Stan saying to himself, "Yeah, I am sooooooo not that guy anymore. I can barely remember who that guy even was."

I think I've told you before that your girlfriend is right and Rhys is hotter.

It’s also the first episode of The Americans credited to a female writer, newcomer Melissa James Gibson.

I forgot all about Scully, and I was a huge X-Files fan, but that was 20 years ago. I've been watching TV since the 70s and can't remember every single female character on every single show that's ever been on TV. Never seen Fringe or Buffy or Alias or Vampire Diaries or 24. I know these are, or were, very popular…