Well the show does miss details like that - for example Virginia has a yearly state inspection requirement and most cities at that time had city stickers (proof of payment of yearly personal property taxes on the vehicle) - both required prominent colored stickers in the center bottom of the front windshield to show…

If Tuan is supposed to be a spy it seems like he would be trained to lie as well when caught.

Which would you choose? A live like Martha's or a life like Sofia might be getting?

I always thought the employees were also part of the spy organization.

The contrast about how defectors are treated is stunning. Sofia probably can't believe the FBI would give her money, an education for her child, and allow her to get her teeth fixed - due to the fact that such things would not happen in the Soviet Union. Martha probably knows that people who defect or in witness…

She could go live in the Ecuadorian embassy.

Once again another episode where Keri's eyes should get their own Emmy. The look on her face when they were grilling Tuan - I almost had to pour water on my screen.

Henry just wants to go to a better school while everyone else's life in this episode is going to shit. And he's totally clueless.

In some ways it's amazing how ruthless the Soviets are at spying (in terms of success) while the true Americans seem to bumble around unaware that there are moles in their offices.

Even the slowest episode of the Americans has more depth than most of an entire season of TWD. Talk about slow….

You would think he'd already be suspicious of a woman with a foreign accent sleeping with him.

No in his own words according to AV Club:

Sort of like a brainwashed code word or phrase like "Execute Order 66" ?

Since his mother was in a camp and Philip's father and Gabriel were camp guards it is possible there might be some tie-in to how they all fit together - perhaps Oleg is a half-brother of Philip or something.

Not if the Centre is involved in getting them back for the purposes of having her continue a relationship with a potential CIA station chief.

I think in some of the prior episodes Stan and Aderholdt were trying to squeeze some other Russians but it looks like Sofia might connect with them.

They are seeking out Russians who might want to defect - typically those working for Tass or Amtorg.

But don't you see the brilliance of it all….anyone could be a spy and you just don't really know.

It's amusing how they were telling Sofia how to blend in while appearing not to do so themselves.

Oleg perhaps has something to do with saving Philip and/or Elizabeth?