Randy was supposed to send the midges to Agricorp; the men that Stan and Aderholt approached work for Aeroflot Airline and Amtorg. Amtorg was a trade organization that also served as a cover for the Soviet military intelligence agency GRU and is where FBI Counterintelligence agent Robert Hanssen walked into to offer…

I was most impressed back in Season 3 when Elizabeth needed extraction from the car pursuit. All without cell phones, comms, or GPS. If only their agricultural department were this efficient.

Both the woman and the man were lookouts in Season 4 when Philip met with William.

Yes, Stan was hoping that the U.S. would trade Zinaida for Nina, but then the U.S. wanted a CIA asset more.

It was Oleg telling Stan that the rezidentura received a message that must have been about Zinaida, thus proof of Oleg's (first) treason.

You're welcome. It's a lot to remember. I think Philip has more collateral damage-type kills than Elizabeth, and he's definitely had more long-term intimate assignments than Elizabeth. The two that she had, Young-Hee and Lisa, hit her hard, and those were just friendships, not sexual relationships. The work has gotten…

Yes, and then with William when they trapped in Gabriel's safehouse, waiting out the Glanders scare. That's when he said he would be "normal" but with Elizabeth. I think the 7-month break helped recharge Philip, but he will probably always be ambivalent.

The showrunners said that the operations still continue (like Kimmy and Tim), but they only show them if there is something relevant to the story. I had the impression that the situation with Tim and Alice changed after Tim had his scare in Ethiopia. He came over and apologized to Philip and Elizabeth. Paige still…

Philip only wanted to defect in the pilot because he was paranoid about getting busted and thought they should trade Timoshev and defect. It was a desperate plan. Since then, whenever he's discussed quitting, it's been exfiltration or being "normal" while Elizabeth continues the work. He is not disloyal to the Soviet…

I was surprised that Paige was surprised. She's had over a year to obsess about how they get information. She knows they are Soviet illegals working for the USSR. Has Paige never encountered any spy fiction or movies?

I was feeling depressed looking at the nearly barren shelves, thinking, "Well, this is the opposite of Martin's grocery store experience in Deutschland 83." But then I saw Martha, and all was right with the world. Well, except for the hungry Soviets.

How could Erik Adams forget Roxy Music's End of the Line in "The Magic of David Copperfield" episode of S4? You don't forget a montage song, especially one used for the show's only in-episode time jump.

Oh well.

Oh cool, I haven't listened to the podcast yet. Pretty sure I've been through there and other towns/villages nearby like Tivoli and Athens. But not as a driver, so I have no idea about the roads and Routes.

According to Clermont Fire Company's Facebook page, their Station 2 is located on Firehouse Road in Germantown, N.Y., which is a couple of hours upstate from The Americans studio in Brooklyn. Do I get a prize?

"In literally everything she does?" Literally everything? No. You are denying Paige's agency. Paige investigated her parents. Paige confronted them and demanded answers. Paige told Pastor Tim the one thing that she was expressly asked not to. Paige continues to see Matthew, despite that being a dangerous thing for…

Yup. Just as I tried Oleg's technique for passing the polygraph (squeeze your anus), and Philip's advice for lying to Walter Taffet (stare at the tip of his nose). I'm all ready to be a spy now!

One of the conceits of the show is that being a world-class spy does nothing to prepare you for being a parent, especially when it comes to dealing with teenagers. And Elizabeth loves her children dearly. Loving Paige and being worried that Paige could slip up and ruin the family are not mutually exclusive.

I did a full rewatch before this season started and gained even more appreciation for her performance. Matthew Rhys gets much deserved praise, but Elizabeth is so restrained, compartmentalized, and barely self aware of her own issues and emotions that Russell's performance is at times more impressive.

"They have a see-through grand piano."
"So?"
*shrugs slyly* "What else you need to know?"