The Americans 4X7: Travel Agents
Added 2025-08-27 16:00:24 +0000 UTCSo this episode was pretty much everyone just trying to find Martha. And it's a race to get to her first even if the others don't know it.
Philip and Elizabeth come back from the outing with William to find Martha missing. Gabriel tells them she left about 40 minutes ago. And after Philip lists some places she might have gone, Elizabeth heads out to look for her, while Philip waits at the call center in case she tries to get in touch with him.
Meanwhile, the FBI seems pretty sure that Martha is the one who planted the bug. They decipher that she's married to a KGB agent, so they are hell bent on finding her. And somehow they've got a trace on the payphone that Martha happens to use to call her parents. And they trace it to the park. They all head out to start a search.
And then Martha calls the switchboard and Philip answers. She tells him she's at the park and he tells her to stay put; he's coming to get her. While he's on the way, Elizabeth calls in to check and the actual phone answering lady tells her that Martha called and Philip is on his way to get her. But, Elizabeth is closer, so she heads over.
The FBI is circling the park, trying to find her. But, Elizabeth is quicker. She finds Martha sitting on a bench and approaches her. Martha does not want anything to do with her. (Not that it stops he from asking if Elizabeth is sleeping with her husband). Elizabeth tries to convince her that it's not safe and they need to go. She assures her Philip is on the way. But, Martha does not want to cooperate. So, Elizabeth punches her in the stomach (I really thought she stabbed her at first), and helps her back to the safe house.
When Philip gets to the park, Martha is obviously not there. He wanders around and calls out for her a couple of times, and then heads back to the safe house. Once there, Elizabeth tells him she's fine. And she would understand if he wanted to go back to Russia with her. Philip tells her no, that's not what he wants. He loves Elizabeth and will stay with her. She then tells him it would be a good idea to tell Martha that he'll be joining her in Russia to make her more likely to get on the plane without a fuss. Because, if she runs again, they are going to have to kill her. (No one outright states this, but it seems like the logical conclusion).
He heads up to the room and tells Martha that she'll be getting on a plane to Russia in the morning. He promises her that the Russian people will take good care of her. She's kind of okay with this until he tells her that he won't be joining her and she's got to do it alone. I have no idea if she's going to get on that plane or not tomorrow. But, I don't have high hopes for her staying alive through the rest of this season.
We also have a moment with the kids that I can't figure out. Paige pops over to Stan's to get Henry for dinner. But the boys are having some beer and she joins in. The three of them just drink beer and watch TV. At first I thought, maybe it's about Paige liking Matthew. But then I thought, maybe the booze would loosen Paige's tongue and she'd let something slip. However, neither of those seem right. Hopefully, I get some more context in the next episode.
