The Americans 3X11: One Day in the Life of Anton Baklanov
Added 2025-08-07 23:15:01 +0000 UTCI really thought we would spend more time in Russia this episode. And I'm so conflicted about whether I believe Nina or not. I'm leaning towards her being all in on herself; she's just so good at convincing people to trust her.
So Paige is continuing to freak out. She doesn't know what to believe. She doesn't know if her parents are really married, if she and Henry are actually their children. Gabriel, on the other hand, seem super pleased that Paige is now in the know. I mean, obviously, he's been trying to make this happen for a bit.
I finally figured out (I think) what was going on with the hotel room. Elizabeth has been cozying up to the manager so she could get access to his office. Once she's alone in there, she checks out room numbers and then steals the keys to the room. (I think). Manager guy wanted to have sex with her again (oh, they had sex earlier), but she tells him she's got to go. I think this life is finally getting to her.
Martha is freaking out since she's got to talk to not Clark again. But, Clark walks her through how to handle the situation. I thought she did pretty well, but I'm a little concerned about whatever note he made during her interview.
Over in Russia, Nina is getting steadily closer to the scientist. He tells he thought she was like the others that they'd sent him. Woman to have sex with him for information. But he doesn't think she's like that. (We'll see). He tells her that the thing that upset him the most about all this is that his son has no idea what happened to him. He could think he's dead or abandoned him.
So, Nina sneaks into his room (I had no idea it was his room at first, I thought it was hers) and riffles around until she finds some letters he wrote. The next time she sees him, she tells him 'Jacob' would be proud of him. Knowing he's never spoken his son's name here, he asked how she know. She doesn't say, but promises not to say anything. I have no idea if this is her genuinely caring, but trying to show how much he can trust her, but not revealing this info (which might prompt him to tell her more). My money is on Nina being out for Nina, but right now, a lot of people on this show are evolving, so why not her?
