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303:, but her plan backfires when Larrick overpowers her and shoots her with her own tranquilizer. He calls Elizabeth over, revealing a tied-up Lucia. They negotiate Lucia's life for Larrick's release from the KGB's control. However, when Larrick unties Lucia, she attacks him with a corkscrew but is stopped by Larrick. As Lucia is slowly being strangled to death, Elizabeth points her gun at Larrick, who reminds her about the mission. Forced to choose between saving Lucia or saving the mission, she chooses the mission and lets Lucia die. She later expresses frustration to Philip that Lucia did not understand her role. 404:, and makes episode like 'New Car' so rewarding on subsequent viewings. Relationships and loyalties on this show fracture and morph and fold in on themselves to such an extent that it's impossible to maintain a rooting interest. We can only stare, semi-horrified, and wonder what comes next — and how things could possibly get worse." 393:
wrote, "The sense of elation I felt at knowing this great show will be around a while longer comes in a nice contrast to 'New Car,' an episode whose prevailing emotions are despair and frustration that other people don't believe as deeply as you in the things that you think matter, and that even when
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gives Oleg the FBI surveillance log on him and fails to get Oleg to guarantee Nina's safety. Nina later confronts Stan about Oleg wanting more, realizing that she has successfully turned Stan when he promises to keep her safe no matter what. Stan is frustrated when the FBI and DoJ refuse to grant him
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second season is another classic, suffused with feelings of guilt and culpability, and eager to confront head-on the implications of its characters’ actions. The final scene is one of the most wrenching I've seen in a TV drama: Henry, son of the show's married secret spies, has been caught breaking
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In its original American broadcast, "New Car" was seen by an estimated 1.39 million household viewers with a 0.4 in the 18-49 demographics. This means that 0.4 percent of all households with televisions watched the episode. This was a 17% increase in viewership from the previous episode, which was
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Philip and Elizabeth kidnap a driver who services the septic system of Martial Eagle base and questions him about his routine. The man is hesitant and extremely fearful. Though Elizabeth is direct and impatient, Philip eventually coaxes the man into answering, telling him everything will be okay.
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Henry is caught breaking in by the neighbors when he falls asleep on the sofa after playing a video game. The neighbors bring him back to Philip and Elizabeth without calling the police. When Philip and Elizabeth later talk to Henry, he breaks down admitting to his mistake and saying that he is a
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gave the episode a 4.5 star rating out of 5 and wrote, "On 'New Car', things got even more twisted, as all of the Americans and Russians working on the various projects started to work so closely it was almost as if they were working on the same side without knowing it. It's fascinating."
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gave the episode an "amazing" 9 out of 10 and wrote in his verdict, "Philip may have gotten Elizabeth not to kill Lewis, after they got the info they needed from the truck driver, but they've both already killed innocent people to complete missions – and probably will kill more.
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Arkady is concerned about his nephew in the navy due to the submarine sinking and is upset that the KGB has failed the country. Oleg surmises that the navy is also at fault for placing the propeller on a larger submarine and not testing it adequately.
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Martha implies that she no longer wants to spy on her coworkers. Philip plans to play a doctored recording of her coworkers making fun of her looks. But his surprise appearance at her apartment is enough to change her mind without using the recording.
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continues to thrill and engage by showing just how high the price is for these people, regardless of their country, to go all in on the spy game and how difficult it is to ever feel you're a 'winner' in this scenario."
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program. She also informs him that the propeller plan he had stolen earlier is faulty, causing a Soviet submarine to sink and all 160 men aboard to die. Philip and Elizabeth are distraught to learn the news.
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In March 2014, FX confirmed that the eighth episode of the season would be titled "New Car", and that it would be written by Peter Ackerman, and directed by
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into a neighbor's house to play their coveted Intellivision video game system, and tearfully confesses and asks forgiveness." Carissa Pavlica of
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When Elizabeth starts to pull out a gun to kill the man to prevent being traced, Philip stops her, stating they can tie him up instead.
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gave the episode an "A" grade and wrote, "That's the sort of moral quagmire that makes me love
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Philip meets with their handler Kate. She instructs him to steal information on America's
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access to Anton's research. He later meets with a DoD official trying to gain clearance.
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gave the episode a perfect 5 star rating out of 5 and wrote, "The eighth episode of
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watched by 1.18 million household viewers with a 0.4 in the 18-49 demographics.
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Philip and Henry go to a car dealership to look at new cars, and they buy a new
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The Magic of David Copperfield V: The Statue of Liberty Disappears
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good person who 'knows the difference between right and wrong'.
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Valentine, Genevieve; St. James, Emily (April 16, 2014).
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they do, belief alone can't prevent great tragedy."
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Index

The Americans

John Dahl
Rock This Town
Stray Cats
Richard Thomas
Lev Gorn
Michael Aronov
Aimee Carrero
Lee Tergesen
Costa Ronin
Wrenn Schmidt
Cotter Smith
Arpanet
Martial Eagle
The Americans season 2
List of episodes
second season
The Americans
FX
Camaro Z-28
tranquilizer gun
stealth
Stan
John Dahl
IGN
Alan Sepinwall
HitFix
The A.V. Club
Matt Zoller Seitz

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