The Americans

Previously on The Americans...

Excuse me. Ma'am? We're with the FBI--

I put out a lead to the entire field on dentists, doctors,

so if anyone remotely matching this woman's description

goes in for an injury to the face or the jaw,

we'll get an alert.

About Paige-- The Centre takes very seriously

what you said to them about staying away from her.

Ideologically, she's open to the right ideas.

We're doing what we need to be doing.

It's all been bullshit, everything you said to me.

You're assessing her. You're developing her.

I don't know what you're talking about.

She's my daughter.

I need names-- people working in the CIA's Afghan group.

There's not much to go on.

28.

"Phlox"?

Flowering herbs.

You're bluffing.

Maybe.

Then again... dictionary.

Mac Sampson.

Marathon runner-- done it four times this year.

Squeaky clean.

10?

Uh, double word score.

Sorry. 20.

That's the real saint-- Isaac Breland,

head of the division.

Masters in theology at Notre Dame.

Three kids, lost his wife to cancer.

Remarried, and now he raises money

for the hospital where she died.

It's really slim pickings.

This is our best bet--

Ted Paaswell, Breland's right-hand man.

He's selling his house.

He's lowered the price twice this month.

He needs money?

I guess so. I don't know.

- "Stygian"? - Sti-gee-an--

"Of or relating to the river Styx"--

the underworld.

Seven letters.

We'll assess Paaswell.

Philip, assume CIA security's gonna be watching him

and everyone else on that list.

Let's be realistic about CIA security.

They can't watch all of them every hour of the day.

They know who we're targeting.

They're going to want to protect everyone in the agency

who's working against us on Afghanistan.

Be very cautious.

Win some, lose some.

Elizabeth looks at you very differently now.

Yeah.

I know how hard this is for you, with Paige.

It's hard for The Centre, too.

They're learning from their mistakes.

Jared murdered his family.

Well, that's hardly a risk here.

I just want Paige to make her own decisions.

We all do.

Are you sure about that?

Your turn.

Yeah.

Standing outside the Stride Rite?

Female, 5'5", black hair, blue eye shadow,

guess jean jacket, and Corduroy Pants.

Man hailing a taxi?

5'9", about 30, in wire-rimmed glasses,

gray windbreaker, and Buster Brown shoes.

If I had somebody on you, who would it have been?

Guy in the white coat.

Checked, collared shirt underneath, black sneakers.

- No, not him. - No?

No surveillant would ever get that close to you.

Did you have someone on me?

Just me.

Oh, you, I saw right away.

- You okay? - Yeah, I'm fine.

You need to work on seeing the opposite side of the street.

I understand.

It takes a lot of practice, and even then...

I have to TA a class in an hour.

Oh.

What's today's lesson?

Hicks vs. Slutsky.

You can live without wants,

but you can't live without needs.

This society is very focused on wants.

"The production of too many useful things

results in too many useless people."

Marx?

Do you mind me asking--

What do you think of stone-washed jeans?

Why?

I think they're cool. I was going to buy a pair.

Okay.

Uh... I don't know much about fashion.

Really? You always look great.

I'm sorry. I did-- I didn't mean it like that.

I hope not.

I'll be in touch.

Paige's birthday's coming up.

I know.

I saw a necklace she'd like.

How do you know?

How do I know what?

That she'd like it.

Maybe you think she'd like it because you like it.

It'd be from both of us.

Did you buy it?

No, I didn't buy it.

I wanted to talk to you about it.

You had mentioned getting her a ten-speed,

and I just think both feels like too much.

The necklace is fine.

I saw Hans today.

He's making progress.

Good.

He was checking me out.

I'm sure he liked what he saw.

I put a quick end to it.

Was that wise, shutting him down like that?

I mean, you recruit men. That's part of it, right?

What is with you?

When you met with Gabriel, you talked about Paige.

- Yeah. - Yeah, without me.

He wants to help. That's all.

He knows this is hard for you.

- Oh. - Oh!

Ah.

Thank you.

Um, it's very frustrating.

Yeah, I noticed this catastrophe on my first day.

I never use it.

If I need to pick up or deliver a file,

I just walk down the hallway myself.

Well, it is time-consuming.

It's efficient.

It takes more time to track down a misplaced file

than it takes to hand-deliver it.

- Mm. - And I don't like to waste time.

I should let-- let you get back to work, then.

Well, talking to you is... not a waste of time, Martha.

Thank you, Agent Aderholt.

Now we've run out of conversations.

Well... for now.

So, until next time, Martha...

Sure.

I'm just...

Oh. N-- Mm-hmm.

Hey, uh, Stan, listen.

I'm sorry if I was abrupt the other day.

Oh, you weren't abrupt.

I should have filled you in right away. I had a bad night.

A woman the size of my mother beat the crap out of me.

I'm sure she could have taken down any one of us.

Agent Aderholt, line 2-- Buffalo Field Office.

This is gonna be another call

about a dentist with a 70-year-old patient

who slipped on the ice and broke her jaw.

I'm getting five of these a day.

People love to cooperate.

Aderholt.

And it said in the paper there's a sun-room?

Best room in the house--

except the kids have taken it over.

Can I see that?

- Uh, right-- right this way. - Honey?

Uh, you know, I-I meant to check the attic.

Is it the string hanging outside the bathroom?

Yeah. Use both hands. It sticks.

I-I will. I'll meet you guys in a minute.

Wow.

Yeah, it's impossible

not to buy your kids everything they want, right?

You know, I noticed

the, uh, price of the house dropped again.

The family's eager to sell.

Is there anything wrong with the house?

I mean, you know, between us girls.

Hello. Mr. Paaswell.

I know-- I'm not supposed to be here.

Forgot one thing.

Uh, why don't I show you the garden?

Oh. Uh... hello.

Hi.

I, uh, I was just trying to figure out

where the heat comes in from the baseboard.

Uh, doesn't work anyway.

I bring a space heater in during the winter.

I'm-- I'm so sorry. This is your house?

Uh, not for long, hopefully.

Oh. Uh, I j-- I'm sorry. I just-- I just wandered in.

Well, it's an open house, right?

Yeah, yeah.

And-- and the realtor said there was a--