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"Do Mail Robots Dream of Electric Sheep?" - Yes, we caught the Philip K. Dick reference in the title, but somehow managed to miss the "mail" slip-in.

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Weird Magic

This one is a fan favorite...mine too....the guest actress absolutely murdered (pun intended) her role. That scene is so hard to watch IMO because of the writing - we were introduced to this character in this episode and were given so much background that it hurt when she "killed herself". Oleg's actor loved this scene because he finally got to wear one of Phillip/Elizabeth's cool disguises :) Not 100% sure the exact date these events were supposed to happen - but there is an episode coming up that's title is a specific date, so at that time you'll know that this is before that in the timeline Originally airing on March 25, 2015, 'Do Mail Robots Dream of Electric Sheep' is Episode 9 of Season 3 of The Americans. It is the 35th episode overall and has an IMDB rating of 8.8, placing it as the #2 ranked episode of this season and #2 out of all the episodes shown so far.

Roland Cooke

So Martha staying on board came as quite a shock, eh? :) Without giving anything away that could influence your thinking about the show, here's a little bit from the real history. The Martha storyline is inspired by a massively successful program orchestrated by the legendary Markus Wolf of the East German Stasi, mostly against West German targets. _Dozens_ of secretaries were victims of the so-called Romeo agents. As you surmised, it all ended badly for many of the women. A few even refused to accept that they had been duped even after they were shown evidence. So as wild as the Martha storyline is....it can still go in any direction from here....and still likely be less crazy than the reality.

Roland Cooke

"She's a nice lady, I hope nothing bad happens to her." Yeah, this hasn't ever been that show, and yet they still are able to keep surprising their audience. Lois Smith puts in a masterclass in this episode, in what is my favourite scene across all six seasons. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lois_Smith "It'll make the world a better place" "That's what evil people tell themselves when they do evil things." Haunting.

Weird Magic

Completely agree on Lois Smith - it's my second favorite scene - my first thought when thinking about the series as a whole is a scene in the series finale.