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The Americans, Season 2, Episode 3 (Patreon)

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2023-12-07 02:26:57
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The Walk-In

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The Americans, Season 2, Episode 3

The Walk-In

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Jeff

Just so you're aware, Stan's wife Sandra said she was going to her first seminar for the Werner Erhard course. This was the Erhard Seminars Training, also known as EST, which was very popular in the 70s and 80s (and later became known as the Forum). It was a controversial self-help movement, and Erhard was a controversial leader. I have a personal bias against the movement, so I'll refrain from spouting any more of my opinions, but I thought you should know about it for future episodes.

Weird Magic

On my first viewing, I remember needing to find out more about the "Erhard Seminars" to see if it was a real thing, and it did help with the story arc to know what it was. Originally airing on March 12, 2014, 'The Walk-In' is Episode 3 of Season 2 of The Americans. It is the 16th episode overall and has an IMDB rating of 7.8, placing it as the #12 ranked episode of this season and #16 out of all the episodes shown so far.

Weird Magic
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Also - I'm confused by what Granny did that was wrong in Season 1? From what I can see, she was protecting the people she was handling, until she needed to verify they weren't the mole (the info that was leaked was only known by a couple people, 2 of whom were P&E) and once that was done she forgave Elizabeth for beating her up. I get Elizabeth not agreeing with her but I thought Granny's actions were 100% warranted in S1.

Roland Cooke

Leanne Connors was played by Natalie Gold (not the same person as the YouTube reactor!), who would go on to play Kendall's wife Rava in Succession. + As some who grew up outside the USA during the 1980s, we were very familiar with Reagan's heavy-handed foreign policies. But was Reagan equally divisive within the USA in relation to economic / globalist policies? Our own Margaret Thatcher - who was very tight with Ronald Reagan - was definitely seen as not caring about the people in certain regions of the country. + Henry mentioned that the Z/28 (Gen III Camaro) was going to be Car Of The Year...I missed that shout-out previously. https://mikeduman.com/blog/history-z28#:~:text=The%203rd%20generation%20of%20Camaro,fiberglass%20with%20functional%20air%20induction. Not really a spoiler for the show, but we'll learn more eventually! + For The Americans nerds out there, Chip and Sara's podcast from 24 March 2014 includes the following: >We also talk about the technology of the skywheel, dark rooms, and the history of Erhard Seminars Training, and the battle of Khe Sanh.< Sara's background is in (local government) child welfare, so her take on the care process (in a later podcast episode IIRC) for Jared is fascinating. + From Quora (some details snipped to prevent spoilers): > I served in the U.S. Navy submarine force during the Cold War. I do know of the case involving export of very large and sophisticated 9-axis and 5-axis milling machines from Toshiba Machine Corp. to the Soviet Union in 1981–1983. These machines stood 2 stories high and, along with sophisticated CNC software, were able to manufacture much quieter props for Soviet subs. U.S. monitoring and tracking of Soviet submarines equipped with these props, like the Akula class, became much more difficult beginning in the early 1980’s. There were export controls in place to prevent this sort of technology with potential military applications from transfer by western countries to the USSR. However, these controls were deliberately circumvented by some Toshiba Machine Corp. managers and led to a major international scandal. < +