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The Americans 5X11: Dyatkovo
🕑 Added 2025-10-06 17:00:12 +0000 UTCAs Philip (Matthew Rhys) prepares to meet with Tuan (Ivan Mok), he tells Henry (Keidrich Sellati) that he will be allowed to go to the boarding school if he is accepted.
Philip and Elizabeth (Keri Russell) are assigned by Claudia (Margo Martindale) to go to Newton, Massachusetts. They must investigate Natalie Granholm, a woman suspected of being a Nazi collaborator, Anna Prokopchuk, that was involved in executions at Dyatkovo during World War II.
When they tell her that Paige (Holly Taylor) wants a new offer for Pastor Tim, Claudia reveals that the Soviets used the Lassa virus in Afghanistan. While they take photographs of Natalie, Philip and Elizabeth are not convinced that she might be Anna.
Henry visits the FBI offices for a school assignment, with Stan (Noah Emmerich) introducing him to Aderholt (Brandon J. Dirden) and Wolfe (Peter Jacobson). While Philip and Elizabeth are worried about Henry's interest in the FBI, Stan tells Henry that his job is quite boring and that it involves keeping so many secrets. Stan later meets with Sofia (Darya Ekamasova), advising her in keeping contact with Gennadi.
In Moscow, Oleg (Costa Ronin) and Ruslan (Ravil Isyanov) follow Lydia (Julia Emelin), and they are surprised upon finding that she is only supplying normal food. They break into her office, discovering a ledger with all the bribes she took from her clients. They later confront her, but she is not scared about the evidence and possible prison time. She claims that she is in a powerful position due to the people's reliance on the system, something that the country will never change.
Despite not having enough evidence, KGB orders Philip and Elizabeth to kill Natalie. They break into her house and hold her at gunpoint. Natalie claims she is not Anna, prompting Elizabeth to slap her. When Natalie's husband, John (John Procaccino), arrives, they keep him at gunpoint as well. A shaken Natalie finally reveals that she is, in fact, Anna. She explains that she was forced to become an executioner when the Nazis killed her entire family and threatened to also kill her if she refused.
John is surprised to learn this, but says he still loves her and believes she is a good person. Philip is moved by the story and cannot bring himself in continuing the mission. Elizabeth then kills John before finally killing Anna. They leave in the car, where Elizabeth says "I want to get out of here. We should just go. I mean it. Let's go home."
