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The Americans 5X5: Lotus 1-2-3
🕑 Added 2025-09-22 21:51:45 +0000 UTCPhilip (Matthew Rhys) and Elizabeth (Keri Russell) continue their respective missions, both with Alexei and Topeka, Kansas. They also meet with a teacher to discuss Henry (Keidrich Sellati), discovering that he is excelling in his grades and the teacher suggests moving him to a more advanced math class. They are overjoyed at the news, although Henry is not delighted.
Seeing that Stan (Noah Emmerich) is now allowing Renee (Laurie Holden) to stay at his house, Philip starts to wonder Renee's real identity. As part of their mission, Philip and Elizabeth have sex with Deirdre (Clea Lewis) and Ben (Brett Tucker) respectively, but both experience uneasiness with their actions.
Arriving in Washington, D.C., Mischa (Alex Ozerov) contacts the Centre, per Irina's instructions. Gabriel (Frank Langella) considers informing Philip about Mischa's arrival, but Claudia (Margo Martindale) states Philip will lose faith in the KGB if he finds that Mischa was in a mental institution.
In Moscow, Oleg (Costa Ronin) and Ruslan (Ravil Isyanov) visit Dmitri Sharonov (Leonid A. Mandel), who refuses to cooperate. He is forced to comply when Ruslan threatens his son's life, as he is serving in the Soviet–Afghan War. Oleg returns home, and rejects his parents' attempt in setting him up with some women. He decides to finally accept the CIA's offer, but he is unable to find the agents following him.
Philip follows Renee to her apartment, but finds nothing incriminatory. At a park, Mischa is approached by Gabriel, who tells him he cannot meet Philip right now as it could blow his cover. He then offers in taking him back to the USSR, saying he will meet Philip eventually.
While visiting Ben, Elizabeth finds that his job involves developing a pest-resistant strain of wheat, realizing that the United States are not involved in the starvation crisis in the USSR. When she reveals this to Philip, he is devastated upon learning that he killed an innocent, Randy, during the mission. Philip expresses his displeasure for his job, and both promise to not allow this to happen again.
