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The Americans 4X4: Chloramphenicol
🕑 Added 2025-08-20 16:00:27 +0000 UTCApologizes for not having any idea how to pronounce that title. Lol. Also, I'm kind of annoyed that Gabriel is going to be fine. They made it sound like this was the worst thing ever, and this frail old man is going to be okay with some antibiotics and rest?
Okay, so Elizabeth and William head out to make some phone calls. Elizabeth calls the center (or dispatch lady) to tell them not to kill Pastor Tim and his wife. Then she calls Paige and tells her they are stuck at work and won't be home until Saturday. So, no Epcot. Paige is freaked out, but Elizabeth assures her they are fine.
Then, they head back to Gabriel's where they stay in quarantine. Elizabeth starts to show some symptoms, and shortly after starts going through it. She's got a fever, she's sweating, she's vomiting. It doesn't look great. However, they don't know if this is from the bacteria or a reaction to the antibiotics. She drifts in and out of sleep and dreams of her childhood.
But, the next day, both she and Gabriel are fine. She apparently never contracted the virus and Gabriel is passed the worst of it. However, her state made her decide that they can't kill the pastor and his wife. Philip is excited thinking that means she wants to leave, but she doesn't. She wants to try to work him and the wife. I so don't think this is possible, but I've been wrong about so many things on this show before. Neither Philip nor Gabriel think this will work either, but we're going to try it.
Stan and Agent A (it's the best I can do) tag team to check out Martha. Agent A takes her to dinner while Stan breaks into her house to look around. He takes a bunch of pictures, finds her gun and Karma Sutra book, but it doesn't look like he found anything else of note. At the restaurant, Martha tells Agent A that she's seeing a married man. And she's totally fine with it. She knows he's not going to leave his wife and she doesn't expect him to. Does she actually know this? Have they spoken about it? Does she just assume? Maybe she's using his job as an analogy for partner?
Back in Russia, Oleg talks his dad into try to help out Nina. He agrees to stay home in exchange for this. So, we cut to Nina who is in an officer's office where she is given some sort of release papers for both her and scientist also with plane tickets. They are overjoyed and walk out into the sun. But, this is a dream. And Nina is woken by soldiers telling her they are transferring her. They walk her into a room where she is told that her appeal is denied and she will be executed shortly. And they really meant it. Less than 20 seconds later, they shoot her in the back of the head. Fuck.
And the Jennings family actually manage to have a fun outing for once. The whole family goes bowling and has a great time. Elizabeth even jokes about her ibeing Russian with Paige. It's so nice to see. Especially after everything that's been going on.
