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It's truly gruesome, and for all the fun the show has with period detail – Mad Max, Rod Stewart and French-bread pizza all appear in this episode – it's a reminder that The Americans is capable of baring its teeth.
From this episode it became clear that Rome intended to use the victory to the utmost.
By the end of this episode it looks like that choice may be made for him.
In this episode, it begins to make sense why we haven't heard from Bergdahl's parents.
But there is something peculiar about this episode: it is the first meltdown in the era of broad consensus in economic policy.
And despite the insanity of this episode, it did make me realise that it was quite simple pleasures that make me happy in life: good conversations, meals shared with interesting people and working at a job I believe in.
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"We shouldn't over-inflate this episode - it was unfortunate, it shouldn't have happened and I think we can leave it at that".
If there is a redeeming feature to this sorry episode, it is the quality of protest it has provoked.
On the evidence of this first episode, it's a tonne to a tenner the rest of the mode's episodic DLC will be well worth paying for.
"We are pleased that this matter has been brought to a close, and we are happy that Kevin can move on from this unfortunate episode," it read.
Gandert, who has not been a fan of the "Dealbreakers" storyline, appreciated it in this episode, opining it had "good writing even by the show's outsized standards".
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