Gregory
- Episode aired Feb 13, 2013
- TV-MA
- 46m
IMDb RATING
7.9/10
2.5K
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Gregory, Elizabeth's lover, helps them make contact with Robert's widow despite an FBI team. Gabriel's replacement shows up. Phillip then makes a dangerous buy of information.Gregory, Elizabeth's lover, helps them make contact with Robert's widow despite an FBI team. Gabriel's replacement shows up. Phillip then makes a dangerous buy of information.Gregory, Elizabeth's lover, helps them make contact with Robert's widow despite an FBI team. Gabriel's replacement shows up. Phillip then makes a dangerous buy of information.
Keidrich Sellati
- Henry Jennings
- (credit only)
Kevin Witt
- Big Guy
- (as Kevin Lee Witt)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaMatt Zoller Seitz, reviewing for Vulture, declared "Gregory" as the best episode of season 1, with the episode "Only You", which also features Gregory, as the second best. He also states "The Americans isn't mainly about espionage, just as The Sopranos wasn't mainly about the mob. The Americans is shaping up as a series about identity and secrets and the role of both within relationships. Who do we think we are? Who do we tell lovers, friends, and employers we are? And who are we, really? Do we even know for sure? What happens when our established identity - the face we present to the world, and maybe to ourselves in the mirror - is peeled back to reveal a different face underneath? What happens then?"
- GoofsA photocopy is shown of the dead Soviet spy Rob's driver's license. The license gives his year of birth as 1966, which if correct would make him rather young to drive a car in 1981.
Featured review
Tense episode with more great performances
The Jennings' receive information from another agent.
I enjoyed this episode for the tension, performances and character moments.
The plot is fairly downbeat and focuses on both story and characters equal measure. There are some important reveals, particularly for Elizabeth and it highlights how her feelings for Phillip have evolved during their time together. This gives significance to some of the interactions between them during the previous episodes. The events taking place revolve around a character who briefly appeared in the pilot and introduce two new characters, one of whom looks like she might be frequently recurring.
The McGuffin is related to a real life government initiative which any viewer can google and find out about, so this indicates to me the main point of The Americans will be the development the Jennings' relationship and the fate of the family with their espionage roles used to drive everything forward and explore numerous psychological themes in a more exciting way than a bog standard family drama. Much like The Sopranos did with Tony's gangster life.
All performances are excellent with the two leads as good as ever. Matthew Rhys conveys emotion and pent up anger fantastically well. I don't think his character needs all the jujitsu moves when his angry face seems like it could do enough damage on its own.
I enjoyed the cinematography and editing, particularly in the street scenes involving a character being tracked by both the FBI and the KGB. The entire episode has a tense atmosphere with a feeling that something pretty bad is going to happen which kept me quite hooked throughout.
Overall I rate it an 8.5, but for IMDB I round upwards.
I enjoyed this episode for the tension, performances and character moments.
The plot is fairly downbeat and focuses on both story and characters equal measure. There are some important reveals, particularly for Elizabeth and it highlights how her feelings for Phillip have evolved during their time together. This gives significance to some of the interactions between them during the previous episodes. The events taking place revolve around a character who briefly appeared in the pilot and introduce two new characters, one of whom looks like she might be frequently recurring.
The McGuffin is related to a real life government initiative which any viewer can google and find out about, so this indicates to me the main point of The Americans will be the development the Jennings' relationship and the fate of the family with their espionage roles used to drive everything forward and explore numerous psychological themes in a more exciting way than a bog standard family drama. Much like The Sopranos did with Tony's gangster life.
All performances are excellent with the two leads as good as ever. Matthew Rhys conveys emotion and pent up anger fantastically well. I don't think his character needs all the jujitsu moves when his angry face seems like it could do enough damage on its own.
I enjoyed the cinematography and editing, particularly in the street scenes involving a character being tracked by both the FBI and the KGB. The entire episode has a tense atmosphere with a feeling that something pretty bad is going to happen which kept me quite hooked throughout.
Overall I rate it an 8.5, but for IMDB I round upwards.
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- snoozejonc
- Dec 30, 2020
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- Filming locations
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA(Stakeout of Robert Wife)
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- Runtime46 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 16:9 HD
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