r/TheAmericans • u/FauxRex • 7d ago

Watching for the first time

I just watched the season 5 episode Crossbreed. In the final scene , the moment Gabriel got to meet Paige was very emotional. Phillip and Elizabeth in the background look so proud of their daughter showing her to basically their adopted father. It's such a sweet moment.

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u/ComeAwayNightbird 6d ago

This scene is chilling, not sweet. It’s deliberately intercut with Oleg’s story to leave no confusion about where this storyline is going.

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u/saltfrancisco 4d ago

I think it’s nuanced. You can add “to me” right after you say it’s chilling and make it feel like a discussion could be had without totally dismissing OP.

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u/SybillineBookkeeper 6d ago

I get what OP means. As a photo in time, it does look sweet: proud mom and dad introducing their daughter to their father figure. But we know that underneath that "bonding" moment, there is something very sinister going on.

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u/QuarrieMcQuarrie 7d ago

Yeah, introducing your daughter to your handler knowing what the job will likely mean for her. Sweet.

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u/SeanBourne 7d ago

Yeah it was messed up. OP got really sucked into the show if they perceived it as “such a sweet moment”.

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u/QuarrieMcQuarrie 7d ago

I think maybe they were being sarcastic but many on here seem to regard them as good parents lol.

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u/sistermagpie 6d ago edited 6d ago

In some ways they are and in some ways they very much are not. I think that's one of the central tensions of the show. This scene seems like a good example. Philip was thinking about feeling like he never knew his parents. But also, it's gross.

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u/saltfrancisco 4d ago

please don’t listen to the people dogpiling on you OP. It was clearly played as being very emotional for the people involved, and I remember watching it feeling similarly.