[Editor’s Note: The following review contains spoilers for “The Americans” Season 6, Episode 3, “Urban Transport Planning.”]Welp, it looks like Phillip’s (Matthew Rhys) long vacation from spycraft is about to come to an end — and not just because his travel agency isn’t paying the bills anymore.
“Urban Transport Planning” wraps up with the retired Russian spy donning his old blonde wig and meeting with Oleg (Costa Ronin), presumably to continue the conversation about spying on his wife.Speaking of, Elizabeth (Keri Russell) was asked to bring her husband to her next meeting with her private Kgb contact, further implicating Philip in the life he wanted to leave behind.
But the episode also illustrated why their professional separation has damaged their personal one: The couple can’t talk like they used to, and it’s created an expansive divide.
Could Philip getting back in the game help them, or will his mission as a double agent irreversibly shatter what the couple has left?
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