THE AMERICANS: "Trust Me " S1E6 (review)

By Morayo Sayles

This week’s episode picks up in the Jennings’ kitchen where Phillip (Matthew Rhys) is sharing with Elizabeth (Keri Russell) the massive bomb Claudia (Margo Martindale) dropped when the two met up the night before, someone was talking – The KGB had a mole.


This week, Phillip and Elizabeth are caught up in the shockwave rippling through the KGB’s spy network – literally, as both agents are abducted by an unknown faction and taken to a secret location for hours of brutal physical and psychological torture. 


Phillip after making plans to go the home of his FBI contact Martha (Alison Wright) is suddenly bagged at a pay phone, dragged into a dark van and is unmasked in a warehouse by strange agents who seem to know all about his pseudo-life and his secret KGB agent status. He’s beaten and tortured for hours but to his credit and awesome mental strength, he reveals no information. 

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