‘The Americans’ recap: ‘I am Abassin Zadran’

The season finale of FX’s The Americans is coming up next week. This latest episode sets up the big finale and doesn’t disappoint.

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Elizabeth and Philip are now able to sneak into the hotel. The two of them work together to bug a certain room. The couple comes home to find out Paige is staying at Pastor Tim’s house. When they call, Tim doesn’t answer so the Jennings go out to the house.
Elizabeth and Philip are outside the Pastor’s house but he’s not home. When they finally arrive, the Jennings both ambush them. Paige insists on staying but the Pastor says she should go with her parents. He apologizes to the Jennings and they leave with Paige. They drive in silence. When they arrive home, Elizabeth and Philip jump on her about running to the pastor. Paige says she never told him the secret about her parents and they stress how important it is that she keeps her mouth shut.
While heading to Martha’s, Philip sees Hans drive by. He was warning Philip about a government vehicle visiting Martha’s home.
Stan is the one who visits Martha. He talks to her about work and says he is worried about her. Stan clams she seems distracted at the office. He reaches out and says he is there for her. He leaves and Martha pulls the picture of her and Philip out of her silverware drawer.
The next day Hans picks Martha up off the street saying he is a friend of Clark’s. Hans drops her off to meet Philip as Clark. Philip finds out about Stan’s visit and tells Martha that the two of them need to leave together. Philip comes up with a lie to try to convince her that this is for the best.
Elizabeth is with her AA sponsor, Lisa, and they are off to the Northup plant to steal blueprint plans. After the mission, Elizabeth is supposed to meet Lisa but runs into her husband. He exchanges the Northup blueprint plans for money.
The agent that found the bug in Gaad’s pen confronts Stan about Nina. He has read up on Stan and his mission with Nina. He believes Stan planted the bug and Stan is outraged.
Philip and Elizabeth discuss Martha and Stan when Paige walks in. She has a photo album. She is trying to find out who is a real relative and she is outraged about the lies. She storms out of the room with hardly any answers.
Martha calls her parents. She says she just wants to hear their voices and says nothing is wrong. However, she is crying.
Philip visits Paige in her bedroom. He tries to convince her it’s not all a lie. He shows her a picture of her when Henry was born as long with another picture of her as a child.
During a mission, Philip tells Elizabeth to go back to Moscow with Paige to meet family. Paige needs to see more of the truth. With help from Elizabeth, Philp finds Abassin Zadran at the hotel. He is the Afghan leader they have been looking for. Elizabeth and Philip try to get information from him about the situation in Afghanistan. They manage to turn him against his two partners who are also at the hotel.
The Afghan leader tells the hotel guard he needs to speak with his friends. When they enter the room the guard hears banging and they enter to find the leader with a bloody knife and his dead friends.
Elizabeth now enters Paige’s room and turns on her radio so no one can hear them. Elizabeth says she is heading to Russia to see her mother and wants Paige to come so she can meet her. Paige thinks about it.
Hans is outside Martha’s apartment ready to take her and Philip. However, Martha says she is heading to her parents. She is upset and wants to take a break from Philip. When Martha tries to leave, Philip slowly takes off his Clark outfit. The episode ends with Martha seeing the real Philip.
There is no telling how Martha will react to Philip’s big reveal. Along with that, Paige has the opportunity to see real family but will she take the chance? Both Paige and Philip were important characters on this season. See where they will end up on the season finale of the The Americans.