- A new mission with international stakes has Philip calling on Annelise for assistance just as an old foe returns to D.C. with a vendetta. Stan makes a discovery that could put the FBI hot on the trail of illegals.
- Previously on 'The Americans': Stan asked for all the files and physical evidence around the murder of Emmett, Leanne and their daughter. Phillip killed a man during his and Elizabeth's mission to a rebel training camp, then yelled at Paige for lying about how she spent her money (she donated it to the church) and tore pages out of her Bible. Philip is having a hard time with the killing of innocents as part of their "war," and told Elizabeth it's "easier" for her.
'Yousaf': Elizabeth finds Philip in the kitchen in the middle of the night. Since neither of them can sleep, she starts to make something to eat. He says he wants to apologize to Paige, but Elizabeth tells him he wasn't wrong, "she was disrespecting us." They start to kiss, tender at first and then more passionately.
Larrick is on his way back from Nicaragua, telling a colleague he has to handle an emergency -- something he can only handle himself.
Elizabeth gets a call from her informant and takes down notes while Paige gets annoyed at Philip's attempts at humor. Elizabeth tells Philip they have to get to the office. They meet up with Kate and she says the Center is "very pleased" with their mission at the training camp. The pictures they took are being released in Central America, but they'll "make their way to Capitol Hill." She tells them some Pakistani delegates are meeting with the CIA. She asks them to try to turn one of them, a man named Yousaf Rana, who is Oxford educated and has dated European women.
Arkady surprises Gaad in the street in front of his house and tells him the Soviets have decided to accept the American police's version of Vlad's death. Arkady hands Gaad a picture of Vlad and tries to tell him about Vlad. Gaad tells Arkady about Amador and says that if the Soviets target Americans, the Americans will strike back. Arkady comments on Gaad's home being beautiful. Gaad says he'd give him a tour, but he's due back at work.
Elizabeth, in a blonde wig and tight black dress, asks Yousaf for some of his newspaper in the hotel lobby and walks across to sit elsewhere. He watches her closely. Yousaf is pulled away to meet with some American military officials.
Elizabeth comes back and reports that Yousaf "shouldn't be a problem." Philip says he thinks they should use Annelise. He says Yousaf will be suspicious of a woman he meets in a bar or hotel lobby, but perhaps not the wife of the deputy undersecretary of defense. Elizabeth says she can do her job, but Philip tells her she doesn't have to. He says he spoke to Annelise six weeks ago and this is "the better move."
Gaad walks in on Stan's solo review of the murders of Emmett and Leanne. Gaad looks at the evidence and focuses on a briefcase and pulls out the lining. He realizes it belongs to someone who worked for an intelligence service.
Philip, in the role of Swedish intelligence, meets with Annelise and tells her about a dinner happening that night at the home of William Clark, the head of the National Security Council. He shows her Yousaf's photo and says he needs her to talk to him. She's intrigued and asks what he needs her to do.
Back at the house, Philip and Paige share a tense, silent moment in the kitchen before she starts to talk. She hands him a paper and says it's what she wants to do in the summer. It's a church fellowship camp. He says he'll talk to Elizabeth about it.
In bed, Oleg and Nina talk about his decision to leave Russia. He says he wanted to leave. Everything he had there was from his father. He says he's in the U.S. to restore the balance of power between the U.S. and the Soviets, noting the Stealth program could disrupt the balance. They talk about their lives in Russia, specifically the summers. Nina talks about a camp she attended and Oleg says his family went to a mountain house in Crimea every summer. She laments how simple her life was then, and how it is now so "tangled."
Elizabeth and Philip talk about Paige's summer camp idea. Philip doesn't want to say no and have Paige dig her heels in more. Elizabeth is against it and ends the conversation.
The next day, Annelise reports that it went "good." She and Yousaf ended up on the patio smoking. She says Yousaf is there on "some big, secret mission" but that he doesn't know much about it. He's the "number two" and Javid, Yousaf's boss, is the one with all the information. She says Yousaf wants to meet her again.
Philip goes to Kate and says he wants to shut down the operation. Kate doesn't think that's a good idea. She is not happy when he tells her that Annelise is working Yousaf, but Philip doesn't seem to care about her disapproval.
Larrick tracks a phone number to a general area.
Stan tells Gaad he doesn't have much new information. Gaad says Arkady covered this up well.
Philip tells Elizabeth that the Center wants them to kill Yousaf's boss, Javid, so that Yousaf can step into the job. He says Javid has virtually no security and takes a swim every night. Elizabeth says she'll take care of him. Philip assures Elizabeth that Annelise will "get there," in terms of preparedness to get what they need from Yousaf.
Annelise meets with Philip and says she's set with dinner in Yousaf's room the next night. Philip tells Annelise he doesn't know if she's ready to get Yousaf to talk, given that his job is not to talk.
Stan meets Nina in the studio and asks her if she heard anything about the murdered couple. He says he thinks Oleg is there to steal Stealth technology. Stan reveals to Nina that Sandra is having an affair, but she reminds him that he is, too. Nina kisses him, but he says he has to go.
Elizabeth cleans up in Paige's room and finds a torn piece of paper in her trash can with Paige's attempts at forging Elizabeth's signature. Later, Elizabeth confronts Paige about the forgery and tells her she's not going to that camp for the summer.
Elizabeth tells Philip that she told Paige she can't go to camp. She tells him about the forgery, but Philip tries to defend Paige. Elizabeth insists they need to get her ready for the real world.
Larrick, who has physically followed phone wires through a neighborhood, gets to the basement of Elizabeth's informant -- the guy who calls coded messages to her house. The man freezes for a moment, then quickly presses a button that detonates a circuit box. Larrick shoots the man in the head, but the box is sparkling and ablaze.
Stan visits Emmett and Leanne's son. Stan asks if they traveled out of the country much, and whether they had many friends. Jared tells him they were in the PTA and his dad coached T-ball. Stan asks if he ever felt like there were parts of their lives that were secret. Jared gets defensive and asks if Stan thinks they were criminals, or something. Stan says everyone has secrets, and if he can find out some of his parents' secrets he might be able to find their killers. Stan then shows Jared a couple of sketches and asks him if he's ever seen those people before. They appear to be Philip and Elizabeth in disguise.
Annelise has dinner with Yousaf while Javid is swimming in the hotel pool. Philip is listening through the wall to Annelise's dinner conversation with Yousaf. Elizabeth locks the gate to the pool and dives into the water after setting a towel next to the edge. Yousaf pours Annelise some champagne and starts to kiss her neck. They proceed to have sex while Philip tries to listen to a conversation that's not happening. At the pool, Elizabeth chokes Javid from behind, then pulls him up the surface and sprays something into his mouth. He stops breathing and she releases him back into the water. After Yousaf and Annelise are done having sex, Yousaf says he'll have to convince Javid that more frequent trips to Washington are necessary. But we see that Javid is floating in the pool.
Annelise comes into the room where Philip is and angrily demands a drink. He gets it for her and she lashes out at Philip, throwing the glass at him and swinging a lamp. He pulls her into the bathroom and tells her that putting the woman he loves out there like that is not something he takes lightly. He hugs her while she cries.
Larrick painstakingly tries to re-establish the phone connections that were blown up in the circuit box. He makes one connection, calls and asks for Bobby in a Southern accent. It's Kate's phone. He says he must have the wrong number and smiles.
Back at home, Elizabeth is smoking a cigarette in the kitchen. Philip asks her about Javid and she nods. She asks him about Annelise, he nods.
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