Gregory (The Americans)
| "Gregory" | |
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| The Americans episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 3 |
| Directed by | Thomas Schlamme |
| Written by | Joel Fields |
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| Production code | BDU102 |
| Original air date | February 13, 2013 |
| Running time | 45 minutes |
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"Gregory" is the third episode of the first season of the period drama television series The Americans. It originally aired on FX in the United States on February 13, 2013.
In the opening scene, Philip Jennings (Matthew Rhys) and Stan Beeman (Noah Emmerich) play a game of racquetball. Stan explains that the game is about making your opponent move too fast in order to make a mistake. Stan is paged by Nina (Annet Mahendru) and meets up with her. She informs him about Rob (Chase Coleman), the agent who worked with Philip and Elizabeth (Keri Russell) in their kidnapping of Timoshev, and who was killed. The FBI send a picture of Rob to DMVs across the country and discover he has a wife and a newborn son living in Philadelphia.
Philip and Elizabeth receive a hidden message in the classifieds section of a newspaper about Rob arranging a meet in Philadelphia. Philip suggests that Gregory Thomas (Derek Luke), a former black militant whom Elizabeth recruited, to go to the meet. Elizabeth meets Gregory in his apartment, where he makes a pass at her, but she rejects him, telling him that she is committed to Philip. Gregory agrees to go to the meet and confesses his love for Elizabeth.
Gregory stations several of his men hiding in plain sight to watch over the meet. Gregory notices a woman with a baby sitting on a bench and sees that the FBI are tailing her. The woman is revealed to be Joyce Ramirez (Audrey Esparza), Rob's widow. Using his men to trip up the tailing FBI, Gregory gets Joyce away from their surveillance and brings her to a safe house, along with Philip and Elizabeth. Joyce doesn't know that Rob was a KGB agent and believed he was a drug dealer. Joyce gives Philip the note, and, using a water-based solution, Philip finds a name and number. Gregory probes Philip about his feeling for Elizabeth, revealing that they had a relationship, even when Elizabeth was pregnant with Paige (Holly Taylor). Philip ignores this.
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