Martial Eagle (The Americans)
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Episode no. | Season 2 Episode 9 |
Directed by | Alik Sakharov |
Story by |
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Teleplay by | Tracey Scott Wilson |
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Production code | BDU209 |
Original air date | April 23, 2014 |
Running time | 47 minutes |
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"Martial Eagle" (named after the bird of prey with the same name, the martial eagle) is the ninth episode of the second season of the American television drama series The Americans, and the 22nd overall episode of the series. It originally aired on FX in the United States on April 23, 2014.
Plot
Elizabeth and Philip infiltrate the Contra training base posing as septic system employees. Elizabeth assassinates their intended targets, while Philip takes photos of the training exercises. He's forced to kill three American personnel who stumble upon him. The Jennings later find that the truck driver they kidnapped for information and left tied up in the forest has frozen to death. Philip is upset by the unnecessary deaths.
The Jennings family attends a service at the church that runs Paige's youth program. They inadvertently learn that Paige has donated $600 of her savings to missionary activities. Neither of her parents approve of this gesture, especially Philip. Philip lashes out at Paige when they return home. Philip later meets Pastor Tim (Kelly AuCoin) and angrily asks him to stay away from his daughter. Pastor Tim responds by telling Philip he, too, can be saved before Philip walks out. Elizabeth awakens Paige in the middle of the night to do chores, telling her that being a grown up means having to do things even if you don't want to do them and not always getting what you want.
Philip plays a doctored tape to Martha to poison her relationship with Gaad, and tells her that someone in her office is leaking information about the stealth aircraft project. They start to get intimate, but Philip stops her saying he's drunk and upset. Meanwhile, Elizabeth attends an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting to befriend a Northrop employee and glean stealth technology information from her.
Production
The story for the episode was written by Oliver North and Tracey Scott Wilson, while Wilson wrote the teleplay. The episode was directed by Alik Sakharov. North was involved due to his experience and knowledge about American government's covert support of Contras in Nicaragua.[1]
Reception
The episode was watched by 1.37 million viewers, as per
References
- ^ Itzkoff, Dave (April 15, 2014). "Oliver North, Now in the Service of TV's K.G.B." Retrieved May 9, 2014.
- ^ Kondolojy, Amanda (April 24, 2014). "Wednesday Cable Ratings: NBA Basketball Leads Night + 'American Pickers', 'Inside the NBA Playoffs', 'Bring It!' & More". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on April 25, 2014. Retrieved April 24, 2014.
- ^ Koski, Genevieve; VanDerWerff, Emily (April 23, 2014). "The Americans: "Martial Eagle"".
- ^ Sepinwall, Alan (April 23, 2014). "Review: The Americans - Martial Eagle: Jesus is just alright with me". Archived from the original on May 2, 2014.
External links
- "Martial Eagle" at FX
- "Martial Eagle" at IMDb