Oh, the hazy crazy days of youth.
He wakes with a start and Elizabeth asks if hes all right.
You were right about Martha, he says, passing it off as regular workplace restlessness.
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I need to tell her about Gene before she finds out at work.
So begins season 4 ofThe Americans.
In the next day or two youre going to get disturbing news at work, he says.
Gene Craft is dead.
Hell be found in his apartment.
Itll look like he killed himself.
I dont understand, she tells him.
The recorder will be found in his apartment.
This is too much for her.
It was the only way to protect you.
I didnt agree to this.
I dont want this… She weeps as she pushes back: She tells him to stay away.
Clark informs her that he cant visit her home, their home, anymore.
But he has one of his own she can visit.
She wants to know where her father is.
Hes with what we call a source.
He might get some information, Elizabeth says.
Is he lying to this other person, tricking them?
Its more about getting people to trust you, Elizabeth says.
You lied to me, he says.
When I say no, the next step is not to do it behind my back.
Again, we return to the dream: Two boys who would steal from Philip when he was young.
He is running, apparently afraid, although we hear Philip say he was angry.
Hes recounting the experience in front of his EST self-help group.
Except, hes not telling the whole story.
The beating, the murders.
Those arent part of the discussion, although we see the memories clearly.
Philip concludes by telling the room that the boy who beat him up eventually stopped.
There is one person he trusts with this story at least a little bit of it.
They know, Martha tells Clark as she visits his bachelor pad (and doesnt look too impressed).
Genes body has been found.
Shes full of questions about the death she inadvertently caused.
Did he know it was gonna happen?
No, Philip says.
I did everything I could to make it easier for him.
No, it was fast.
Then he adds: His apartment it was filled with toys.
Im glad that you told me.
I have to know everything, she told him.
So Philip volunteers a little more.
I keep having these memories of when I was a kid.
Or why Im so angry about that.
Hes talking about the boy he murdered as a child.
This is something he hasnt even shared with Elizabeth.
I did what I did to take you out of danger.
I wont put you back in, he says.
But Martha is willing to keep helping him.
They want reports and assignments for a particular surveillance team, he says the one trailing his bio-weapons expert.
Martha, I know you liked Gene a lot, Stan says offering sympathy, or maybe just probing.
I didnt know him that well, but I liked him, too.
I guess you never really know a person, do you?
This is not cause for celebration, however.
If it fails, theyre done with me.
Illl disappear into a camp, he says.
Even if it works, he knows he will be discarded.
After they finish, I picture myself as dust.
No one ever knowing.
Later, we see her talking with her handler, Vasili, who tells her about the wing.
Hell be happy to hear that, she says of Anton.
The two of you, youre what?
She says theres nothing romantic.
And she says she has a request.
Were not taking requests.
Then its a demand, she counters.
She says she wants to see her husband.
Husband!(?)
He knows something about her.
That means chemical and biological weapons.
He wants to know what shes bringing into his operation.
Clearly, whatever Elizabeth and Philip are collecting from Dylan Bakers researcher has everyone on edge.
But the pair spot a hole in the schedule and arrange a meeting with him.
Did you know you were under surveillance?
they ask as he sits on a park bench.
Theres been a new order from his laboratory by the Department of Defense.
A biological agent that causes the disease Glanders, which gives this episode its unusual name.
Glanders is a contagious disease that causes swelling of the neck and jaw and profound mucous discharge.
This freaks out Elizabeth and Philip, who were only inoculated against meningitis.
This is to meningitis what bubonic plague is to a runny nose, Bakers character huffs.
He gives them a small package and says to tell Gabriel I send it with love.
Are you screwing my wife, he says, slamming Philip against the wall.
And for once, hes telling Stan the truth.
Careful, Stan, youre playing with Glanders there, man!
Eventually, Philip talks him down and Stan stalks off.
He holds it up against the light of the garage.
The light snaps off.
