The Americans
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They wanted me to get married. I tried. We were fighting. I was... I wish I could have been with her all these years. Like them. Couple kids. American dream. Never suspect them. She's pretty. He's lucky.
William
Elizabeth: Can't wait to have dinner with that family again.
Philip: Yeah.
Elizabeth: Sorry he had to wait in line to eat. He's old enough to remember having nothing to wait in line for.
Philip: My mother used to make us soup from a few onions, nothing else. It was really just hot water.
Elizabeth: After the war, my mother always said she wasn't hungry. I knew, but I ate everything. She was so thin.
Philip: We'll get another chance...to go home. It wasn't the right time.
Elizabeth: What's the right time?
First thing. You can't be afraid to be hit and you can't be afraid to hit. Ever. You don't want to get hurt, you have to be willing to do anything to protect yourself.
Elizabeth
Elizabeth: He's a hero.
Philip: Maybe he'll get a stamp.
I just don't think you're listening. Burov will sacrifice himself before betraying his country. He can't be turned.
Stan
Philip: Is, uh, everything alright?
Stan: Yeah. Just this thing going on at work.
Philip: Something you can talk about?
Stan: No, not really. Just sometimes, you know, I wish I was in charge of the whole goddamned FBI.
I'd rather die back home than live here.
Pashenka
Paige: Is it hard pretending to be other people?
Philip: Yeah. Sometimes it's really hard.
Matthew: Are you OK? You seem sad.
Paige: The world's just so messy right now. It's hard to figure out what to do about it.
Matthew: Well, there's nothing we can do about it.
Paige: Do you really think so?
Being in a relationship is complicated. You don't share everything. You hold back what you need to. Everybody does.
Elizabeth
Philip: All this land out here. You know what it looks like? Home. We have this too. Why can't we grow enough grain ourselves? Alexi? Some of what he says? I...
Elizabeth: Everybody has problems.
