Who is gregory on the americans

Philip goes for a walk to clear his head and has a very unpleasant encounter with Claudia , who announces she is the Jennings' new KGB handler.

She is vague about what happened to their previous handler, Gabriel , saying he ran things loose and she intends to take a more personal approach with them. Philip realizes he had a previous encounter with Claudia and tells her she is never to come near his children again. Claudia suggests calling the number on the note Rob left, and arranging to meet.

In an attempt to flush Joyce out, Agent Gaad issues a kidnapping charge on her which is televised. I will snap your neck. As Philip prepares to meet the contact from Rob's note, he and Elizabeth fight about Gregory.

He accuses her of "running out" on him and says she has been lying to him for 15 years. Elizabeth questions what truly constitutes a lie between them and Philip insists he has always told her the truth, raging that "you shared your deepest feelings about us, with him, while you lie to me. He suggests they keep living as they always have, in a sham marriage, because it's worked up until now. Don't do me any favors. Philip meets with the contact from Rob's note, who gives him schematics for an anti-ballistic missile laser.

In the process, he fights with two of the contact's bodyguards, getting a superficial knife wound in the stomach. Meanwhile, Gregory and Elizabeth fight, about what to do with with Joyce, and because Gregory told Philip about their affair.

His hunch that something is just not right with these people is going to be fun to watch pan out. His eyebrows raise at all the right things. All the things the Jennings aren't paying attention to.

News U. Politics Joe Biden Congress Extremism. Special Projects Highline. HuffPost Personal Video Horoscopes. Follow Us. Terms Privacy Policy. Part of HuffPost Entertainment. All rights reserved. But in this week's episode, "Gregory," we finally start to see where it's going. EST on FX. This gives significance to some of the interactions between them during the previous episodes.

The events taking place revolve around a character who briefly appeared in the pilot and introduce two new characters, one of whom looks like she might be frequently recurring. The McGuffin is related to a real life government initiative which any viewer can google and find out about, so this indicates to me the main point of The Americans will be the development the Jennings' relationship and the fate of the family with their espionage roles used to drive everything forward and explore numerous psychological themes in a more exciting way than a bog standard family drama.

Much like The Sopranos did with Tony's gangster life. All performances are excellent with the two leads as good as ever. Matthew Rhys conveys emotion and pent up anger fantastically well. I don't think his character needs all the jujitsu moves when his angry face seems like it could do enough damage on its own. I enjoyed the cinematography and editing, particularly in the street scenes involving a character being tracked by both the FBI and the KGB.

The entire episode has a tense atmosphere with a feeling that something pretty bad is going to happen which kept me quite hooked throughout. Overall I rate it an 8. Details Edit. Release date February 13, United States. United States. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. DreamWorks Television. Technical specs Edit. Runtime 46 minutes. He wanted to move to Los Angeles. No dice, Gregory. You die here, comrade. At least he got to choose his own fate, but even that had a nasty, mournful overtone: He shot a lot of cops in the process and may have further complicated the KGB-FBI war.

What a great, tragic love story this was — and how beautifully Luke played the role. Hopeless, unquenchable desire is a damned hard thing for an actor to play without coming off as ridiculous, and yet Luke never looked ridiculous.

There was something deeply chivalrous in his demeanor, and it had to do with restraint — with holding back whenever possible, just as Gregory would have held back if he were a real person in these same situations.