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** When Elizabeth tells Betty she's making the world a better place, Betty says that's what all evil people tell themselves to justify their actions. Elizabeth has no response to that.

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** When Elizabeth tells Betty she's making the world a better place, Betty says that's what all evil people tell themselves to justify their actions. Elizabeth has no response to that.that and is clearly affected by her words.


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* FaceDeathWithDignity: Betty calmly accepts her death, preferring to die by Elizabeth's hand than alone in front of a TV or wasting away in a hospital.
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* OhCrap: Betty when she realizes Elizabeth is there to kill her.

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* OhCrap: Betty when she realizes Elizabeth is there to kill her.won't let her live through the night.

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Philip tells Elizabeth [[Recap/TheAmericansS3E8Divestment Martha knows about the bug being discovered, and that "Clark" isn't who he says he is]]. Philip also tells Gabriel, who agrees Martha shouldn't be put in any more danger, but wants Elizabeth and Philip to bug the Mail Robot. Elizabeth and Philip break into the repair shop where the Mail Robot is stored, but Betty (Creator/LoisSmith), the bookkeeper at the repair shop, is there. She and Elizabeth have a long chat while Philip bugs the Mail Robot, and while Elizabeth is moved by the woman, she ends up giving her an overdose of her heart medication to kill her.

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Philip tells Elizabeth [[Recap/TheAmericansS3E8Divestment Martha knows about the bug being discovered, and that "Clark" isn't who he says he is]]. Philip also tells Gabriel, who agrees Martha shouldn't be put in any more danger, but wants Elizabeth and Philip to bug the Mail Robot. Elizabeth and Philip break into the repair shop where the Mail Robot is stored, but Betty (Creator/LoisSmith), the bookkeeper at the repair shop, is there. She and Elizabeth have a long chat while Philip bugs the Mail Robot, and while Elizabeth is moved by the woman, she ends up giving her an overdose of her heart medication to kill her.



Elsewhere, Elizabeth tells Hans she can't work with him any more after Todd saw him.

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Elsewhere, Elizabeth tells Hans she can't work with him any more after Todd saw him.
him. Hans kills Todd to remain working with Elizabeth

Elizabeth and Philip break into the repair shop where the Mail Robot is stored, but Betty (Creator/LoisSmith), the bookkeeper at the repair shop, is there. She and Elizabeth have a long chat while Philip bugs the Mail Robot, and while Elizabeth is moved by the woman, she ends up giving her an overdose of her heart medication to kill her.

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* ArmorPiercingResponse: When Elizabeth tells Betty she's making the world a better place, Betty says that's what all evil people tell themselves to justify their actions. Elizabeth has no response to that.

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* ArmorPiercingResponse: ArmorPiercingResponse:
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When Elizabeth tells Betty she's making the world a better place, Betty says that's what all evil people tell themselves to justify their actions. Elizabeth has no response to that.


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* HollywoodBoardGames: Gabriel and Philip play ''TabletopGame/{{Scrabble}}'' as a bonding activity. They talk about love and marriage and exchange quips about the words they form with their tiles.

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* ActorAllusion: When Philip and Gabriel are playing TabletopGame/{{Scrabble}}, Gabriel uses the word "sphinx", which is the name of a 1981 film Creator/FrankLangella appeared in.

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* ActorAllusion: When Philip and Gabriel are playing TabletopGame/{{Scrabble}}, ''TabletopGame/{{Scrabble}}'', Gabriel uses the word "sphinx", which is the name of a 1981 film Creator/FrankLangella appeared in.



* ShoutOut: Gabriel and Philip play TabletopGame/{{Scrabble}}.

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* ShoutOut: Gabriel and Philip play TabletopGame/{{Scrabble}}.''TabletopGame/{{Scrabble}}''.
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* OhCrap: Betty when she realizes Elizabeth is there to kill her.

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* OhCrap: Betty when she realizes Elizabeth is there to kill her.her.
* ShoutOut: Gabriel and Philip play TabletopGame/{{Scrabble}}.
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* BoomHeadshot: Hans attempts to kill Todd this way, but while he shoots Todd in the eye, the gun ends up jamming after that, so he [[NeckSnap chokes Todd to death instead]].



* MethodActing: InUniverse - when Stan gets into Zinaida's room and sees "Oleg", the two of them fight, and Oleg beats him up pretty badly. Later, when Oleg and Stan meet again, Stan asks if Oleg wasn't thinking about how much he wanted to hit Stan, and Oleg just smirks.

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* MethodActing: InUniverse - when Stan gets into Zinaida's room and sees "Oleg", the two of them fight, and Oleg beats him up pretty badly. Later, when Oleg and Stan meet again, Stan asks if Oleg wasn't thinking about how much he wanted to hit Stan, and Oleg just smirks.smirks.
* OhCrap: Betty when she realizes Elizabeth is there to kill her.
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Philip tells Elizabeth [[Recap/TheAmericansS3E8Divestment Martha knows about the bug being discovered, and that "Clark" isn't who he says he is]]. Philip also tells Gabriel, who agrees Martha shouldn't be put in any more danger, but wants Elizabeth and Philip to bug the Mail Robot. Elizabeth and Philip break into the repair shop where the Mail Robot is stored, but Betty (Creator/LoisSmith), the bookkeeper at the repair shop, is there. She and Elizabeth have a long chat while Philip bugs the Mail Robot, and while Elizabeth is moved by the woman, she ends up giving her an overdose of her heart medication to kill her.

Oleg thinks Stan may have the right idea about Zinaida. When Stan takes her to her hotel room, Oleg, in disguise, pretends to be someone from the KGB ordering her to renounce what she's been saying since she's been in the U.S. Afterwards, Oleg tells Stan Zinaida wasn't fazed at all, so she may be exactly who she says she is, which disappoints Stan.

Elsewhere, Elizabeth tells Hans she can't work with him any more after Todd saw him.

!!This episode contains examples of:
* ActorAllusion: When Philip and Gabriel are playing TabletopGame/{{Scrabble}}, Gabriel uses the word "sphinx", which is the name of a 1981 film Creator/FrankLangella appeared in.
* ArmorPiercingResponse: When Elizabeth tells Betty she's making the world a better place, Betty says that's what all evil people tell themselves to justify their actions. Elizabeth has no response to that.
** When Gabriel asks Philip what his problem is, Philip replies Gabriel himself is the problem, which Gabriel has no response to.
* LiteraryAllusionTitle: The episode title is a play on the novel ''Literature/DoAndroidsDreamOfElectricSheep''.
* MethodActing: InUniverse - when Stan gets into Zinaida's room and sees "Oleg", the two of them fight, and Oleg beats him up pretty badly. Later, when Oleg and Stan meet again, Stan asks if Oleg wasn't thinking about how much he wanted to hit Stan, and Oleg just smirks.

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