The Americans 6x05 - Philip and Paige spar

Scene from S06E05 - Mr. and Mrs. Teacup

[DrQuacky]

The way Philip goes from the bumbling looking dad to a downright vicious killer in an instant is terrifying. Bravo Matthew Rhys.

[ShadeXH]

The way he says "I'll be okay" with such dismissive venom. Perfect.

[ericwilliams]

This scene felt so satisfying. You feel bad for Phillip that his daughter and wife view him as this soft and broken man who lost the strength to keep fighting for "the cause" when he's still plenty strong enough but along the way he gained enough wisdom to see what's actually important in life.

[jamesburke]

"Not bad" just kills me. Best line delivery of all time.

[michaelairton]

What a completely necessary scene. Paige refers to "what Mom and I do", when she has no real clue what her Mom does. Paige has learned some self defense stuff; Philip and Elizabeth have years of training and experience at killing quickly, efficiently, and remorselessly with their bare hands. And there are no words needed at the end of his "visit"; he's proven his point. Powerful stuff.

[sgtlamancha]

“I don’t think I’m the same as you, dad.” Oh sweetheart, you never told a bigger truth.

[sammiepittman]

okay but Mattahew Rhys was straight up terrifying here. I’ve always found his quiet reserve to be a little scary. You can take one look at Elizabeth and know she would straight up kill you on the spot. Even in the earlier seasons when we saw how they were trying to blend in, she always had this outwardly disdainful and dangerous arua about her. But i’ve always found that Philip could easily hide his true self behind those alias’s so well. One minute he’s the perfect “mr. gray” and the next he’s breaking your neck.

[tranurse]

You can tell it breaks his heart to have to do this to his daughter. But he’s trying to protect her from the BS her mom has filled her head with.

[buxadonoff]

Good for him. Her mother is shielding her from the reality of the job, he showed how vulnerable she really is and how silly she is to think otherwise. Feeling badass about beating nobodies in a bar .. try it on someone that can fight back.

[Entertain-wcvr]

Phillip was easily the best character of the show, incredible performance from Matthew Rhys

[adriana]

She went on a couple of stakeouts. He literally broke a dead woman's bones so she could fit in a suitcase.

[VictorHugoVideos]

This is basically him saying: "I didn't left the job because I was bad at it. I left by choice."

[irisheyes]

This scene was done so well. Mathew Rhys gives an amazing performance. Paige doesn't understand just how unprepared she really is. If she had to go head to head with an experienced spy/assassin like Philip she is toast. Phillip knows this and it terrifies him. He wants to show Paige how unprepared she is. He doesn't want to hurt his daughter emotionally or physically but, he knows making her understand is more important. He understands just how deadly people in his line of work are. He has to cause a little bit of pain now to make her truly evaluate herself and the rough road she is headed down if she continues. He causes a little bit of pain in order to spare her from a lot of pain or even a gruesome death later.

[Arcanelake]

This is one of my favorite scenes in the entire show. Philip INSTANTLY shows her that she has NO idea what it's like. How easily she can be overpowered by a properly trained male assailant. His coldness is amazing. Another Rhys performance that blows my mind. Love this show so much.

[masonlee]

She had no idea that Philip is the stronger agent between her parents. Just because Philip doesn't have the stomach anymore, doesn't he's not the best at what they do.
Last few mission would have gone much worse if he didn't help Elizabeth at the end.

[nationradical]

Rhys was the highlight of the show, such a versatile and convincing actor.

[missmorbid]

i loved philip putting paige in her place. I was getting sick of her "You're not like us", "We live in the real world", nonsense. Like kid, you have no idea what he's done.

[DitaCarlita]

One of the best scenes of the whole show

[beenmeawhile]

"Oh, there arent really pads in real life." - what they dont tell you in self defense classes.

[vldy]

She went from "I'm not the same as you" to "Oh shit, I'm not the same as you"