Philip tells a deflated Henry that they might not be able to afford his private-school tuition for the next year because business at the travel agency had not increased as expected.
Dennis tells Stan that both Gennadi and Sofia (now codenamed as "Mr. and Mrs. Teacup" since their defection) have asked to meet with him and that their relocation agents will let him do so.
While going over the travel agency finances, Philip stares at a sandwich and remembers starving in the USSR as a boy, scraping a meal at the back of a diner from food stuck to pans.
In its original American broadcast, "Mr. and Mrs. Teacup" was seen by an estimated 569,000 household viewers and gained a 0.13 ratings share among adults aged 18–49, according to Nielsen Media Research.
[1] Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes gave it 100% "Fresh" ratings and average rating of 9.08 out of 10, based on 11 reviews, with consensus reading "Mr. and Mrs. Teacup shakes up allegiances between friends, enemies, and even family members as a spy vs. spy conflict begins to solidify at the center of an already outrageous arc.".