Elizabeth sleeps with Philip and, in the morning, asks him to go to Greece with Kimmy and take her to Bulgaria, where she will be arrested with (planted) drugs (in more of a kidnapping) to blackmail her father about Nesterenko.
Over a beer, a crushed Stan tells Philip about the murdered couple and their orphaned son, who found his parents covered in blood.
After Stan leaves, Philip calls Kimmy to cancel "Jim's" trip to Greece and to break up with her, and then tells her not to visit any communist country while in Europe.
In its original American broadcast, "The Great Patriotic War" was seen by an estimated 538,000 household viewers and gained a 0.14 ratings share among adults aged 18–49, according to Nielsen Media Research.
Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes gave the episode 100% "Fresh" ratings and average rating of 9.42 out of 10, based on 10 reviews, with consensus reading, "'The Great Patriotic War' is taut and purposefully paced with glimmers of humor, heart, and heightened stakes for a good majority of The Americans' cast of characters.
[3] Alan Sepinwall from Uproxx praised the episode as well, saying, "The final season to this point had been slow-playing the plot to a degree, but with 'The Great Patriot[ic] War'—the rare super-sized drama episode that earns every extra minute, and never feels padded or self-indulgent, thanks to a marvelous and weighty script by Hilary Bettis and the usual precise direction from the great Tommy Schlamme—it's clear the endgame is now in full swing, and things can only get uglier from here.