Philip is furious that the KGB is questioning their loyalty, and Claudia tells Elizabeth the decision went over Zhukov's head.
Nick's behavior changes – he offers Paige a beer, tells her that she'll be very attractive in a few years, and talks about his faith in God, stating, "Without a higher power, we’re no better than wild dogs."
Henry, who notices a knife on Nick, takes a beer bottle and smashes it across his head as he and Paige escape.
Agent Gaad (Richard Thomas) hands Stan Beeman (Noah Emmerich) a file on the shooting of Adam Dorwin.
He tells him that Dorwin was murdered at the same time the FBI were tracking Vasili and informs him of the missing defense blueprints.
Stan meets up with Nina (Annet Mahendru), who refuses to continue to spy for the FBI as the Russians are now aware of the mole.
Stan calls the embassy and asks for Vasili, telling the person on the other line to leave a message from Theo about the tea store he visited and that he'll enjoy.
Vasili denies any knowledge of them and, as his office is searched more thoroughly, Arkady finds Nina's camera behind a clock with the pictures of the classified documents.
In February 2013, FX confirmed that the sixth episode of the series would be titled "Trust Me", and that it would be written by Sneha Koorse, and directed by Daniel Sackheim.
Yes, shortly before the ruse was revealed, I realized it couldn't be real – it's too early in the series and it was clear the FBI were not involved in any of this.
Club gave the episode an "A–" grade and wrote, "The Americans cannily uses whatever feelings we have about Russell against us, and while she plays someone who could be Felicity all grown up in the 'normal' scenes, she's a titanic cauldron of rage who's been threatening to boil over everywhere else.
"[7] Vicky Frost of The Guardian wrote, "while the Americans might have some large and puzzling plotholes, it is very big on that kind of strong storytelling in which events and themes are mirrored and balanced across various characters and organisations, neatly contrasted for maximum effect.
Each episode is centered around something entirely different than the others: it's fixing a mistake, forcing an American to cooperate, telling the story of a historical event, or presenting the core emotional basis of being human.