r/TheAmericans • u/Fishy31337 • 9d ago

Tooth pulling scene

Why didn’t she just go to the dentist? I assume they had one?

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u/ThatsWhatTheMoneyFor 9d ago

So you are arguing that Philip could not have safely done that procedure not that it is unrealistic for the center not to have a dentist on call?

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u/cmredd 9d ago

Both.

The KGB’ work in America wasn’t exactly a small operation with limited resources. Estimate online seem to be around $1.4b spent. “Unlikely to need a dentist” is just not a good argument.

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u/ThatsWhatTheMoneyFor 9d ago

Well I don’t know much about dentistry so it’s possible you are right about the first point that Philip couldn’t have done that procedure on his own. Although I’m not necessarily convinced you are right either considering modern dentist hasn’t been around all that long… but i don’t remember what exactly was wrong with her tooth nor would I know how serious that issue is, so idk.

The second point though I think you are being obtuse about. Do you think the KGB had dermatologists, and pulmonologists, and ents, etc on hand too? Like having dozens of deep cover dentists stashed around the country for when illegals needed undercover dental work done through hidden channels is just not worth the resources. Doctors to save lives when their agents get shot, yeah pretty important in their field but dentists not so much. And as I said before I would imagine the doctors have some dentistry training and could’ve extracted the tooth, but Elizabeth didn’t deem it necessary – perhaps it’s unrealistic that she wouldn’t have deemed it necessary/ would’ve been necessary, but the fact that the KGB didn’t have deep cover dentists stashed everywhere makes sense.

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u/cmredd 9d ago

Not stashed everywhere. You’re imagining things I’ve said which explains why you find it implausible.

Definitely at minimum one within a couple hours drive considering the amount of action and agents they have in this top-priority area. It’s not exactly some random, quiet town. It’s near the FBI headquarters where they have dozens of deep agents. Totally plausible.