EPISODE
SEASON
The Americans - Season 1
Upon Ronald Reagan election as president, a couple appointed as spy couples get so entangled and more passionate about their relationship, but just when the agents receive a next door neighbor, things get extremely complex.
30 November 1961, Augustów, Podlaskie, Poland
9 July 1980, Moscow, Russia
3 February 1979, Kaliningrad, USSR
22 February 1962, Queens, New York, USA
24 March 1965, Chicago, Illinois, USA
23 December 1964, Los Angeles, California, USA
13 June 1951, New York City, New York, USA
March 07, 2017
The show has a snappy premise and a strong underlying theme-how do Philip and Elizabeth juggle their extraordinary mission with the ordinary reality of family life?-but so far creator Joe Weisberg hasn't given the drama room enough to breathe.
February 08, 2013
After seeing the pilot, The Americans can step up and take their place among the pantheon of cable shows now dominating the primetime airways.
January 30, 2013
Rhys and Russell are shockingly good as the multifaceted Philip and Elizabeth, who shed identities like snakes shed skins.
January 30, 2013
The Americans isn't just a heart-pounding action drama; by presenting heroes who are also villains, it also confronts viewers with TV's deepest moral dilemma since The Sopranos.
January 29, 2013
There's something really entertaining and thought-provoking about watching people caught up in double lives.
January 30, 2013
A gripping Cold War spy thriller - Alias, say, without the sci-fi digressions and with less ridiculous get-ups - and an equally intriguing domestic drama.
January 30, 2013
The show keeps its tongue out of its cheek and actually creates decent suspense, along with some chewy moral dilemmas to keep the brain stimulated if not taxed.
February 17, 2014
The Americans is a fascinating idea for a show. I don't recall getting to explore the spy game from the other side like this, and that's where much of the show's attraction lies.
September 17, 2013
The Americans is the best new television drama since Homeland because, like that similarly sticky, Silver Age show, it uses its killer concept as an ellipsis, not an exclamation point.
January 31, 2013
What I liked most about the drama is that Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys are so utterly believable as Philip and Elizabeth Jennings, KGB spies posing as American citizens living in the suburbs of Washington D.C.
