The Americans Reviews
The Americans Season Finale Review: Friend and Enemy Paradox
The Americans exists in an overly insular environment where friends and enemies may be determined by the country of their birth, but from a people perspect...
The Americans Review: The Illegals Revealed
With a halt in the killings on The Americans, the Americans and Soviets returned to their regular spy activities of doing whatever was necessary to infiltr...
The Americans Review: No Happiness in the Cold War
The Soviet Union was the number one enemy of the United States, but while watching The Americans it's easy to forget that. Even though the Jennings are und...
The Americans Review: Ultimate Sacrifice
In the aftermath of Amador's death, the FBI's investigation went into high gear with the KGB still considered the top suspect. After a short eulogy in the ...
The Americans Review: The Bird, the Dog and the Master
After a week off the air, The Americans returned with it's most intense episode of the season. "Safe House" even beat out the episode when the Jennings wer...
The Americans Review: Explosive Mistakes
After a string of increasingly intense episodes, "Mutually Assured Destruction" was rather subdued. While it was enjoyable, it didn't hold my att...
The Americans Review: What's Real?
The Americans continues to impress with its tight storytelling, compelling characters, and ability to be unpredictable at the right times. In "Duty an...
The Americans Review: Trust is a Tricky Thing
It's not easy being a spy. Though, life isn't easy, is it? Trust is a tricky thing. It can be earned through hard work and time spent together. Or, it can ...
The Americans Review: Trust and Intimacy
"COMINT" provided a look at how both Soviet and American spies and assets acquire information and the sacrifices that are made to get a step ahead of their...
The Americans Review: Running Around Like Cut Off Chickens
The Americans has the difficult task of making the Cold War spy game suspenseful when viewers know how it ends. "In Control" proved they can do just that.&...