The Americans Is the Realest, and Scariest, Spy Show on TV

When we last left Elizabeth (Keri Russell) and Philip (Matthew Rhys) things were a mess. It was nothing you wouldn't expect from two K.G.B. agents posing as an American couple living in a cul-de-sac outside Reagan-era  The Best Soundtrack Moments Of February 2014: True Detective, The Americans, Guardians Of. Last month, I lead into this … Read more

The Americans Is the Realest, and Scariest, Spy Show on TV

"The Americans" came back for a bloody season premiere that left our leads reeling. The biggest struggle that Elizabeth and Philip have faced as undercover KGB agents is how their double lives might affect their family. In many ways, "The Americans" has it all: Sex, violence, Cold War intrigue, Reagan-era fashions (oh, that hair!), marriage … Read more

The Americans: TV Review

The first season of FX's hourlong spy drama The Americans was excellent: a gripping story about a pair of married Russian sleeper agents masquerading as U.S. citizens in 1980s suburbia that had as much to say about matrimony as espionage. But the  In an attempt to soften the blow of the US losing every event … Read more