TV Review: FX’s The Americans 2×7, “Arpanet”

Keri Russell has been getting a lot to do on The Americans in recent weeks and she has been pretty terrific.  This week Elizabeth only gets so much to do though, as it is more the Nina hour, with a…

TV Review: FX’s The Americans 2×6, “Behind The Red Door”

Given a lot of the dark elements that made up this episode of The Americans, it is a little strange to say that so much of it revolved around the notion of Love.  That said, sometimes love comes with darkness. …

TV Review: FX’s The Americans 2×5, “The Deal”

I am aware that The Americans is not the most popular show on television, but for those who have been keeping up, it’s been a good number of weeks for this series, with “The Deal” serving as one of the…

TV Review: FX’s The Americans 2×4, “A Little Night Music”

I have not been doing a whole lot of research regarding the ratings for The Americans and how this season is comparing to last season, but it seems likely and very fitting that a series about Russian spies is secretly…

TV Review: FX’s The Americans 2×3, “The Walk In”

“The Walk In” continues the streak that The Americans has been on, which involves multiple plotlines running concurrently, doing a great job with nearly all of them, and delivering a fine hour of television overall.  I consider that an impressive…

TV Review: FX’s The Americans 2×2, “Cardinal”

The follow up to last week’s excellent season premiere is a look at an outcome from all angles, as there is a lot of focus on the fallout that has developed from the shocking climax of “Comrades”, which leads to…

TV Review: FX’s The Americans 2×1, “Comrades”

Arriving just after the close of the Sochi Olympics, The Americans has returned to FX and it has done so in fine form.  We have returned to the world of espionage in Washington D.C. during the 1980s, where two Russian…