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TV Review: The Americans 4.2 “Pastor Tim”
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By Goodman
| March 28th, 2016 at 1:30 pm
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The Americans
Season 4, Episode 2 – “Pastor Tim”
Directed by Chris Long
Written by Joel Fields & Joe Weisberg
Starring: Keri Russell, Matthew Rhys, Lev Gorn, Annet Mahendru, Susan Misner, Costa Ronin, Keidrich Sellati, Holly Taylor, Richard Thomas, Dylan Baker, Alison Wright, Noah Emmerich, and Frank Langella
FX
Air date: Wednesday, March 23, 2015, 10pm
“‹The Jennings are in trouble.
The specter of death has always lingered around the edges of The Americans, but Episode 4.2 “Pastor Tim” brings its otherworldly presence a little too close to home for the Jennings: the glanders still resides in their home (despite Philip’s best intentions), Elizabeth’s (Keri Russell) mother is dead, and the titular Pastor Tim is due for his own visit with the grim reaper after Elizabeth discovers he knows about their secret. The Jennings have found themselves in trouble before, sure, but “Pastor Tim” seems committed to paint the Jennings into a corner that they can’t back out of “” doubling down on threats both internal and external.
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Tags: Alison Wright, Annet Mahendru, Chris Long, Costa Ronin, Dylan Baker, Frank Langella, Holly Taylor, Joe Weisberg, Joel Fields, Keidrich Sellati, Keri Russell, Lev Gorn, Matthew Rhys, Noah Emmerich, Richard Thomas, Susan Misner, The Americans
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TV Review: The Americans 4.1 “Glanders”
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By Goodman
| March 17th, 2016 at 10:00 pm
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The Americans
Season 4, Episode 1 – “Glanders”
Directed by Thomas Schlamme
Written by Joel Fields & Joe Weisberg
Starring: Keri Russell, Matthew Rhys, Lev Gorn, Annet Mahendru, Susan Misner, Costa Ronin, Keidrich Sellati, Holly Taylor, Richard Thomas, Dylan Baker, Alison Wright, Noah Emmerich, and Frank Langella
FX
Air date: Wednesday, March 16, 2015, 10pm
More confident than ever, The Americans returned for its fourth season last night on FX “” which is more than what Philip Jennings (Matthew Rhys) can say for himself. The weight of his burdens are as oppressive as the country he fights for “” he might share more in common with the Man of Steel than a reference to a secret identity, as he’s balancing the entire world on his shoulders. But it’s not going well. And he’s starting to crack.
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Tags: Alison Wright, Annet Mahendru, Costa Ronin, Dylan Baker, Frank Langella, FX, Holly Taylor, Joe Weisberg, Joel Fields, Keidrich Sellati, Keri Russell, Lev Gorn, Matthew Rhys, Noah Emmerich, Richard Thomas, Susan Misner, The Americans
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TV Review: The Americans 3.13 “March 8, 1983â€
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By Goodman
| April 22nd, 2015 at 4:00 pm
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The Americans
Season 3, Episode 13 – “March 8, 1983″
Directed by Daniel Sackheim
Written by Joel Fields and Joe Weisberg
Starring: Keri Russell, Matthew Rhys, Lev Gorn, Annet Mahendru, Susan Misner, Costa Ronin, Keidrich Sellati, Holly Taylor, Richard Thomas, Alison Wright, Noah Emmerich, and Frank Langella
FX
Air date: Wednesday, April 22, 2015, 10pm
“. . . I urge you to beware the temptation of pride””the temptation of blithely . . . declaring yourselves above it all and label both sides equally at fault, to ignore the facts of history and the aggressive impulses of an ‘evil empire,’ to simply call the arms race a giant misunderstanding and thereby remove yourself from the struggle between right and wrong and good and evil.”
It turns out that after a season full of intensity and great surprises that The Americans has saved the best for last in the Season 3 finale, titled “March 8, 1983.” Our spoiler-filled review, after the jump.
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Tags: Alison Wright, Annet Mahendru, Costa Ronin, Daniel Sackheim, Frank Langella, FX, Holly Taylor, Joe Weisberg, Joel Fields, Keidrich Sellati, Keri Russell, Matthew Rhys, Noah Emmerich, Richard Thomas, Susan Misner, The Americans
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TV Review: The Americans 3.12 “I Am Abassin Zadranâ€
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By Goodman
| April 16th, 2015 at 7:00 pm
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The Americans
Season 3, Episode 12 – “I Am Abassin Zadran”
Directed by Christopher Misiano
Written by Peter Ackerman & Stuart Zicherman
Starring: Keri Russell, Matthew Rhys, Lev Gorn, Annet Mahendru, Susan Misner, Costa Ronin, Keidrich Sellati, Holly Taylor, Richard Thomas, Alison Wright, Noah Emmerich, and Frank Langella
FX
Air date: Wednesday, April 15, 2015, 10pm
Secrets and lies are two intrinsically linked elements, as it’s impossible to have one without the other. The Americans is a show that’s lived in the area between those places and this season has really focused on the emotional weight of what it means to have secrets, to keep secrets, and what it is to tell lies to keep those secrets.
“I Am Abassin Zadran” refers to the titular mujahideen commander Elizabeth (Keri Russell) and Philip (Matthew Rhys) speak to in the episode, but for Martha (Alison Wright) this could have easily been the name behind the man she’s known as Clark. Identity is at the heart of this episode, as we continue to see Paige (Holly Taylor) struggle with her changed circumstances and question who she’s been all her life. These are weighty questions to posit as the show heads into its season finale, but they’re questions this show is capable of not only asking, but providing the answers to as well.
Spoilers for the latest episode of The Americans will be discussed below.
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Tags: Alison Wright, Annet Mahendru, Christopher Misiano, Costa Ronin, Frank Langella, FX, Holly Taylor, Keidrich Sellati, Keri Russell, Matthew Rhys, Noah Emmerich, Peter Ackerman, Richard Thomas, Stuart Zicherman, Susan Misner, The Americans
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TV Review: The Americans 3.11 “One Day In The Life Of Anton Baklanov”
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By Goodman
| April 8th, 2015 at 10:50 pm
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The Americans
Season 3, Episode 11 – “One Day in the Life of Anton Baklanov”
Directed by Andrew Bernstein
Written by Stephen Schiff & Tracey Scott Wilson
Starring: Keri Russell, Matthew Rhys, Lev Gorn, Annet Mahendru, Susan Misner, Costa Ronin, Keidrich Sellati, Holly Taylor, Richard Thomas, Alison Wright, Noah Emmerich, and Frank Langella
FX
Air date: Wednesday, April 8, 2015, 10pm
The Americans Episode 3.11 “One Day in the Life of Anton Baklanov” ends with an open door that subsequently closed. It functions as a good symbol for this episode as the majority of the Jennings family struggles with this newfound openness between them all. There’s a desperate attempt to keep that door open, but who’s to say how long that will be the case?
Continuing the fallout of last week, Elizabeth (Keri Russell) and Philip (Matthew Rhys) are rightfully still on edge about just where Paige’s (Holly Turner) head is currently at. In fact, the entire Jennings household (save for Henry, who is still running around doing the world’s best worst Eddie Murphy “Mr. Robinson’s Neighborhood” impression) seems to be adrift, searching for some sort of answer within themselves in the larger world.
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Tags: Alison Wright, Annet Mahendru, Costa Ronin, Frank Langella, FX, Holly Taylor, Joe Weisberg, Joel Fields, Keidrich Sellati, Keri Russell, Matthew Rhys, Noah Emmerich, Richard Thomas, Susan Misner, The Americans
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