The Americans 4.05 “Clark’s Place” Thom V. Young May 3, 2016 Reviews, TV At least for now in The Americans, Philip-Clark knows his place.
The Americans 4.04 “Chloramphenicol” Thom V. Young April 19, 2016 Reviews, TV Of course, because this is an episode of The Americans, the title has thematic connotations that extend to all of the other subplots in the episode through a unifying motif.
The Americans 4.03 “Experimental Prototype City of Tomorrow” Thom V. Young April 9, 2016 Reviews, TV Obviously, one person’s Utopia can become another person’s Dystopia.
The Americans 4.02 “Pastor Tim” Thom V. Young March 30, 2016 Reviews, TV This episode of The Americans has walls coming down within the Jennings household.
The Americans 4.01 “Glanders” Thom V. Young March 27, 2016 Reviews, TV We essentially get a well-scripted, well-acted, and well-directed episode that doesn’t advance the story at all.
Secret Lives and Open Lies: What The Americans Reveals about Ourselves (episode 3.13, “March 8, 1983”) Thom V. Young May 2, 2015 Spontaneous Quixote The third season of The Americans has concluded, and writing about it has consumed too much of my time this week.
The Americans 3.12 “I Am Abassin Zadran” Thom V. Young April 22, 2015 Reviews, TV What’s great about The Americans is that it is constantly calling attention to the lies each of us may be living in our daily lives.
The Americans 3.11 “One Day in the Life of Anton Baklanov” Thom V. Young April 15, 2015 Reviews, TV The only real problem with this episode of The Americans is its title and its empty allusion to a novel by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.
The Americans 3.10 “Stingers” Thom V. Young April 7, 2015 Reviews, TV Of course, now that The Americans has been renewed for another season, these elements won’t be coming together to bring the series to an end.
The Americans 3.09 “Do Mail Robots Dream of Electric Sheep?” Thom V. Young April 1, 2015 Reviews, TV The Americans is a great show that deserves more viewers—so spread the word about one of the best shows on television.
The Americans 3.08 “Divestment” Thom V. Young March 25, 2015 Reviews, TV I certainly hope The Americans is renewed for a fourth season, as each episode continues to impress me more than the previous episode.
The Americans 3.07 “Walter Taffet” Thom V. Young March 18, 2015 Reviews, TV The Americans probably has as much tension in this 45 minutes as the current season of Justified has had through eight episodes thus far.
The Americans 3.06 “Born Again” Thom V. Young March 10, 2015 Reviews, TV The Americans version of "propaganda by the deed" involves indoctrinating Paige into the deeds of espionage and assassination.
The Americans 3.05 “Salang Pass” Thom V. Young March 4, 2015 Reviews, TV The title of this episode of The Americans (“Salang Pass”) seems to be a few weeks late.
0.0 The Americans 3.04 “Dimebag” Thom V. Young February 25, 2015 Reviews, TV Most of the interactions in the Americans involve one character telling another something he or she either wants or does not want to hear.
0.0 The Americans 3.03 “Open House” Thom V. Young February 18, 2015 Reviews, TV The Americans takes a driving tour of Frederick, Maryland, circa 1982. Sort of.
4.4 The Americans 3.02 “Baggage” Thom V. Young February 11, 2015 Reviews, TV The Americans again managed to strike the right balance between espionage adventures, political intrigues, and interpersonal relationships.
4.5 The Americans 3.01 “EST Men” Thom V. Young February 4, 2015 Reviews, TV So, yes, there is a lot of bullshit in this first new episode of The Americans, but the episode itself is not bullshit.
