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Everyone’s favorite undercover Russian spies are back on FX as “The Americans” returns for Season 4. After Martha was oddly left out of the Season 3 finale, it was good to see some huge follow-up on everything happening with her, now that she knows the truth about “Clark.”
Layered in ways we only see in our best television, The Americans transcends its espionage show genre to become something more relatable while never forgetting to also be a wildly entertaining story of spies and the people trying to catch them.
Some breakneck busyness in The Americans' fourth season does little to distract from the feeling that you're watching the beginning of the end for TV's best drama.
March 09, 2016
Eric Thurm
The greatness of The Americans comes in large part from its constant state of crisis.
This is a television show at the very peak of its powers, confident and controlled. The cast and crew have done their part - your assignment, should you choose to accept it, is simply to tune in. You won't regret it.
The Americans is one of TV's best drama series, if not the best, and it's also one of the most challenging. There are details to remember, nuances to catch and morality to ponder.
The Americans isn't always big on metaphor - the characters endure so much literal jeopardy and pain and angst that there's little need for embellishment - but "Glanders" ends on a doozy.
Creator Joe Weisberg and executive producer-writer Joel Fields have guided the story well so far, but how much more incestuous can the relationships get?