EPISODE
SEASON
The Americans - Season 2
Season 2 opens with Elizabeth coming back from her injury and straight into what should have been a routine mission; but it goes awry, leaving her and Philip in fear not only for themselves but for their whole network... and family.
10 October 1988, New York City, New York, USA
12 June 1974, New York City, New York, USA
22 February 1962, Queens, New York, USA
25 March 1960, Detroit, Michigan, USA
12 May 1965, Frunze, USSR
18 February 1970, Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, USSR [now Belarus]
13 March 1986, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
26 April 1980, New Jersey, USA
5 August 1965, New York City, New York, USA
15 September 1955, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
1971, Stavropol, USSR
23 April 1952, Orpington, Kent, England, UK
21 September 1947, Port Chester, New York, USA
24 August 1955, Bridgeton, New Jersey, USA
March 04, 2014
We know how the Cold War turned out, but as viewers, we're far less certain as to the fates of these characters who may lack our knowledge, but understand full well the potential cost of the games without frontiers they're playing at.
February 07, 2014
Drives the anti-hero focus of so many superb viewer-identification series into a new frontier: nationalism. The pair's state-of-the-union is at the star-sickled, hammer-spangled heart of the show. Romances are nearly always mission-bound con-jobs.
February 21, 2014
Joe Weisberg's series doesn't feel easily sustainable for years, but that's part of what's so enjoyable about it, the high wire tension it manages in keeping the Jennings in a precarious position while allowing them to stay unexposed
February 24, 2014
The stakes are higher than ever. And the wigs even crazier.
March 17, 2014
Rather than only offering titillating suspense about spies, undercover ruses, and (it must be said) bad wigs, The Americans provides insight into how cultural differences, misunderstood information, and paranoia can lead to overreactions and escalations.
February 26, 2014
I'm happy to report that The Americans is still emphatically The Americans -- a superior television series by just about every measure -- direction, storytelling, writing, plot and immaculate performance[s] by [its two] leads.
March 06, 2014
Can we just take a second... to salute the fine hair, makeup and wardrobe folks on the show. And those who create Philip's looks specifically?
February 24, 2014
It is a kicky, swift-moving ride that uses its double agent protagonists to explore the divided loyalties and self-delusions that plague all humans, not just extremely attractive and bad-ass Soviet spies.
February 27, 2014
The Americans shows every sign of maintaining if not exceeding the high bar it set in Season 1.
February 26, 2014
Those escapes can make for exciting television, so they become a good bet when lively TV is the primary goal.
