We need to talk about the wigs in “Divestment,” guys. The Americans has used wigs and disguises to great effect since day one, and sometimes they’re hilarious, like they are in this installment. Phillip...

The great thing about The Americans is that even a slow, methodical episode like “Walter Taffet” can still be exciting based on the sheer talent in front of and behind the camera. It’s the...

There’s a great moment in the cold open of “Dimebag,” another predictably great episode of The Americans. Phillip and Elizabeth ask Paige who she wants to have over for her birthday dinner. “Pastor Jim...

How quickly you get sucked into the world of The Americans. This is so effortlessly, confidently one of the best shows on the air, and creator Joe Weisberg (and his co-showrunner Joel Fields) has...

Now we have to say goodbye to a stellar season of The Americans. In its sophomore season, The Americans decided to scale things back: it looked at the nitty-gritty of the Cold War, the...

“Operation Chronicle” is not a bad episode of The Americans; in fact, I don’t think there’s ever been a bad episode of The Americans. It’s not even a slow episode, really – a hell...

“Stealth” was The Americans doing what The Americans does best, showing the nitty-gritty side of the Cold War, as well as its devastating personal effects. When most people think of the Cold War, they...

Look, The Americans doesn’t have it in its DNA to be a “bad” show. The creators and the ensemble are just too damn good, and since I started reviewing the show for this website,...

So, Nina Sergeevna might be the smoothest operator in the world of The Americans. Even with the benefit of omniscience, it’s impossible for us as viewers to ascertain who she’s playing. Stan? Oleg? Both?...

The Americans is many things: dark, tense, intriguing, sexy, and, as “Behind the Red Door” ably demonstrates, occasionally gut-wrenching. It’s been said before, but the biggest coup this show pulled on its audience is...

What is home? Is it where you live, or where all your stuff is? Is it “where the heart is” or “wherever you hang your hat”? To me, the best definition of “home” comes...

The Americans was all about relationships last night. “A Little Night Music” was a slower episode, to be sure, but this season has been so breathless that it was nice to relax a little...