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The Americans, season 5: episode recaps and reviews
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May 31, 2017
The Americans’ showrunners explain their intimate, sometimes polarizing season 5
"Spying's not pointless, but it can be drudgery," says creator Joe Weisberg on our podcast.
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May 31, 2017
The Americans finale leaves us arguing over the point of this next-to-last season
Was building an entire season of TV around the main characters’ exhaustion a good idea? Ask us in 2018.
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May 24, 2017
The Americans’ "The World Council of Churches” tests loyalties, limits, and parenting skills
Oleg runs out of options, while Tuan makes a big (and very dumb) move.
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May 17, 2017
On The Americans, “Dyatkovo” pushes Soviet loyalties to the brink
Also: the return of mail robot!
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May 9, 2017
The Americans’ latest episode has a big twist up its sleeve — it’s heartwarming
This is The Americans blissing out on family togetherness.
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May 2, 2017
The Americans’ spies confront the ghosts of missions past
The tension rises to a breaking point — but is that just because Philip and Elizabeth are so paranoid?
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April 26, 2017
Is The Americans season 5 ever getting to the point?
The series is either building necessary tension — or tossing out a bunch of go-nowhere plot lines.
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April 19, 2017
On The Americans, a set of goodbyes gets personal — and troubling
Saying goodbye is never easy.
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April 12, 2017
This season of The Americans is putting everyone in the zone of the in-betweens
The past (and Peter Gabriel) is hard to escape.
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April 4, 2017
On The Americans, everything’s falling apart at the worst possible time (as always)
Mischa looks for Philip, Elizabeth learns something shocking, and Henry’s big secret is finally revealed.
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March 29, 2017
The Americans’ “What’s the Matter With Kansas?” tries to do the decent thing
Everyone’s priorities are thrown into question. Also, Elizabeth wears acid-wash jeans!
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March 27, 2017
Feud’s Alison Wright on Hollywood sexism, men behaving badly, and that Americans moment
“Moxie ... is right up my alley. I love nothing more than that.”
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March 22, 2017
The Americans says hello to some old friends in “The Midges”
Plus: pop hits of the ‘80s, Philip in a cowboy hat, and Paige’s continued existential crisis.
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March 15, 2017
The Americans’ “Pests” forces everyone to reconsider what it means to do “the right thing”
Looks like Stan and Paige have some thinking to do.
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March 14, 2017
The Americans has always been a show about faith
The Americans sets up a world where communist, capitalist, and Christian beliefs are in close, uncomfortable proximity.
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March 8, 2017
The Americans season 5 premiere digs a hole some characters won’t escape
The season premiere feels grander than we’re used to from the show.
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March 7, 2017
The Americans enters its endgame, reluctantly hopeful about humanity
In season five, the show starts wearing the mantle of Great Drama a little more easily.
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June 9, 2016
Was The Americans' season finale stellar or disappointing? We hash it out.
"Persona Non Grata" builds and builds and builds — and then just ends.