The Americans - Season 1 (2013)
Show title: The Americans
IMDb score:
8,4 (122.756)
Episodes: 13
Playing time: 13 hour
Developed by: Joseph Weisberg
Stars: Keri Russell, Matthew Rhys and Noah Emmerich
Origin:
United States
Releasedate: Wednesday 30 January 2013
First aired on: FX (Verenigde Staten)
This season is not available on US streaming services.
Actors and Actresses
Elizabeth Jennings
Phillip Jennings
Paige Jennings
Henry Jennings
Stan Beeman
Sandra Beeman
Oleg Igorevich Burov
William Crandall
Nina Sergeevna Krilova
Gabriel
Arkady Ivanovich Zotov
Frank Gaad
Martha Hanson
Claudia
Reviews & comments
jacobine_rodijk
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- 2806 messages
- 9511 votes
Plot-wise it's a pretty nice (and exciting) series, but the general problem is that the main characters are quite cold and aloof and it's all quite humorless; also in the later seasons. Maybe the typical '80s Cold War setting just doesn't lend itself to it, but it makes sure that after three seasons I'm still not fully invested in the life and (possibly fatal) fate of the Jennings.
Daughter Paige is the obvious heart of the series, and luckily she finally seems to be getting a more prominent role in the fourth season. Also hope that channel FX will not stretch this beyond five seasons, ie 'close calls' with the FBI are starting to get a bit tiresome by now; especially with his almost blind neighbor Stan.
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Lebarron
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- 1018 messages
- 702 votes
The Americans is a strong cold war spy series about KGB agents who have infiltrated American society, so-called sleepers. These sleepers Phillip (Matthew Rhys and Elizabeth (Keri Russell) Jennings are seemingly normal Americans with a family and a job, but meanwhile perform espionage and wetwork on behalf of the KGB.
The KGB's sleeper agent phenomenon has been elaborated on several times in films during the Cold War. Sometimes exciting like in Telefon, sometimes action-packed like in Salt and sometimes very poorly developed like in Little Nikita. The Americans is both exciting and action-packed and also very well developed. It's a bit difficult to get going so you don't get right into the series. This is partly because the characters are a bit cold, as Jacobine_ Rodijk also said. Except for a few, they are all very unsympathetic. Once you're in it, he won't let you go. It may also help because I consciously experienced the '80s and the cold war, so that I also recognize a lot. Like the tension surrounding the attack on Reagan. WWIII seemed very close at the time. The cast is excellent with, among others, Noah Emmerich, Frank Langella, Richard Thomas, Olek Krupa, Holly Taylor, Margot Martindale and Annet Mahendru creating believable characters. Matthew Rhys and especially Keri Russell are top notch. After all, who would have ever thought that there was a rock hard KGB killer hidden in that good Felicity?
The Americans is a must for anyone who has experienced the Cold War or fans of espionage. Just one hell of a series, really worth it.
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