The Americans

[Insidious Von]

Is such a good show that I tolerated the commercials on FX to catch up on S5.

IF any of what is covered in this series has a shred of truth, it would explain Putin's actions. Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys are an actual couple - she couldn't resist his affable Welsh charm.

She was earmarked for success early in her career, he has been building his reputation as a character actor. He recently played Daniel Ellsberg in Steven Spielberg's The Post.

 

[Insidious Von]

Paige Jennings (played by Canadian Holly Taylor) started out as an afterthought but has really developed since S3. She recently turned 20.

 

[Insidious Von]

Poor Martha!

 

[applebaum]

Thanks for the post. I thought the series ended last year

 

[blueray]

Poor Martha!

I see Martha all over the place now, most recently in Sneaky Pete.

 

[Insidious Von]

Alison Wright gained major cred from playing Martha. She had a major role in the series Feud, holding her own against Jessica Lange, Susan Sarandon and Alfred Molina.

FX wants a second season of Taboo, the only way they'll get that is if Venom bombs. Zach Galifianakis is promoting Season 3 of Baskets by spoofing Tom Hardy's twins fight from Legend.

 

[managee]

Rhys and Russell are great.

Although I can see why it’s a necessity, plot devices like Paige, Henry, Stan and the amount of time we spent on Martha and Arcady (etc.) was just that... a plot device. To make this a truly compelling period piece, I think they could/should have paralleled Phil and Elizabeth with American spies in Soviet Russia, or East Germany or whatever.

I get why Paige and Henry are in there, and the show wouldn’t be the same without them, but it seems like they wasted a great opportunity to tell a good spy story, by telling the story of a family that happen s to be spies. And their FBI neighbour.

 

[franci]

One of the few great shows on TV these days.

 

[Insidious Von]

The list of directors for the show is very long, Noah Emmerich (Stan Beeman) and Matthew Rhys have their share of directing credits.

Poor Nina!