FX's The Americans Pulls Back Iron Curtain on Cold War Suburbia

FX's The Americans Pulls Back Iron Curtain on Cold War Suburbia

So how long did it take you to buy into the premise of The Americans, the new FX show that premiered on Wednesday night? I'm honestly not sure I still accept â€" that is, can watch without an occasional snort of disbelief â€" Keri Russell and Matthew

Over the course of the pilot, we learn they were trained by the KGB to perfectly imitate Americans, to the point where they're not even permitted to know each other's real names or utter a word of Russian. When the partners bungle the capture of a

I reviewed The Americans (based on three episodes) earlier this week, and you can read my full review for my full take. In brief, I really liked it: One thing that distinguishes this Cold War story from its predecessors is that there are two

If "The Americans" can continue to refine its mixture of espionage badassery and ambiguous loyalties, it should be a nice addition to the TV landscape, presuming a large enough audience gets behind the idea of Felicity as a

FX's new drama series The Americans delivered the same premiere audience as the first season of American Horror Story (and with a lot less hype). The Cold War drama starring Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys delivered 4.