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After an excellent third season, The Americans returns for a 13-episode fourth season on Wednesday, March 16th at 10pm on FX. Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys star as two KGB spies posing as Americans in Washington D.C. in the 1980's. The cast also includes Noah Emmerich and Frank Langella. Joe Weisberg is serving as showrunner with a few other EP's, including Graham Yost, helping out. The S3 dvd is out in stores now, and you can also watch on Amazon Prime if you're interested in catching up on the series.
FX said:The Americans is a period drama about the complex marriage of two KGB spies posing as Americans in suburban Washington D.C. shortly after Ronald Reagan is elected President. The arranged marriage of Philip (Matthew Rhys) and Elizabeth Jennings (Keri Russell), who have two children – 14-year-old Paige (Holly Taylor) and 12-year-old Henry (Keidrich Sellati), who know nothing about their parents’ true identity – grows more passionate and genuine by the day, but is constantly tested by the escalation of the Cold War and the intimate, dangerous and darkly funny relationships they must maintain with a network of spies and informants under their control. The trickiest of Philip’s sources continues to be Martha (Alison Wright), the assistant to Special Agent Gaad (Richard Thomas). In order to ensure her continued loyalty, Philip, in the guise of FBI bureaucrat “Clark,” one of his numerous cover identities, marries her. Things were going smoothly until Martha began pressuring Clark to start a family. Their neighbor, FBI Agent Stan Beeman (Noah Emmerich), could also prove to be a renewed threat. When forced to choose between betraying his country or his KGB double-agent and paramour Nina (Annet Mahendru), Stan chose the USA. Nina has been sent back to Moscow to face charges of treason, much to the dismay of her boss Arkady (Lev Gorn), Director of the KGB Rezidentura. In addition to his rededication to his mission of uncovering the identities of the Russian spies living among them, Stan is also attempting to rebuild a relationship with his estranged wife, Sandra (Susan Misner). Meanwhile, in the Jennings’ house, Philip and Elizabeth find themselves at odds over Paige’s future now that the KGB has made it clear that they want her to join the family business.
Cast:
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- Keri Russell as Elizabeth Jennings
- Matthew Rhys as Phillip Jennings
- Noah Emmerich as Agent Stan Beeman
- Holly Taylor as Paige Jennings
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- Keidrich Sellati as Henry Jennings
- Annet Mahendru as Nina
- Alison Wright as Martha Hanson
- Lev Gorn as Arkady
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- Costa Ronin as Oleg Igorevich Burov
- Richard Thomas as Special Agent Frank Gaad
- Margo Martindale as Claudia
- Frank Langella as Gabriel
Guest cast:
- Dylan Baker as ???
- Susan Misner as Sandra Beeman
- Kelly AuCoin as Pastor Tim
- Boris Krutonog as Igor Pavlovich Burov
- Mail Robot
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Videos (please spoiler tag discussion of promotional material, note that the trailers are particularly spoilerish this year)
- Extended trailer
- "Trouble" trailer
- "Never Know" trailer
- Reflection Promo
- Spy Noir Promo
- Silencer Teaser: Elizabeth (youtube)
- Silencer Teaser: Phillip
- Silencer Teaser: The Family
- "Discover" teaser
- Martha
- Dead End
- Crave with a deleted scene from the S3 dvd
- Another deleted S3 scene via ET
- here's Keri Russell talking S4 on Seth Meyers last night.
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Links
- FX official site
- IMDB
- Wiki
- NeoGAF Season 1 Thread
- NeoGAF Season 2 Thread
- NeoGAF Season 3 Thread
News:
- EW with a couple of promo pics and minorly spoilerish text:
- Variety: Matthew Rhys and Keri Russell on Why It Resonates and All Those Disguises
- THR on the TCA panel
- Deadline on the TCA panel
- NY Mag on the TCA panel
- ShowBizJunkies: Matthew Rhys Interview
- A couple of tidbits from a recent WGA panel
- Slate: These Three Videos Might Offer Some Clues About the New Season of The Americans
- Fashionista talks with the costume department about S4
- Variety: ‘The Americans’ Star Matthew Rhys Sticks Up For His Character at Season 4 Premiere
- ~20 minutes of The Americans discussion on the back end of this week's Maureen Ryan / Ryan McGee podcast this week
- Broadcast & Cable Q&A with Weisberg and Fields
Reviews & Comments
Slate.com said:But noting that The Americans is showing some signs of wear isn’t to say that the show is no longer stylish, delightfully off-kilter, panic-attack-inducing entertainment. Matthew Rhys and Keri Russell continue to do spectacular work as Philip and Elizabeth Jennings, the sleeper KGB agents thrown into a sham marriage and family that has become increasingly emotionally real.
S3 Poster:
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