Season 3 (2015)
Created by: Joseph Weisberg
Starring: Keri Russell, Matthew Rhys, Noah Emmerich
Rating: TV-14
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The Americans Season 3 |
Two Soviet spies, Elizabeth (Keri Russell) and Phillip (Matthew Rhys), pose as a married couple with kids in Washington D.C. during the Cold War.
In season three the struggle with the decision of whether to tell their daughter the truth with the gray morality in which they operate, gray even for Russian spies.
Verdict:
I really liked the first two seasons, but season three feels watered down. It's treading the same ground as season two. In season two, suspicious Paige was the family drama and there was an ongoing murder investigation of their fellow spies that bolstered the story line.
This season, Paige is still suspicious and Phillip and Elizabeth struggle with whether to tell her the truth. Paige was annoying in season two, and she still is. I don't know if it's the story of the character.
The espionage wasn't as strong. We've had some great sequences in previous seasons of dispatching threats or buzzer beater swipes, but this season was lacking. There just wasn't the big mission that this season needed. I still enjoyed this season, but while it's the worst of the first three seasons, it's not far behind. It's still good television.
Watch it.
Season 3 Recap
Season three does open with Elizabeth fighting Agent Gaad. She beats him of course, but they've had some close calls and the FBI might be putting it all together. This story line fizzles out pretty quickly.
Elizabeth and Phillip with their new handler Frank Langella. |
Elizabeth begins to prepare Paige for the truth, telling her how she's pushed civil rights issues and reveals Gregory, though not all of those facts.
Phillip is chasing younger women. |
Martha's not long for this show I suspect. |
Phillip has gotten good information out of her, and with the internal investigation it's not like she can be of much more use. He's formed an attachment, and that's going to have to end.
Episode eight has a ghastly image of a a man being burned to death. Elizabeth and Phillip do nothing to stop it as their associate gets revenge.
Paige will ruin them all! |
That's going to be the story that opens season four, but we need something espionage related to unify the next season. I don't want another Paige-centric season.
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