Author Topic: The Americans. Please use spoiler tags. (Read 44782 times)

Pistolero · « **Reply #400 on:** March 30, 2017, 08:42:10 am »

Like the title says...please use spoiler tags

Brian Blessed · « **Reply #401 on:** March 30, 2017, 01:42:59 pm »

Quote from: Omygoditsomar on March 30, 2017, 12:29:32 am

I think Stan's new girlfriend is a spy just have a funny feeling. This is my favourite show ever btw

Yeah, when Stan described her as a female Phillip, I was thinking SPY.

sideshowme · « **Reply #402 on:** April 1, 2017, 01:39:59 am »

that girlfriend... who was she in TWD? andrea?

not much to say when a series is this good

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it's looking more likely that the midge programme will turn out innocuous (developing pest-resistant crops or whatever), but those two nice marks at the agri business will end up dead anyway. philip already looks at breaking point (seriously lost his mojo in that last episode). i'm sure it won't help his state of mind to learn that as well as an american son and a vietnamese 'son', his russian son is on his way too

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must be so much fun writing with a definite endpoint in sight

Garrus · « **Reply #403 on:** April 5, 2017, 06:44:26 pm »

^^ Good shouts!

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Another terrific episode. They've been teasing a possible Phillip defection for a long time now.

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Yiannis · « **Reply #404 on:** April 6, 2017, 11:23:28 am »

The whole

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Mischa thing was a bit heartbraking and Philip's inner battle well acted as usual.

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sideshowme · « **Reply #405 on:** April 9, 2017, 04:59:19 am »

Quote from: Garrus on April 5, 2017, 06:44:26 pm

^^ Good shouts!

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Another terrific episode. They've been teasing a possible Phillip defection for a long time now.
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hmm... the fact that it's been revealed so soon makes me wonder if perhaps there's more to it now - maybe a more sinister secondary purpose (a single company controlling both the pests and the only pest resistant crop is a capitalist dream!)

where to now for mischa? he's going to find his way to philip one way or the other...

what's with the henry maths thing, in an episode using pre- and post-coital spreadsheets?

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Brian Blessed · « **Reply #406 on:** April 9, 2017, 01:20:09 pm »

Henry...

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and his talent for Maths could be brought in, possibly as a code breaker or something

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Ray K · « **Reply #407 on:** April 11, 2017, 01:17:08 pm »

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Frank Langella was masterful in his meeting with Pascha: warm, yet forceful in insisting why he can't meet Philip, but still leaving the door open that it might happen in the future. Expert handling.

Looking forward to the next edition of Blind Date Moscow. Can't wait to see who Our Oleg picks for his Pre-Approved-By-His-Father Date!

So, does Elizabeth now keep heading back to Kansas for some hot action with beardy grain guy now that she knows he's not a genocidal maniac?
Philip: 'So, you off to Kansas again this weekend? I thought that was a dead end?'
Elizabeth: 'No, he's still a very useful source. I'm just going to pump him for more info' **packs handcuffs, whips, all the sex toys she can find**

Poor Philip looks close to breaking. They even show him not remembering to unlock the car door from the inside before trying to open it. What a doofus! (Seriously though, I really liked that touch of reality).

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Brian Blessed · « **Reply #408 on:** April 11, 2017, 01:58:29 pm »

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I didn't think Elizabeth was that into him. He's downtown and she's surveying the room

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sideshowme · « **Reply #409 on:** April 12, 2017, 01:46:28 am »

Quote from: utter utter bastard on April 11, 2017, 01:58:29 pm

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I didn't think Elizabeth was that into him. He's downtown and she's surveying the room
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yep, if her mind's on your decor and your boots at that particular moment, something's not quite right.

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Garrus · « **Reply #410 on:** April 12, 2017, 12:22:02 pm »

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For a second there, I was certain Oleg was going to jump off that building. Thankfully he lives. For now!

Fingers crossed that this isn't the end of Gabriel. Langella is such a terrific actor and a calming presence amidst the madness. Not sure what the significance of that last scene is though. Paige going all in?

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RedSince86 · « **Reply #411 on:** April 14, 2017, 08:45:26 pm »

I just realised that everything about Gabriel's house is like he's actually in the Soviet Union down to the decor and the blandness of it.

A true Soviet patriot not getting involved in that bourgeois crap of the west.

Brilliant character.

Brian Blessed · « **Reply #412 on:** April 19, 2017, 04:51:49 pm »

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Those Mississippi disguises!

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Yiannis · « **Reply #413 on:** April 20, 2017, 10:00:10 am »

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Will miss Gabriel's calmness and clear mind. Elisabeth and Phillip will do too I reckon. Absolutely loved his last line about Paige. Spot on performance by Langella overall.

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Ray K · « **Reply #414 on:** April 21, 2017, 04:01:15 pm »

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Elizabeth being simultaneously kinda pissed that Beardy Grain Guy was cheating on her and also saying to Phillip that it wasn't OK to feel for their honey trap marks is all I ever want from this show.

They are really destroying Paige though. After listening to surrogate grandpa Gabriel and Pastor Tim extol the virtues of the greater good, she breaks up with her boyfriend, and I assume that either Philip will have to lie to her about the truth of the wheat story, or she finds out that America isn't trying to starve her parents country into submission.

Damn, will Frank Langella be missed, even if Beloved Character Actress Margo Martindale will presumably be his replacement again.

Also:
Paige: 'Have you ever broken up with someone?'
Elizabeth: 'Of course. One time, we had to break someone and fold her into a suitca -- Oh break *up* with someone? Yeah, sure, that too'.

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Ray K · « **Reply #415 on:** May 5, 2017, 03:36:14 pm »

Well after a couple of episodes that were distinctly meh and left me wondering if the show was losing its mojo, we're back on track.

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Poor Martha! Eating a potato with onions and then getting the most unwelcome house guest., Oh, Poor Martha!

I like how Henry is beginning to go full Alex Keaton and rebelling against his parents in his own way - by applying to join a preppy New Hampshire boarding school. Between that and Paige's Christianity, it's a long way removed from Philip & Elizabeth's upbringing.

This season is a slow burn against all of Philip's beliefs. The Soviets are apparently using glanders (stupid unsexy glanders) in Afghanistan. The capitalist pigdogs are not looking to poison the soviet grain system, but instead looking to feed the world. His fake son looks like he wants out, and his father figure has gone home. He has to crack soon.

Oleg has been great this year. Really bringing an American-esque DGAF vibe to life back home.
He'll definitely become an oligarch when the cold war ends (if he survives that long).

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Garrus · « **Reply #416 on:** May 24, 2017, 07:42:00 pm »

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Tuan's one cold blooded motherfucker. A little surprised that they're going to disrupt the whole thing and that Elizabeth is so adamant about it. Maybe even this is a step too far for her.

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Yiannis · « **Reply #417 on:** May 25, 2017, 10:35:25 am »

Did I just see The Americans ending with a cliffhanger?

Good stuff again. Liked all the side plots in the episodes no matter how brief or not they were.

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Like how they have begun seriously considering going back to mother Russia and the difficulties pertaining that.

Paige again vital in the episode and her reaction with the crucifix necklace was telling (Elizabeth's too) and the practice afterwards. Stan again (after being stunned by how quick things have moved for the female informant with the Russian guy) clearly worried about another person they use in his talks with Gregory House's former employee.

Good to see Mischa again. Oleg's scenes with his parents were boss.

Philip lately isn't that right, he seems he had enough of everything, so Tuan's Machiavellian technique wouldn't be left untouched. Nice balance of being upset but keeping his professionalism walking down the street at the end.

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Ray K · « **Reply #418 on:** May 26, 2017, 01:06:01 pm »

Oleg is such a great character, and the actor playing him is doing a great job. He's making an investigation of corruption in Soviet food supplies look like the most riveting topic on television.

Was I the only one getting really tense at the edits between Tuan telling the Jennings of his strategy and Paige in the basement with the rope? Or was I just overthinking that?

I'm finding it really hard to reconcile that the actor playing weedy ol' Pastor Tim with his doofus haircut also being the same guy playing tough hedge fund manager Dollar Bill on Billions

Brian Blessed · « **Reply #419 on:** May 26, 2017, 01:31:13 pm »

No, I thought the same about Paige.

Yiannis · « **Reply #420 on:** May 27, 2017, 10:53:41 am »

Quote from: Ray K on May 26, 2017, 01:06:01 pm

I'm finding it really hard to reconcile that the actor playing weedy ol' Pastor Tim with his doofus haircut also being the same guy playing tough hedge fund manager Dollar Bill on Billions

What the hell? Haha, no fucking way.

RedSince86 · « **Reply #421 on:** May 27, 2017, 03:11:11 pm »

I thought the same to,big relief when it wasn't what i thought.

Brian Blessed · « **Reply #422 on:** May 31, 2017, 02:52:34 pm »

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Tuan is such an annoying twit. There is a great chance that if Phillip and Elizabeth didn't go over there, Pasha the slasher would have croaked. Even if he was discovered so quickly, which I doubt, I don't think his parents would have known what to do, and certainly wouldn't have been able to carry it so easily if they were alone.

It seems like Liz and Phil are staying, but I assume that's a decision they'll live to regret.

I do hope Martha adopts and finds some happiness.

Even if she's not, the writers certainly want us to believe Stan's gf from TWD is an Illegal.

Only one season left

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Yiannis · « **Reply #423 on:** June 1, 2017, 10:01:47 am »

Regarding your last point, yeah, they constantly toy us with that idea.

Beautiful episode. Again.

Ray K · « **Reply #424 on:** June 1, 2017, 12:20:08 pm »

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This show really knows how to cut a montage ((Gonna need a montage..)) and to use it effectively in moving the story on. Tuan calls Elizabeth out for her petty bourgeois concerns (when it's usually Phillip that this gets thrown at), and then we move into a Goodbye Yellow Brick Road montage, where Elton dreams of leaving the rat race behind for a more idyllic, pastoral life. Which Elizabeth now seems to be pushing against, though possibly on her kids's behalf.

Stan: 'I hate my job, I'm miserable and it's killing me'
TWD Lady: 'Oh no, you should stick at it. it's for the greater good'
Yeah, Stan's other half is definitely working him. It's just that we don't know on whose behalf. Stan's not an idiot, he'll figure her out soon.

While I thought there was a lot of drag in the middle episodes this season, and quite a few dead ends (no resolution of the grain story, or Oleg's supply chain corruption), the family dynamic is so good and it's setting it up nicely for the final season.

Is it still Poor Martha, by the way? She seemed happy/sad in her scene (and Alison Wright is so, so good).

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saoirse08 · « **Reply #425 on:** June 1, 2017, 04:09:23 pm »

Quote from: Ray K on May 26, 2017, 01:06:01 pm

Oleg is such a great character, and the actor playing him is doing a great job. He's making an investigation of corruption in Soviet food supplies look like the most riveting topic on television.

Agree. Really love Oleg's struggles and the insights into his family history. The guy playing him has been brilliant. I've struggled at times with this current series -especially on the America side of the story. However, I've found this segment on Soviet society fascinating. Love the dramatic irony - both in America & Russia - that all these characters & what they are hoping achieve are, in the end, totally futile. A whole era of history is coming to a close, in a few years they will look back and wonder what it was all for.

Ray K · « **Reply #426 on:** June 1, 2017, 05:33:02 pm »

Matt Seitz's season recap on Vulture is very good
http://www.vulture.com/2017/06/the-americans-season-five-review-the-messiest-year.html

RedSince86 · « **Reply #427 on:** June 1, 2017, 08:48:07 pm »

Tuan the little git.

I'll be sad when this show is over for good.

I agree the Soviet side of the story has been fascinating,love how grim they make Moscow,the supermarkets,prisons,room decor.

I bet all those double agents who defected to Russia during the height of the cold war like the Cambridge Five were pining to go home after a few months.

Rattleduser · « **Reply #428 on:** June 15, 2017, 11:52:54 am »

Far too low key for me now, too many times episodes have become tiresome to endure.

wz4jc3 · « **Reply #429 on:** September 1, 2017, 08:42:08 pm »

Does anybody know if series 5 is going to be shown on any channel other than Encore? Thanks.

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Seebab · « **Reply #430 on:** October 18, 2017, 11:50:14 pm »

Thought the season was quite good but maybe not as good as previous ones, especially Stan's story line which seems to be going very slowly. I do miss some of the earlier tense moments from previous seasons where Stan was close to getting the spies and I wonder if they will ever go back to that in the last season.

Brian Blessed · « **Reply #431 on:** March 27, 2018, 04:25:57 pm »

Back for it's final series tomorrow

RedSince86 · « **Reply #432 on:** March 27, 2018, 04:29:37 pm »

Can't wait for this show to be back,easily one of the best tv shows of the 21st century.

Final season and wanting to see how it ends for the Jennings family.

Brian Blessed · « **Reply #433 on:** March 27, 2018, 04:32:11 pm »

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Can't wait for this show to be back,easily one of the best tv shows of the 21st century.

Final season and wanting to see how it ends for the Jennings family.

Absolutely, it's up there with the best, a shame it's not as widely recognised as other, lesser shows.

Any predictions?

I think Stan will find out, and not make it out alive.

I can see Paige turning.

Brian Blessed · « **Reply #434 on:** May 3, 2018, 04:25:40 pm »

Well, this is escalating quickly.

Six episodes down, four to go.

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I wish Phillip had decided not to sue Kimmy before having sex with her...

Last nights episode was particularly sweary...have they said 'fuck' before, let alone twice in an episode.

My theory right now with Elizabeth - working with a terminally ill woman, smoking all the time, cyanide pill - is that she'll find out she has cancer and top herself. But maybe that's too obvious.

The FBI getting hot on the tails of The Illegals could lead them to Elizabeth and Philip, but I think it will end up with Stan's wife being the one caught.

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RedSince86 · « **Reply #435 on:** May 11, 2018, 06:43:56 pm »

Just watched the latest episode.

Utter brilliant tv.

Ray K · « **Reply #436 on:** May 11, 2018, 11:47:10 pm »

Quote from: RedSince86 on May 11, 2018, 06:43:56 pm

Just watched the latest episode.

Utter brilliant tv.

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Wow, that was grim, even for the Americans. Last two episodes have been exceptional.

Seems like probing Henry for clues finally tipped Stan to his neighbour's real lives. Setting itself up nicely for the last three episodes.

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Yiannis · « **Reply #437 on:** May 12, 2018, 11:23:25 am »

Lovely episode.

If Weisberg had any balls, he would do a Tarantino ala Inglourious Basterds and change the course of history.

RedSince86 · « **Reply #438 on:** May 27, 2018, 07:21:26 pm »

Watched the latest episode today.

Sublime episode,is next week the finale?

Brian Blessed · « **Reply #439 on:** May 27, 2018, 07:57:40 pm »

Quote from: RedSince86 on May 27, 2018, 07:21:26 pm

Watched the latest episode today.

Sublime episode,is next week the finale?

Yep, this is it.