After a serious operation, Philip and Elizabeth get in troubles with Paige and they have to solve the operation's mistake before meeting him. Meanwhile Stan tries to help Sofia and Gennadi in their complex relationship.
If you've fallen away from the series because you miss the process-y spy stuff, be advised that it's back with a vengeance, here in the home stretch. Yes, the show's about issues of trust and support, but it's still got a serious body count.
The cinematography has always been top-notch. So has the acting. But there are hints here that all these characters, whose stubborn myopias we've come to know, are being forced to see differently.
[The Americans is] asking us to bear witness to a no-holds-barred clash of wills, skills, and life-or-death decisions with the weight of the world behind each guardian.
It's layered, rich stuff, in keeping with the series' strengths, but Fields and Weisberg's intentional callbacks to events of early seasons adds even more complexity.
Weisberg and Fields have... set the season at a pivotal enough point in history that everything is driving toward one day on the calendar, in a way the show has never quite matched before.
How The Americans resolves their fates will be key to whether this series is remembered as a superbly rendered morality tale or a distinct disappointment after setting its bar so high.
