Watching The Americans

In this week’s exciting Watching the Americans, we decode The Americans Season 2 Episode 11 “Stealth.” This dark episode was written by Joshua Brand and it was directed by Gregory Hoblit. The original air date was May 7, 2014. In the news, we review the latest ratings and dispute The Wire’s “Wig of the Week […]

In this week’s all-new Watching the Americans, we analyze The Americans Season 2 episode 10 entitled “Yousaf.” This episode’s story was by Stephen Schiff and Stuart Zicherman, and it was directed by Stefan Schwartz. The original air date was April 30, 2014. In the news, we go over the latest ratings and The Wire’s feature […]

In this week’s all-new Watching the Americans, we analyze The Americans Season 2 episode 9 entitled “Martial Eagle.” This episode’s story was by Oliver North & Tracey Scott Wilson, the teleplay was by Tracey Scott Wilson, and it was directed by Alik Sakharov. The original air date was April 23, 2014. In the news, we […]

In this week’s all-new Watching the Americans, we analyze The Americans Season 2 episode 8 entitled “New Car.” This episode was written by Peter Ackerman and directed by John Dahl. The original air date was April 16, 2014. In the news, we discuss the exciting announcement of the renewal of The Americans for Season 3, […]

In episode 8 of Watching the Americans we share our thoughts on The Americans season 2 episode 7 entitled, “ARPANET.”  “ARPANET” aired on April 9, 2014, was written by Joshua Brand, and was directed by Kevin Dowling. In our episode discussion of “ARPANET” we discuss all of the lying and Nina’s ability to beat the […]

In episode 7 of Watching the Americans we share our thoughts on The Americans season 2 episode 6 entitled, “Behind the Red Door.” “Behind the Red Door” aired on April 2, 2014, was written by Melissa James Gibson, and was directed by Charlotte Sieling. In this episode of Watching the Americans we share a news […]

In episode 6 of Watching the Americans we share our thoughts on The Americans season 2 episode 5 entitled, “The Deal.” “The Deal” aired on March 26, 2014, was written by Angelina Burnett, and was directed by Dan Attias. We share our insights on the episode and talk about the exchange of Anton and the […]

In episode 5 of Watching the Americans we share our thoughts on The Americans season 2 episode 4 entitled, “A Little Night Music.” “A Little Night Music” aired on March 19, 2014, was written by Stephen Schiff, and was directed by Lodge Karrigan. We share our thoughts on there possibly being a third party involved […]

In episode 4 of Watching the Americans we share our thoughts on The Americans season 2 episode 3 entitled, “The Walk In.” “The Walk In” aired on March 12, 2014, was written by Stuart Zicherman, and was directed by Constantine Makris. We give a brief recap of “The Walk In,” talk about Paige’s visit to […]

In episode 3 of Watching the Americans we share our thoughts on The Americans season 2 episode 2 entitled, “Cardinal.” “Cardinal” aired on March 5, 2014, was written by Joel Fields and Joe Weisberg, and was directed by Daniel Sackheim. We give a brief recap of “Cardinal”, talk about Oleg being a jerk, the KGB […]

In episode 2 of Watching the Americans we share our thoughts on The Americans season 2 premiere entitled, “Comrades.” “Comrades” aired on February 26, 2014, was written by Joel Fields and Joe Weisberg, and was directed by Thomas Schlamme. We give a brief recap of “Comrades” talk about what happened with Paige, Amelia, Sanford, Nina, […]

Welcome to Watching the Americans!  In our first episode we take a look back at the first season of The Americans and give a brief recap of each episode.  We also discuss our favorite moments of the season, what we want to see in season 2, and why we love The Americans and started this […]