First things first: let me just make a plug for that official podcast again. It is really just so wonderful, just every single week, and if you're a geeky
The Americans fan who enjoys our conversations here and who
isn't making time for the podcast, you're really missing out on something special. The distribution seems to be
only through iTunes (link goes to the U.S. site, but it should forward you to your own country's site), but it's worth it, I swear, even for iTunes haters. (The podcasts are also available at the
Soundcloud site for those who are iTunes-allergic.)
Noah Emmerich has been making the rounds doing interviews about his television directing debut and stuff going on with his character, and he's really been wonderfully eloquent about it all. Here's the gamut:
Esquire,
TVLine,
the New York Daily News,
Yahoo,
Variety.
This interview with Alison Wright (Martha) goes into some detail about what she sees her character as suspecting and why.
Alyssa Rosenberg of the
Washington Post argues that
The Americans is one of the most beautiful shows on TV, and
Rolling Stone argues that
it's television's best drama (also noteworthy here: the CEO of FX tweeted this article with the comment "
Yes it is"). And Entertainment Weekly
tells us why we should be watching.
A bit of fun:
conspiracy theories that
The Americans and the new comedy
The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt are secretly connected.
The staunchly left-wing
Jacobin Magazine argued that the show "uses Soviet characters to valorise austerity". (and
here's a critical response to that piece from a reader of the magazine).
And finally,
some good ratings news: we have apparently bounced back to season-two levels.
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