Links and media and etc.

[jae]

Get ready for a ludicrous number of links this time!

First off, there's a great interview with Keri Russell (Elizabeth) and Matthew Rhys (Philip) in Entertainment Weekly that's sadly behind a paywall, but jenningscomrades posted a series of readable screenshots over at Tumblr.

And speaking of Tumblr, the full set of promotional pictures for season two was posted by theamericanstv there too: 1, 2.

In further interviews, writer/showrunner Joe Weisberg was interviewed at the Writers' Guild of America Awards (the bit with Weisberg starts at 8:05), including at least a couple of things he hasn't already said a thousand times. :)

The show's costume designer Jenny Gering was also interviewed in Elle.

Episode 201 hasn't yet aired, of course, but we now have the plot description for episode 202.

According to writer/showrunner Joel Fields on Twitter, the script for the season two finale was finished this week, and the title for episode ten has been released.

And in the vein of "better late than never," the first season of our favourite show starts airing in Finland today on MTV (there's a trailer at the site and also a wonderful promotional campaign there) and in Germany on ProSieben Maxx (here's a trailer--dubbed, as is par for the course in Germany and a review from the Spiegel for those of you who speak German).

Any of you who are in New York or can get there easily can buy raffle tickets to join cast and crew in style at the season premiere (and get to see the first episode two days early!).

Bad news for anyone who was hoping to see The Americans on Netflix someday: Fox (which owns FX) and Amazon have signed a new distribution agreement granting Amazon Prime's Instant Video subscribers exclusive rights to the show.

There have been a few voices in the media that are hyping the season one DVD/Blu-Ray release in the hope of snagging new viewers before season two: The Philadelphia Inquirer, and Rotten Tomatoes (which chose The Americans as their Weekly Binge show last week).

And last but not least, here's a shot of Matthew Rhys checking out the timeline in the writers' room. (16 days!)

Comments

[katiac]

I know, right?

I was wondering the same thing about the bus shot. Because that seems random that she would be out in the middle of nowhere. I'm now SO curious to see how they laid out their cover stories, like if they're both orphans (which I think makes the most sense, but who knows) or if they have any estranged relatives far away or whatever. With Elizabeth being suddenly gone for an extended period, like you said, it's the perfect, oh so organic way for Paige to start thinking, "Huh. That's weird that Mom disappeared and we've never even met this lady." And then to have other stuff come up.

I'm wondering if they have heard about her before, but just never met her. Because it seems like P/E are too good at covering their tracks not to have thought of the scenario where one of them might have to go out of town for an extensive period of time, for whatever reason. It would be relatively easy to fake birthday cards coming in the mail and occasionally mention her. If Paige and Henry have never met her before, they wouldn't be particularly interested, but it would also save them from the scenario where Stan tells them about the great aunt's fall down the stairs and they go, "Huh? We don't have a great aunt."

And I LOVE Elizabeth getting the jitters on the job! I actually kind of missed that they didn't touch on that much after they got tortured because I thought that would've had a pretty huge psychological impact. And clearly through the anger and what they later did to hurt each other, that was going on to some extent, but I love the idea of them exploring that even more deeply with Elizabeth, and not just as a one episode thing either. Great material!

[sistermagpie]

I really love the implications here--so very much like the show--that an experience like the one she had would have repercussions on her psychologically. Getting shot is a traumatic event, but not usually on TV. Plus it made it real to her that something could happen to her, and therefore to the kids etc. But she's also Elizabeth so she's going to want to push ahead, leading to Philip having these fears, which would then lead to some conflict between them for sure.