Week three linkspam

[jae]

Keri Russell (Elizabeth) did an interview with Collider about the second season.

Matthew Rhys (Philip) did an interview with Esquire about the second season and especially "Cardinal" (202).

The Americans gets a mention in this piece by Think Progress's Alyssa Rosenberg about why we keep having the same debates about prestige television dramas. (Rosenberg is one of the show's unapologetic critic cheerleaders.)

Bad news about the season two ratings: they slid between 201 and 202. But on the other hand, FX executive John Solberg tweeted that the show is up a ridiculous 94% in "time-shifted viewing" (that's up from an already very high 81% for the season premiere).

Another piece about the "spy training day" to which the show invited journalists has come out, this time by the UK's This Is Fakediy.

U.S. magazine Mother Jones has a piece about the Middle Eastern and Central American politics that form the backdrop for some of the plotlines for season two.

The critic at the Salt Lake Tribune who likes the show argues that Putin makes it harder to root for the two Soviet leads.

Some fans did some research into whether Raiders of the Lost Ark was actually still playing in early 1982, and apparently the writers did their homework.

Attention icon makers! screencapped.net has a treasure trove of high-quality images for you to work with, and here's another at grande-caps.net.

And finally, Keri Russell made a brief appearance on Jimmy Kimmel along with the infamous "Felicity wig" (video, just over 3 minutes).

Comments

[treonb]

re the ratings - I'm concerned about the season arc format. It's harder for new viewers to tune in when each episode is always in the middle of a story.

[endeni]

Yay, screencapped.net is great! There's also an awesome gallery at grande-caps.net/gallery/index.php?cat=248
Sooner or later I've definitely got to do something with those goodies! ♥ Maybe an Elisabeth alter egos graphics with all her awesome wigs&disguises. ;)

[wendelah1]

Now I'm really confused. The Esquire interviewer said the guy Philip was investigating in "Cardinal" was a turned FBI agent. Is that right? If true, that went right by me, on both viewings.

[katiac]

I also saw we have a synopsis for "ARPANET." And we get to see Charles Duluth again! I like it when they pick up on old characters.

I also liked the little feature on Oleg's character FX posted today. It does seem like they're setting him up to be a love interest for Nina, or at least they probably wouldn't be working this hard to have her initially despise him at first if that wasn't the case :)