The Americans has its flaws, but the one thing it gets really right — and that it dedicated almost all of “Covert War” to — is its bleak deconstruction of marriage. The Americans has always been dour, and it’s not a show I ever get excited about watching. more

Not that they necessarily were before, but on the latest episode of “The Americans,” the C.I.A. stopped playing around and started getting real in earnest. Taking out a mid-level page is one thing, but in “Covert War,” they took out a prime target: Genera more

This is the moment of my season-one crush on a promising new show when I have a crisis of faith and start to wonder if the object of my affection will delight or disappoint me over the long haul. Homeland , a show I fell head-over-heels for in season one, more

HitFix's Alan Sepinwall reviews "Covert War," the April 17 episode of FX's "The Americans," in which Elizabeth seeks revenge and Stan is confronted by his wife. Read More... http://www.hitfix.com/whats-alan-watching/review-the-americans-covert-war-woman-o more

The Soviet Union was the number one enemy of the United States, but while watching The Americans it's easy to forget that. Even though the Jennings are undercover KGB spies and were taught to fight against America, it's often difficult to hate them. They more

We're coming to a close pretty soon here on The Americans, and with two more likely very intense episodes after this one, it makes sense that "Covert War" played things fairly low-key. Or at least it felt that way coming out of the back-to-back deadly con more

Watching Elizabeth’s journey this season has been captivating. Read More... http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2013/04/17/the-americans-recap-emotional-vacancy/?mod=WSJBlog

Given that both sides lost someone last week on “The Americans,” this was an appropriately elegiac episode, made all the more sad by the loss of yet another cast member, Liz’s beloved Gregory (Derek Luke) in “Only You.” Making matters worse, there was a w more