There is one moment where I really loved what The Comedians was doing. After an unbearably uncomfortable dinner where Josh Gad and Billy Crystal (playing fictionalized versions of themselves) are meeting in preparation for a new show, the two stand…
TV Review: FX’s The Americans 3×11, “A Day In The Life Of Anton Baklanov”
If looking back on this season and seeing “A Day In The Life Of Anton Baklanov” as the low-point means anything, it is the fact that this superb season of The Americans has rarely made a misstep and when it…
TV Review: FX’s The Americans (3×10) “Stingers”
Throughout this season, I have made reference to Henry Jennings at the very end of these reviews, as the character who has very little to offer. He is disconnected from much of what goes on, even though he lives under…
TV Review: FX’s The Americans 3×9, “Do Mail Robots Dream Of Electric Sheep”
There is one important character that I have not spoken about very much this season. Without this character, a lot of important work could get lost in the shuffle, making it difficult for other characters we obviously depend on. I…
TV Review: FX’s The Americans 3×8, “Divestment”
Martha, Martha, Martha! Despite committed work from Alison Wright over the past few seasons, I am aware that a part of the audience just wishes she would wise up to what is going on. Now, we have two episodes in…
TV Review: FX’s The Americans 3×7, “Walter Taffet”
Oh how I wish I was rushed for my write-up of tonight’s wonderful episode of The Americans. “Walter Taffet” is the show at its best. This may have been an episode that relies heavily on all that we know about…
TV Review: FX’s The Americans 3×6, “Born Again”
While I was not expecting a baptism sequence as epic as something like the virtuoso scene from The Godfather, I have to admit the opening of this week’s episode of The Americans, “Born Again”, was a bit more subdued than…