2016 has been shit. Decipher the why’s for yourselves, but there are plenty of them. Due to this-perhaps inspite of it-more and more we have turned to entertainment to keep the demons at bay and distract our mind with television…
TV Review: FX’s The Americans 4×13, “Persona Non Grata”
So it looks like we shouldn’t be expecting the Jennings/Beeman wedding anytime soon, let alone many guests, given the shake ups in the cast. The Americans defies traditional expectations for its season finale episode, “Persona Nona Grata”, and holds onto…
TV Review: FX’s The Americans 4×12, “A Roy Rogers In Franconia”
For the penultimate episode of the season, The Americans puts forward a lot of setup for what could be a really exciting finale. Despite being central character-focused, “A Roy Rogers in Franconia” does little to really expand on Philip and…
TV Review: FX’s The Americans 4×11, “Dinner For Seven”
The first half of this season of The Americans mainly put the focus on Philip dealing with Martha. Seeds were planted to allow the arc of this season to expand when it comes to Paige and everything going on at…
TV Review: FX’s The Americans 4×10, “Munchkins”
It is now time to feel bad for Gaad, a respectable man from the FBI undone by his desire to just stay out of everything. The Americans put a panicked situation together to address Pastor Tim, but things got truly…
TV Review: FX’s The Americans 4×9, “The Day After”
I remember seeing The Day After in college and it did plenty to bring back memories of my fear of nuclear war. The nightmare sequence in Terminator 2 is partially to blame for that, but the thought of a nuke…
TV Review: FX’s The Americans 4×8, “The Magic of David Copperfield V: The Statue of Liberty Disappears”
Let’s get this out of the way, “The Magic of David Copperfield V: The Statue of Liberty Disappears” may be a great episode of The Americans, but it’s just the worst episode title to go with. Fortunately, Matthew Rhys’ first…