In The Final Season Of 'The Americans,' Sleeper Agents Get A Wake-Up Call
We review, with as few spoilers as possible, the beginning of the end of FX's starkly intimate series about: 1. Spycraft, 2. Marriage, 3. The 1980s and 4. Wigs.
The FX series The Americans has never been a ratings juggernaut, but over the course of five seasons it has earned the unstinting devotion of fans and critics. That's at least partly attributable to its willingness to put its characters, and its audience, through something that's become a hallmark of the era of "Prestige Television": Change.
A slow, continuous and irrevocable process has wholly transformed the series' emotional stakes, although on the surface, its status quo appears unchanged. Which makes sense, because
