Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys lead the cast of FX’s spy drama The Americans, playing Russian spies posing as a normal American couple. The series joined FX’s lineup on January 30, 2013, with season two following on February 26, 2014, and season three premiering on Jan 28, 2015.
Keri Russell plays Elizabeth Jennings, Matthew Rhys is Phillip Jennings, Noah Emmerich stars as FBI Agent Stan Beeman, and Richard Thomas is Special Agent Gaad. Holly Taylor is Paige Jennings, Keidrich Sellati is Henry, Alison Wright is Martha, Annet Mahendru is Nina, Lev Gorn is Arkady, and Susan Misner plays Sandra.
The Synopsis: The Americans is a period drama about the complex marriage of two KGB spies posing as Americans in suburban Washington D.C. shortly after Ronald Reagan is elected President. The arranged marriage of Philip and Elizabeth Jennings, who have two children – 14-year-old Paige and 11-year-old Henry, who know nothing about their parents’ true identity – grows more passionate and genuine by the day, but is constantly tested by the escalation of the Cold War and the intimate, dangerous and darkly funny relationships they must maintain with a network of spies and informants under their control.
The trickiest of Philip’s sources continues to be Martha, the assistant to Special Agent Gaad. In order to ensure her continued loyalty, Philip, in the guise of FBI bureaucrat “Clark,” one of his numerous cover identities, marries her. Things were going smoothly until Martha began pressuring Clark to start a family.
Their neighbor, FBI Agent Stan Beeman, could also prove to be a renewed threat. When forced to choose between betraying his country or his KGB double-agent and paramour Nina, Stan chose the USA. Nina has been sent back to Moscow to face charges of treason, much to the dismay of her boss Arkady, Director of the KGB Rezidentura. In addition to his rededication to his mission of uncovering the identities of the Russian spies living among them, Stan is also attempting to rebuild a relationship with his estranged wife Sandra. Meanwhile, in the Jennings’ house, Philip and Elizabeth find themselves at odds over Paige’s future now that the KGB has made it clear that they want her to join the family business.
Interviews: Matthew Rhys season 2 / Keri Russell season 3 / Matthew Rhys season 3
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