Carole Avalon
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Accolades for ‘The Americans’ series finale
June 1, 2018In a satisfying episode, The Americans wrapped up its six-season run by answering a few, but not all, questions that might linger for long-time viewers.
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Actor’s showcase for Keri Russell in this week’s ‘The Americans’
May 25, 2018To see whether your own guesses pan out, watch the final episode Wednesday on FX.
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‘The Americans’ reaches new heights in “The Summit”
May 18, 2018Much of Elizabeth’s undercover work this season has focused on digging up intel to help the Soviets during the upcoming nuclear armaments summit with the U.S.
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A Bloody Chicago welcome, in this week’s ‘The Americans’
May 14, 2018Sometimes, even though a mission is thoroughly hopeless from the start, you still soldier through to the thankless end.
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Henry and problem parenting in ‘The Americans’
May 7, 2018Remember Henry Jennings? The intelligent, if unobservant, son of super spies Philip and Elizabeth Jennings, he’s known all along that his parents are not easy to understand.
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The children’s war continues for ‘The Americans’
May 3, 2018Too often, sons and daughters become tangled in battles not of their own making, whether in the Sudan, or Iraq, or here in the U.S.
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Her Mission: Impossible? Elizabeth’s struggles on ‘The Americans’
April 24, 2018The show seems to be establishing the likelihood that Philip will betray his true country in order to pay off his debts. Too obvious a plot line, but we’ll see what happens.
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Upselling and down-strangling in ‘The Americans’
April 23, 2018The pressure, always intense for our undercover couple of Philip and Elizabeth Jennings, is ratcheting steadily upward.
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