Pilot

Great Series
Here's another example in the argument that TV is doing more adventurous stuff than the movies.
This show is very well done.
When I missed an episode and couldn't wait for it to pop up on on Demand, I went the Amazon route and it was a good experience.

Check this out- It's Homeland with a 1980's twist
I really enjoyed the pilot episode. It has the "Homeland" feel to it, but that's about it. This is another story altogether. In Homeland, its one potential guy who might have turned terrorist. But in this, the debate is if the KGB even exists, and in 1981, they were beginning to access the threat. Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys play married KGB spies. No one would ever know they are Russian spies. They live in a perfect neighborhood and have two children. They blend in perfectly. Of course, the children are Americans and have no idea what their parents do. I think this show has a lot of potential. I will be interested to see how it plays out and what complications arise for Phillip and Elizabeth Jennings, especially now that their neighbor is an FBI agent. It's nice revisiting the past. SO far, so good.

Easily Five Brilliant Stars (Murkier Stripes)
Having watched each of the first 3 episodes at least twice, I can say that I am definitely a "believer" in this excellent new series. "The Americans" is for viewers who thrill to think and feel "out of the box"; who are able to suspend personal ideologies as a way to explore competing mindsets. And most definitely for people who do not wince at a serpentine/circuitous vision of good vs. evil. Without the influence of the anti-hero trend (Think Homeland, Dexter), this series could probably not even exist.
But on to the episode (3), Gregory: My only complaint is that this episode seems much too short/ a little rushed. An awful lot of revelation gets packed into these 45 minutes. We learn that Elizabeth has been leading a double life in more ways than one; that Phillip's allegiances' won't be played without consequences ensuing. Real spies won't kiss and make up, or will they? Gregory seems to have been the fulcrum of the Jennings's teeter-tottering relationship for 14 years. If...

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