The strong drama series comes back in the fourth season, which begins with Nina Anton, who is constantly working to make her lost freedom. Paige wonders if she trusts Pastor Tim to keep her secret, and Phillip tries to break the growing desperation to get rid of those tensions Family house in Jennings' house, which reaches a dangerous level when Paige shares her own secret in difficult circumstances.
Layered in ways we only see in our best television, The Americans transcends its espionage show genre to become something more relatable while never forgetting to also be a wildly entertaining story of spies and the people trying to catch them.
Some breakneck busyness in The Americans' fourth season does little to distract from the feeling that you're watching the beginning of the end for TV's best drama.
Eric Thurm
Slate
March 16, 2016
The greatness of The Americans comes in large part from its constant state of crisis.
This is a television show at the very peak of its powers, confident and controlled. The cast and crew have done their part - your assignment, should you choose to accept it, is simply to tune in. You won't regret it.
The Americans is one of TV's best drama series, if not the best, and it's also one of the most challenging. There are details to remember, nuances to catch and morality to ponder.
The Americans isn't always big on metaphor - the characters endure so much literal jeopardy and pain and angst that there's little need for embellishment - but "Glanders" ends on a doozy.
Creator Joe Weisberg and executive producer-writer Joel Fields have guided the story well so far, but how much more incestuous can the relationships get?