Should you watch The Americans?
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The Americans
Series · 2013
Set during the Cold War period in the 1980s, The Americans is the story of Elizabeth and Philip Jennings, two Soviet KGB officers posing as an American married couple in the suburbs of Washington D.C. and their neighbor, Stan Beeman, an FBI Counterintelligence agent.
The sides of The Americans
- Two KGB spies posing as a suburban couple
- An FBI agent living next door
- Wigs, disguises and secret meetings in 1980s Washington
The Americans is good for you if…
- you like spies who could be exposed by the neighbor at any moment.
- you like a marriage tested by lies and missions.
- you like the Cold War seen from a Washington suburb.
The Americans is bad for you if…
- six seasons is too much for you.
- you need fast action, and the spy work here is patient and quiet.
About: identity · marriage · loyalty · family
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