The Americans - Probably the greatest TV Show most people haven't seen?

Actually looked this series up cause of this thread..

TBH its alright, a bit boring.. The main FBI guy annoys me… struggling to get through S1..

Highlighter75

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122277957#Comment_122277957

Stan is a legend.

delboy85

I love "The Americans" also. But it took me three attempts to finally get into it.

The first couple of times I tried I couldn't get over the silly wigs and I gave up towards the end of the first season (on both first attempts).

But I'm glad I went back to it. I found it did ebb and flow in quality a little throughout it's run but it's generally great.

I'd also recommend "Deutschland 83" as previous posters have. It's excellent. I was just thinking about it today!

NIMAN

I don't think I'm going to start on it tbh, I assumed it was a series or two.

75 episodes!

Don't think I can commit to that.

California Dreamer

I loved it and watched it as it was released and then listened to the episode podcasts as well.

It did go slow in parts but there was some excellent acting and gruesome parts in it as well.(Nina)

Matthew Rhys and Keri Russell have been married the past 10 years.

To get another view of Rhys, he did the smartless podcast. A very funny man!!!

squonk

I watched it at the time it was first released. I largely enjoyed it but found it shîte in places. Think I missed the final season actually. I might go back and rewatch. I think what detracted from it was it was coexisting with Breaking Bad and also had the “Does the lawman know what the main characters are up to” angle. BB is a different beast and made the Americans look slow. I want to watch it in isolation now.

siblers

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122281333#Comment_122281333

He was also on Rob Brydon's podcast, he comes across really well on it.

Arghus

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122277957#Comment_122277957

Stick with it.

It's a good show and gets better as it goes on.

Highlighter75

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122285599#Comment_122285599

Like Breaking Bad, each season of The Americans just gets better and better. Which is rare in my opinion.

I will always say the Sopranos is my all time favourite but I could never say each season was better than the last.

Dan Steely

Just finished this. Very, very good.

What would be good next? Searched Rubicon and Deutschland 83 mentioned above on AP and Sky but neither have it.

fman

Deutschland is on channel 4 (all 4/ on demand, whatever it's called this week).

zell12

Quick teaser on Deutschland 83

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqQ7uiSs2Ew

Dan Steely

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122346379#Comment_122346379

Is it up now or coming up? Can't seem to find it.

fman

Searching in the app here, it shows available now.

Dan Steely

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122348084#Comment_122348084

ok, thanks. Not on channel 4 on-demand on sky.

siblers

Off topic but are the other seasons of Deutschland 86/89 any good? I really liked 83 but by the time 86 came out, I'd no real interest to watch it

Sugarlumps

Does it improve as it moves along, finding it a slog halfway through the first season.

Fabio

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122252406#Comment_122252406

The ending is something else. Absolutely outstanding stuff.

Fabio

Excellent book actually. Most people say the Cuban Missile Crisis was the most dangerous time of the Cold War but no, 1983 was the most dangerous period - the Able Archer 83 NATO exercise that the Soviets thought was the stage for a real attack, the downing of Korean Airlines Flight 007 when mistaken by the Soviets as an espionage plane…and both sides had waaaay more nukes in 83, and faster ways of delivering them, than either had back in 1962.

Rfrip

just finished this! Never saw it at the time…loved it…and a great ending.

Highlighter75

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122366485#Comment_122366485

The Americans gets better with every season. Epic series.

fman

Kind of topical again. Some of the Russian agents in the prisoner swap were sleeper agents. The children of a couple didn't even know.