The Americans: Season 2

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Season Details & Credits

FX | Season Premiere Date: February 26, 2014

Starring: Keri Russell, Susan Misner, Matthew Rhys

Summary: Paige (Holly Taylor) becomes suspicious of her parents in the second season of the espionage drama.

Creator: Joe Weisberg and Joseph Weisberg

Genre(s): Drama

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Season 2 Episodes

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S2:E13. Echo
Air Date: May 21, 2014
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S2:E12. Operation Chronicle
Air Date: May 14, 2014
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S2:E11. Stealth
Air Date: May 7, 2014

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Tim Goodman

Feb 27, 2014

Sometimes watching greatness expand and realizing that a foundation is in place for the future (excellent writing, superb acting, a clear conceptual vision) is just the kind of assurance you need to cement your allegiance. Read full review

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Alan Sepinwall

Feb 25, 2014

Season 2 finds ways to introduce even greater tension, even as [Philip and Elizabeth are] a more fundamentally sound unit, while also adding a whodunnit element that spices things up nicely.... Absolutely dynamite. Read full review

Verne Gay

Feb 25, 2014

Still excellent, still hard to love. Read full review

Dorothy Rabinowitz

Feb 21, 2014

The new season--suspenseful as ever, more brutal in its violence, perhaps, and more expansive in its reach into history--easily upholds the standard of the first. Read full review

Willa Paskin

Feb 24, 2014

Watching, it is almost impossible not to root for these two Communists as they do any and everything they can to undermine America. In this regard, The Americans works its American audience as effectively as its heroes work their marks: It makes double agents of us all. Read full review

Robert Bianco

Feb 26, 2014

what these two characters, so fabulously played by Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys, are about to realize as this excellent series returns is that their jobs put their children at risk. Read full review

David Hinckley

Feb 26, 2014

Credibility starts to fray when our heroes, or anti-heroes, keep needing miraculous last-second evasions and escapes. Read full review

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JIgnacio

Mar 1, 2014

Only 1 episode of this new season aired but 'The Americans' is a much more confident show than it ever was. It's well acted, well written and the story the show is telling is extremely compelling. Must watch tv. Absolutely loved it.

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jaasieljunior

Feb 13, 2018

O mais interessante de se assistir a série é que por aparentar ser uma novela (embora não seja), você acaba vendo necessárias as cenas dramáticas em alguns momentos. De fato, comparando com a primeira temporada, a série evolui positivamente e isso se deve às ricas atuações .

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baoboa

Apr 11, 2014

Whats not to like about a gritty spy show with relatively unknown actors!? Sure it has some cheesy character moments (its set in the early 80's after all, so like no DUH!), but 99.99% of it is fantastic acting and great edge of your seat entertainment! Love it.

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josiec

Jan 29, 2015

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It was great to see my favorite TV couple back again, but I felt like I needed Cliff's Notes to get through this first episode. I'm fairly good at keeping track of the plot and character details of a complicated TV show or movie and my wife is not very good at it. But we are both avid watchers of this show and have seen all the episodes. Well, I was more confused than usual and my wife was completely lost. We had to pause the show at least a dozen times so I could explain to her what was going on and once or twice I wasn't completely sure. For example, that lady from the Canadian-American whatever. Have we seen her before, or was this a new sub-plot? I think this is a new thing, but I wasn't sure.

I miss Margo Martindale, but I love Frank Langella. I think he will be a great addition to the show.

My wife was also a little put out by by what she thought was an increase in violence, like the explicit head-shot in that video. I was surprised by it, and not particularly put off, but I hope that explicit violence does not become a regular part of the show. I don't think it adds anything to the tension. If anything, I find myself taken out of the show for a moment while I reflect on the creative choice that the violence represents. I'd rather not be jolted by not necessary (for dramatic purposes) explicit violence that takes me out of the story.

They could have pulled away at the last second from the video and cut to a character's face so you see their reaction to the gunshot. You'd still know it was a head-shot. You'd still know it was brutal and gory. And the character's reaction is actually the most important part of the scene to the story.

I hope we haven't seen the last of Nina. And if they do end up executing her in some Russian prison, I hope that Annet Mahendru gets her own TV show.

I loved the depiction of the est training. I'm not saying that est and it's spin-offs were completely lacking in value, but they were pretty stupid and they certainly empowered a lot of people to do and say completely rude and ridiculous things. For example, it's possible that focusing on your partner's orgasm could be a non-experience, but it could also be a wonderful experience. Things aren't so cut and dried in the way that est portrayed them.

I look forward to the coming season. I think the season's focus on the Paige question will be a very fruitful plot choice.

One of the things I think is interesting about this show is that you find yourself rooting for KGB agents. Not so much for their mission, but for them as people. It's similar to when we were watching The Sopranos and rooting for thuggish mobsters. We're kind of horrified by what they're doing, but care about them as people. There's something kind of cool about that.… Expand

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Colleenkelly

Sep 18, 2019

I love this show. It is entertaining. I love sexy spy type movies and shows so it fits the bill. I don't mind all the sex at all. I know some reviewers did but that's part of the excitement of it all. It's dramatic. The acting is very good but I will say in this season I wish the writersI love this show. It is entertaining. I love sexy spy type movies and shows so it fits the bill. I don't mind all the sex at all. I know some reviewers did but that's part of the excitement of it all. It's dramatic. The acting is very good but I will say in this season I wish the writers made Page's parents kinder to her. I mean if they love her they should treat her with more love and compassion. They are VERY harsh on a young girl trying to do her best. She is just a sweet kid and they treat her with so much disdain. I also think it was weird when their son was crying and pleading with them saying "I'm a good person, I'm a good person...". It was heartbreaking that they never said anything to him like "Of course you are. You just made a mistake." I mean they kill innocent people. I don't know. I think they can be really callous toward their kids and it makes me like their characters less. I think it would have been a better way to write the story with the Jennings having more turmoil about what they do. If they were always torn between their deep love and compassion for their children and the kind of work they have to do for the Russians. That would have actually created MORE drama which would have left audiences MORE hooked. But they just seem pretty cold and callous toward her. Kids get curious. It's part of childhood and adolescence. I think they are pretty mean to her just for being a kid - and a REALLY GOOD kid for that matter. Kids know when you're lying to them and just because they are kids doesn't mean lying to them all the time is okay. Seeing them struggle with that kind of compassion for her AND needing to do their work for the Russians would have been much more engaging in my opinion. But I will say I haven't finished this season yet so while that is my opinion so far, maybe they come around and start treating her better. We'll see.… Expand

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zubarsky

Apr 2, 2014

I really like the show but it makes me wonder how they can still do the things they do. They can clearly see that the US is not the awful place that their government had brainwashed them to believe. They also have very American children. It reminded me of the 911 hijackers that were hereI really like the show but it makes me wonder how they can still do the things they do. They can clearly see that the US is not the awful place that their government had brainwashed them to believe. They also have very American children. It reminded me of the 911 hijackers that were here for a while and were still able to behave like monsters.

One of the best parts of the show is that you find yourself rooting for them but become conflicted by what they are doing.… Expand

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nononsense

Mar 12, 2014

I love the plotline. I love the cast. However i loathe the extreme sexual content. Do we really need to see them engaged in 69?? Do we need to see blowjobs??? Sadly i will never watch this show again.

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 6

92
- Season 6 Overview
  Air Date: March 28, 2018
Season 5

94
- Season 5 Overview
  Air Date: March 7, 2017
Season 4

95
- Season 4 Overview
  Air Date: March 16, 2016
Season 3

92
- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: January 28, 2015
Season 2

88
- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: February 26, 2014
- tbd
  S2:E13. Echo
  Air Date: May 21, 2014
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  S2:E12. Operation Chronicle
  Air Date: May 14, 2014
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  S2:E11. Stealth
  Air Date: May 7, 2014
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  S2:E10. Yousaf
  Air Date: April 30, 2014
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  S2:E9. Martial Eagle
  Air Date: April 23, 2014
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  S2:E8. New Car
  Air Date: April 16, 2014
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  S2:E7. ARPANET
  Air Date: April 9, 2014
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  S2:E6. Behind the Red Door
  Air Date: April 2, 2014
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  S2:E5. The Deal
  Air Date: March 26, 2014
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  S2:E4. A Little Night Music
  Air Date: March 19, 2014
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  S2:E3. The Walk In
  Air Date: March 12, 2014
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  S2:E2. Cardinal
  Air Date: March 5, 2014
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  S2:E1. Comrades
  Air Date: February 26, 2014
Season 1

78
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: January 30, 2013