The Americans kicks off season three with a murder, some brownies and peak levels of Frank Langella.
This review contains Americans spoilers…
The best is over.
Tony Soprano in the late 90s was giving voice to something most of us were feeling.
We were coming in at the end of something… but just what exactly?
But he wasnt a magician; he was a statistician.
Hes a statistician that knows were never far away from another end…ofsomething.
The Americansseason three premiere, EST Men, knows this as well.
This doesnt mean that the show is close to its end game.
- Then she meets up with a disillusioned C.I.A.
employee named Charlotte at a bar, whose first question to Elizabeth is do you have a daughter?
The undercover Elizabeths answers no.
*The Americans to all other shows: Bro, do you even symbolism?
Elizabeth exploits this to receive a document with the names of every C.I.A.
agent working in Afghanistan.
Charlottes better judgment prevails and she calls the C.I.A.
to report what shes done.
This leads to a time-honoredAmericansseason premiere tradition of Keri Russell kicking dudes asses.
Though, in the process she loses the files.
Its no wonder that Elizabeth is growing warmer to the idea.
Philip and Stan Beeman are confronting some unrealistic expectations of their own.
You assholes havent had a single real experience in your whole lives, the instructor tells Philip and Stan.
Youre living in the realm of non-experience.
When you think about her orgasm are you experiencing?
Philip and Stan understandably find the seminar less than helpful.
Its yet another narrow view of masculinity that advocates selfishness and non-intellectualism.
Its, in a word, dumb.
But the primal ideas are more applicable to Stan and Philip than theyd care to realize.
Stan brings up his EST experience to his ex-wife, who encouraged him to go in the first place.
You were always yes-ing me to avoid conflict and disagreement and you werent being yourself, she tells him.
In his never-ending government work, Stan never had an identity at home.
He was playing the role of husband just as much as Philip plays his.
Philip responds to this by doubling down on his efforts for Paige to have a normal life.
Philip and Elizabeths is just particularly dire.
We are so close.
In a couple of years she can go to college and have her own life, Philip says.
Unfortunately, as any parent can tell you: they grow up so fast.
Just your standard Afghan War as a metaphor for growing up.
Strained gender roles and Afghan wars as metaphors all sound like a drag.
Like the bestAmericansepisodes, EST Men knows how to wow em in the end.
This seems like another opportunity for more sexy, sexy espionage.
But it all comes crashing down quickly.
Yousaf responds by immediately and wordlessly strangling her.
Philip has to improvise quickly, convincing Yousaf that his best chance for survival is with him.
Philip and Elizabeth know theyre always on the verge but still can only ever react.
Maybe thats the best anyone can do.
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Rating:
4.5 out of 5
