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Sepinwall likes The Americans. I'm watching tonight.
FX is more of a must-have than AMC.
Part of it is based on academic grounds. Among major conferences, the Pac-10 is the best academically, largely because of Stanford, Cal and UCLA. “Colorado is on a par with Oregon,” he said. “Utah isn’t even in the picture.”
From what I saw last night it was good. I'll be watching the rest tonight.
It was pretty good. From what I can gather, these TV critics usually get more than just the pilot when they do a review of the show, it's usually around 3 episodes. Judging by the previews of the upcoming episode or two it's going to get better.
Potentially some spoilers here --
The most interesting thing about it to me is that it's the woman that is more stridently pro-USSR even if it's potentially to the detriment of the kids. But it becomes apparent by the end of the episode that the woman has indeed ended up either becoming attached to or even in love with the man that she was paired up with to become a couple in a sleeper cell. Conversely the man is the softie, is becoming attracted to the American way of life, and he doesn't want to kill the former KGB colonel in the trunk. Once he finds out what the colonel did to his partner/fake wife in the past he then takes care of business.
I think that the show has a lot of territory to cover in the form of flashbacks. It was apparent that Keri Russel's character wasn't ready to engage in the sexual side of things because of what had the KGB colonel had done. The man probably has been repeatedly tempted to defect but the love of his partner/wife makes him stay the course. Keri Russel's strict duty is to report her partner/husband's behavior and inclinations to her superiors but she doesn't do it because of her feelings.
Part of it is based on academic grounds. Among major conferences, the Pac-10 is the best academically, largely because of Stanford, Cal and UCLA. “Colorado is on a par with Oregon,” he said. “Utah isn’t even in the picture.”
Yeah, Justified is probably the best show on TV right now.
Yep.
"You run into an asshole in the morning, you ran into an asshole. You run into assholes all day? You're the asshole."
I love Raylan Givens.
Kids in general these days seem more socially retarded...
None of them date. They hang out. They text. They sit in the same car or room and don't say a word...they text. Then, they go home and whack off to internet porn.
I think that's the sad truth about why these kids are retards.
The Americans has been renewed for a second season. Great news. I think this is one of those shows that will gain viewers between the first and second seasons through DVD and online streaming, kind of like the Walking Dead without the monster ratings.
Part of it is based on academic grounds. Among major conferences, the Pac-10 is the best academically, largely because of Stanford, Cal and UCLA. “Colorado is on a par with Oregon,” he said. “Utah isn’t even in the picture.”
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