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‘The Americans’ Season 2, Episode 1: ‘Comrades’

Posted byBy ABS Contributor | Published on: | Updated on September 2, 2016 CommentsComments (0)

'The Americans' Season 2, Episode 1- 'Comrades'

“The Americans” season 2, episode 1: “Comrades” airs Wednesday on FX.

Coming up on the next episode, Elizabeth comes back from her injury and straight into what should have been a routine mission – but it goes awry, leaving her and Philip in fear not only for themselves, but for their whole network… and family. Paige’s suspicions have only grown in her mother’s absence. Meanwhile, Stan continues to fall for the Russian agent who has started to play him.

FX describes the show as follows:

“The Americans’ is a period drama about the complex marriage of two KGB spies posing as Americans in suburban Washington, D.C., shortly after Ronald Reagan is elected President. The arranged marriage of Phillip (Matthew Rhys) and Elizabeth Jennings (Keri Russell), who have two children who know nothing about their parents true identities, grows more passionate and genuine by the day, but is constantly tested by the escalation of the Cold War and the intimate, dangerous and darkly, funny relationships they must maintain with a network of spies and informants under their control. Complicating their relationship further is Phillip’s growing sense of affinity for America’s values and way of life. Tensions also heighten upon the arrival of a new neighbor, Stan (Noah Emmerich), an FBI agent working in counter-intelligence.”

“The Americans” season 2, episode 1 airs Feb. 25 at 10 p.m. EST on FX.

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