The protagonists are Phillip and Elizabeth. See "Villain Protagonist" at TV Tropes.

That picture presumably was before the Soviet invasion, which was in November of 1979. And here's the thing: the Russians totally did invade one of their neighbors, and that's bad. And here's another thing: their decade-long involvement there was one of the prime reasons behind the fall of Communism, which was good.…

Before Phillip whipped out the gun I was thinking "please don't let that guy be Osama."

Yes, to me that's the most unrealistic thing in the show. Not that I care, because this show kicks ass—but the notion that you could learn a foreign language in your adulthood and speak it that cleanly is just silly.

Unless I'm mistaken you can show anything you want on a "non-pay cable" channel. FCC rules only apply to broadcast networks.

She's not a three-year-old. Mom and Dad naked, munching away at each other, not hard to figure out.

I'd like to cast my vote for Elizabeth Masucci, who had two scenes as a hooker in Season 1. God.

True enough, "The Thin Man" gets more formulaic in later installments, although I don't think it ever got unwatchable. The second is underrated and worth watching for the James Stewart performance alone.

"Hoffman’s heavy is clearly the series’ finest"

This is not a spoiler in any way, shape, or form, so y'all can calm down

no

This is 1923 we're talking about. It's not like you can take a jet.

Britain suffered a million deaths in World War I. A million. And sure, most of those were working class Tommies, but there would have been plenty of young lords and nobles serving as junior officers who died as well.

I specifically remember watching the end of one episode on the FX website when our DVR cut it off. Don't remember any special password.

Yes, you'd think so. But my goodness, apparently we have to assume instead that a bunch of morons who haven't watched "The Americans" but still might watch "The Americans" have entered this comment thread, and we must censor ourselves accordingly.

I still have no idea what Baxter's thing is that Thomas was apparently holding over her. Did they ever say?

They were setting up a double gold-digger scheme, but the daughter's heart wasn't in it.

Yes. She's such a gold-digger. Love Mary being shallow and selfish.

Who is dumber, Alfred or Daisy? If they'd had a child, would said offspring be able to feed himself? Discuss.

I just posted this upthread, sorry—but apparently Fellowes has stated in the backstory that Cora's father was a Jew who converted, see the TVTropes page for DA.