I don't think it's exactly inspired casting, but Gal Godot is Israeli, probably served in the Israeli Army, and those girls are fucking tough, I can tell you from experience. Godot might not look it, but she could probably kick all our asses without breaking a sweat.

Ooh, interesting question. If you're talking frequency, it's got to be Philip because of Martha. But if you're talking about number of different partners, I'd think Elizabeth. Phil's had two I can think of off the top of my head (Martha and Annalise) and Elizabeth has had at least four (the government guy in the…

Lazy wording. I meant "some shade of fucked up by their circumstances and lives" not "some kind of crazy messed up deviant". It would maybe have been more accurate to say "most gay guys I know have been pretty well fucked over by life in some way".

It's my least favourite, but your mileage may vary of course. Season 1 probably had my favourite arc, but most of my favourite individual moments/episodes are season 3.

I'm getting mixed instructions from your comment and your username.

I guess he means when he asked Henry for his teacher's number, which was pretty clearly Stan joking.

If his hair gets any stringier from the stress he's under, he's going to end up looking like Bernie Sanders.

Elizabeth was just this comment section given human form, there.

I'm only putting this together in hindsight, but I loved the way Russel/Elizabeth used her rage about Paige robbing her of plausible deniability by telling her the truth in order to convincingly be angry about Paige's telling Tim without betraying the fact that she already knew. She's good.

I love the episode endings with this show. It eschews typical cliffhangers (except for last week — what was with that garage light snapping out as if someone turned the lights out on Philip? Must've just totally misread that) and always ends perfectly where an episode needs to end.

I vaguely recall hearing they have a 5-season plan, and the network is very supportive of the show, so if the Js (Exec Producers/creators Joel Fielding and Joe Weisberg) want a fifth season I think they'll very likely get one. Which would be a dream come true for me. I don't want the show to end, but I don't want it…

Her confident interrogation of Gabriel — "Did she?" — was really unnerving. My prediction: their relationship will be different from now on. I think she knows her mother wouldn't say that, even on her death bed, and it's like a veil has lifted and she can see Gabriel for the manipulator he is. When he put his hand on…

Great comparison to Mikkelson!

The way she said "Come home. Just, please, come home" on the phone to (presumably…) Philip while talking to Paige was truly devastating. Elizabeth and Keri both acting on multiple levels.

I think Philip genuinely likes Stan, and is truly hurt by their current conflict. I think that's what's so great about the Philip/Stan dynamic; Phil targeted Stan because if you're a spy who's living next to a counterintelligence agent, it's better to keep him close — but Philip has come to actually value their…

In the first episode, General Zhukov tells Elizabeth (paraphrased from memory) "Our war is not so cold any more… The orders are going to change now. The risks are going to be greater." It's implied that the series basically starts when Phil and Elizabeth's mission is being ramped up to 11, so they have not been living…

I wasn't sure that was chagrin. Stan seemed happy about how that meeting went, to me. Nothing may have changed hands, but Stan is still working him.

This is your inaugural The The Americans Philip and Elizabeth Kill Tally!

I have no problem with dates and casual sex with much younger people, assuming everyone's on board with the situation; but in an actual ongoing relationship the imbalance of power would be inescapable. If two people want to have a drink and go home and fuck, as long as both parties are decent people, there's not much…

Wow, this went on so much longer than I realised!