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Returning: The Americans

The Americans has its Season 3 premiere on SoHo in mid-April.

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A number of readers have been asking about a return for The Americans, which has its season 3 premieres on SoHo in mid-April.

There are 13 episodes in S3, which first premiered in the US in January.

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 Philip and Elizabeth Jennings, who have two children – 14 year old Paige and 12 yea rold Henry, who know nothing about their parents’ true identity – 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.

The trickiest of Philip’s sources continues to be Martha, the assistant to Special Agent Gaad. In order to ensure her continued loyalty, Philip, in the guise of FBI bureaucrat “Clark,” one of his numerous cover identities, marries her. Things were going smoothly until Martha began pressuring Clark to start a family. Their neighbour, FBI Agent Stan Beeman, could also prove to be a renewed threat. When forced to choose between betraying his country or his KGB double agent and paramour NINA, Stan chose the USA. Nina has been sent back to Moscow to face charges of treason, much to the dismay of her boss Arkady, Director of the KGB Rezidentura.

Wednesdays from April 15 at 8.30pm on SoHo.

11 Responses

  1. I will also be awaiting S2 on DVD – just a bit too intelligent and thoughtful for FTA TV at the moment but its probably the best executed spy/thriller/drama around, personally I found it even more interesting than Homeland (which itself is pretty good) but each to their own….

  2. why so slow in airing it on foxtel, its well underway in America. Isn’t it considered “good enough” to express it to Showcase, FX or SoHo like GOT, Justified, Mad Men, etc. I like Justified but this is much better

  3. Any idea when or if S2 will be on FTA? The season 2 DVD has yet to be released here, so it is kinda annoying. I was one of the few people who loved season 1 on Channel 10.

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