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Old 03-09-15 | 01:31 PM
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I'm starting to lose interest in the show - just feels like it's stalled out, with no real momentum, not going anywhere.
Wow. I can't disagree more. I just got caught up after getting behind by 3 or 4 episodes and I think it's the best thing going right now. Sometimes I have real trouble reconciling just how much crap these two characters are able to juggle in any given day, but their characterizations make it so worth it. Phillip and Elizabeth are great characters and I'm riveted by their complexities. This war they are in with each other for Paige is better than any of the actual spy stuff they have done. I honestly can't understand why this show doesn't get more attention.
Old 03-09-15 | 02:53 PM
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Re: The Americans (S3E06) - "Born Again" - 3/4/15

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I'm starting to lose interest in the show - just feels like it's stalled out, with no real momentum, not going anywhere.
Agreed 100%. If there's no major shocker of game changer at the end of this season I'm deleting the season pass.
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Re: The Americans (S3E06) - "Born Again" - 3/4/15

It's not even that I want some big shocking event either, it's just that it's become so mundane, especially with all the family stuff (with both Phillip/Elizabeth and the FBI guy AND Phillip's fake wife, etc), there's just too much domestic drama for a show that's supposed to be about international espionage. I also start falling asleep every time there's a scene at the Russian embassy. I think this is the only show that's made Russians boring.
Old 03-10-15 | 12:28 PM
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Re: The Americans (S3E06) - "Born Again" - 3/4/15

I still like the show but they really do need to move on the Paige training program. At least it started during this show.
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Re: The Americans (S3E06) - "Born Again" - 3/4/15

Originally Posted by slop101
It's not even that I want some big shocking event either, it's just that it's become so mundane, especially with all the family stuff (with both Phillip/Elizabeth and the FBI guy AND Phillip's fake wife, etc), there's just too much domestic drama for a show that's supposed to be about international espionage. I also start falling asleep every time there's a scene at the Russian embassy. I think this is the only show that's made Russians boring.
I couldn't agree more about the Russian characters excepting Nina. Removing her from the embassy reveals how utterly boring those scenes usually are and how they mostly go nowhere.

This show is starting to hit a brick wall because it's an ongoing concern. They can't advance the plot without permanently altering the current cast, which is likely a last resort.
Old 03-10-15 | 03:34 PM
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Re: The Americans (S3E06) - "Born Again" - 3/4/15

Originally Posted by Luds
I still like the show but they really do need to move on the Paige training program. At least it started during this show.
Exactly. The way they ended last season with that Paige cliffhanger, I didn't expect them to drag it on and on and on this season. Love the show, but it's starting to drag for me too.
Old 03-10-15 | 04:25 PM
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Re: The Americans (S3E06) - "Born Again" - 3/4/15

I'm waiting for Phillip to just say "fuck it" and defect, becoming a double agent. Elizabeth sure seems set on pushing him that way.
Old 03-10-15 | 04:48 PM
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Re: The Americans (S3E06) - "Born Again" - 3/4/15

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I'm waiting for Phillip to just say "fuck it" and defect, becoming a double agent. Elizabeth sure seems set on pushing him that way.
I hadn't considered that possibility - that has the potential to be really interesting and would breathe some much needed life back into the show.
Old 03-11-15 | 08:50 AM
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Re: The Americans (S3E06) - "Born Again" - 3/4/15

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I couldn't agree more about the Russian characters excepting Nina. Removing her from the embassy reveals how utterly boring those scenes usually are and how they mostly go nowhere.

This show is starting to hit a brick wall because it's an ongoing concern. They can't advance the plot without permanently altering the current cast, which is likely a last resort.
I'm guessing Nina gets sent back due to her help in securing prison intel. I'm really hoping for this because everythign with Stan right now really bores me.

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