The Americans
One of the things I love about this show is the relationship between Philip and Elizabeth. In episode one, she puts a knife to his throat. But their connection is more than just for show. You can pretend to be married that long without developing some intimacy and connection to one another. They are partners in every sense of the word–they love each other, maybe not fully romantically, but they do. They are family. They would die for each other. They would kill for each other.
More than that, there’s their love for their children. Who were also presumably born for appearances than desire initially, but who have become a part of the partnership and community between Philip and Elizabeth.
Episode two focuses on a task to plant a bug in which they poison a woman’s son, promising the antidote if she helps them. But the job isn’t the fun part about this show. It’s not like Burn Notice in that way.
The acting in this show is truly superb. Philip and Elizabeth aren’t just playing a part when they put on disguises–they disappear into their aliases. They become those people. And then they come home, and their lives are sort of shell-shocked by the happy family alias. That seems to be the most difficult one to pull off.
It’s only after the children are asleep and the doors are locked and the lights are out that Philip and Elizabeth can be themselves and admit their fears and tell the truth about what happened to them during the day.
I could go on about this show for ages. What can I say? Spy stories speak to me. But I’m telling you, if you’re not watching this show, you are missing out. It’s worth missing whatever else you might be watching on Wednesday night. I promise.
Chicago Fire
Kasey’s mom gets back from prison, and one of the first things she wants to do is go out with the guy who “consulted” for her to help her parole hearing. Saw that coming, but Kasey was kind of blindsided and upset.
Dawson accidentally sends a text meant for Mills to Kasey and has to own up to her involvement with the trainee.
The baby is born and while Shay (another one I’ve been spelling wrong, dammit!) and Severide are happy to welcome the kid, Clarice’s husband shows up just long enough to serve his ex with papers to contest custody.
Apparently Severide had his surgery already, and after only a month, he’s ready for work. There’s some drama with his ex-almost-brother-in-law who’s been covering his duties at the house, but I didn’t think it was that interesting.
The apparent drama for next week is Dawson’s brother Antonio: who gets shot in the parking lot while he’s in the middle of working a drug case. While we all like Dawson fine, we haven’t really gotten to know her brother that well for his accident to mean that much. It is beyond me why they didn’t draw out Shay’s injuries more after their truck was hit during an emergency response.
Still, the show is pretty consistent in terms of drama and plot development, so that’s more than I can say for a lot of stuff on TV right now.
Up Next:
I’ll recap Nashville later this week, and we’ve got new episode recaps of Grey’s, 1600 Penn, Do No Harm, Elementary, and Suits coming up!
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