Monthly Archives: January 2015

WTA 18- Interview with Kelly AuCoin aka “Pastor Tim”

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We hope you are ready for a special treat!

Live from Brooklyn, NY we have the amazing Kelly AuCoin, known to us all as “Pastor Tim” on The Americans!

Kelly graciously took time out of his busy schedule to talk to us about the role of Pastor Tim. He discusses his approach to the character, fills us in on the incredible confrontation scene with Philip, and shares some fun tidbits from behind the scenes. Plus we talk about his career and question how it is he has appeared on most of our favorite TV shows over the years!

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WTA 17- Listener Feedback & Theories

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Season 3 is almost here and we are talking about it!

We start off with some news about our favorite show. Forbes has a review stating that The Americans Remains FX’s Best Drama in Season Three, while Digital Spy reveals that The Americans should last for at least 5 seasons, according to FX’s boss, and Canada.com notes that The Americans creator Joe Weisberg is talking about real-life events in Russia. Then we follow with two articles in TV Guide anticipating the return of The Americans, and finish up with Entertainment Weekly listing teasers from Joel Fields and Joe Weisberg about historical and cultural reference points for the upcoming season.

In our free-wheeling discussion, we revisit questions we had at the end of Season 2 and speculate about where things will head in Season 3. Plus we introduce some crazy crackpot theories!

We finish this week with some great feedback from our listeners and reveal why we slightly changed our Russian introduction!

WTA 16- Season 2 in Review Plus DVD Extras

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Watching the Americans Episode 16 provides a recap and discussion of Season 2 of FX’s show The Americans.

In our discussion, we outline the big events in each episode from Season 2 and talk about our favorite moments and characters. We also look at the recently released DVD set and examine the deleted scenes and other extras – a gag reel and two featurettes: “Operation Ghost Stories: The Real Directorate ‘S'” and “Shades of Red: The Morality of the Americans.”