Tag Archives: Season 3

WTA 103- Seasons 1-3 Roundtable!

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Tovarischi! We are closing in on the debut of the final season of The Americans! So we started a rewatch of the entire series and asked some of our long-term audio contributors to help us break down Seasons 1-3! Joining us this time are our friends and co-hosts Kathleen (aka alternakat), Roland, & Chris who help us go through themes. characters and major plot points from the first three seasons of our favorite show!

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WTA 37- The Americans Season 3 in Review Part 2

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It’s almost time for the start of another amazing season of the best show on TV, “The Americans”! And as we love to do each year, we take time to break down every episode of Season 3 to get our minds in the game! Plus we have a treat to up the ante – our good friend Kathleen Lewis aka Alternakat joins the mayhem! There was so much material to go over we have split this into two parts!

This is the second of two parts, with our discussion diving deep into Episodes 7-13 of Season 3. We break down key events of each episode, point out themes that grew during the season, and of course in these early shows we have to talk about the bone-crunching tooth-cracking action! Plus, we take a quick look at the Season 4 teaser trailer!

WTA 36- The Americans Season 3 in Review Part 1

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To begin we have two quick news items. We start with an interesting piece in Slate calling Season 4 a thriller without the thrills, then we move to Inverse which offers us a concise guide of everything you need to remember about ‘The Americans’ before Season 4.

Of course, we think there is something to be said for not being quite so concise, and our discussion dives deep into Episodes 1-6 of Season 3. We break down key events of each episode, point out themes that grew during the season, and of course in these early shows we have to talk about the bone-crunching tooth-cracking action!

Come back later this week for Part II of our takedown of Season 3 in our Episode 36!

WTA 19-Season 3 Episode 1 EST Men

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The Americans is back for Season 3! We begin with an astounding debut, “EST Men,” written by Joel Fields and Joe Weisberg, and directed by Daniel Sackheim. The original air date for the episode was January 28, 2015.

The news connects with the show yet again! We have a story from the New York Times detailing three Russian secret agents recently uncovered by the government. We also have great news about ratings for the season opener!

In our episode discussion, we see Elizabeth with a disgruntled CIA agent who gives her a list of CIA and FBI operatives helping the Soviet forces in Afghanistan. She is trailed by agent Gaad and loses the information during a fight. At the rezidentura, the Soviets watch a video of one of their soldiers being executed. Stan goes with Phillip to an EST meeting to try to save his marriage. He thinks it is stupid and tells Sandra so to bad effect. Phillip and Elizabeth visit their old handler Gabriel who wants to get them to bring Paige into the fold. Elizabeth tells him it’s moving along and enrages Phillip. Phillip contacts Annalise who has fallen in love with Yousaf from the Pakistani ISI. Annalise and Yousaf have a romantic encounter with a shocking outcome.

In the history segment, we discuss South African Apartheid, the Mujahedeen in Afghanistan, Hershey’s Kisses, Soviet Leader Leonid Brezhnev, the TV show The Jeffersons, and the Kama Sutra. In our technology of yesteryear we look at the payphone, video rental shops, the adding machine, and carousel slide projectors.