The Americans season 3
The Americans | |
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Season 3 | |
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No. of episodes | 13 |
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Original network | FX |
Original release | January 28 April 22, 2015 | –
Season chronology | |
The third season of the American television drama series The Americans, consisting of 13 episodes, premiered on FX on January 28, 2015, and concluded on April 22, 2015.[1] The series was renewed for the third season on April 16, 2014.[2]
The events of the third season begin in late 1982 and end on March 8, 1983, the night of Ronald Reagan's Evil Empire speech.[3]
Cast
Main
- Keri Russell as Elizabeth Jennings (Nadezhda), a KGB officer
- Matthew Rhys as Philip Jennings (Mischa), a KGB officer
- Lev Gorn as Arkady Ivanovich Zotov, the KGB's Resident
- Annet Mahendru as Nina Sergeevna Krilova, Agent Beeman's Soviet mole
- Susan Misner as Sandra Beeman, Stan's wife
- Costa Ronin as Oleg Igorevich Burov, a KGB officer
- Keidrich Sellati as Henry Jennings, Elizabeth and Philip's son
- Holly Taylor as Paige Jennings, Elizabeth and Philip's daughter
- Richard Thomas as Agent Frank Gaad, Special Agent In Charge of the FBI Counterintelligence Division
- Alison Wright as Martha Hanson, Agent Gaad's secretary and Philip's informant
- Noah Emmerich as FBI Agent Stan Beeman
Recurring
- Frank Langella as Gabriel, one of Philip and Elizabeth's KGB handlers
- Brandon J. Dirden as Agent Dennis Aderholt, an FBI agent
- Vera Cherny as Tatiana Evgenyevna Vyazemtseva, a KGB officer working at the Rezidentura
- Peter Mark Kendall as Hans, a South African graduate student and KGB informant being trained by Elizabeth
- Svetlana Efremova as Zinaida Preobrazhenskaya, a defector from the Institute for US and Canadian Studies
- Karen Pittman as Lisa, a Northrop employee from whom Elizabeth is gleaning information
- Kelly AuCoin as Pastor Tim, the head of a church Paige Jennings attends
- Julia Garner as Kimberly Breland, the daughter of the head of the CIA's Afghan group
- Rahul Khanna as Yousaf Rana, an officer in the Pakistani ISI Covert Action Division
- Michael Aronov as Anton Baklanov, a scientist involved in stealth technology
- Jefferson Mays as Walter Taffet, an officer for the Office of Professional Responsibility
- Gillian Alexy as Annelise, an informant of Philip's
- Daniel Flaherty as Matthew Beeman, Stan's son
- Callie Thorne as Tori, a woman Stan meets at EST
- Margo Martindale as Claudia, one of Philip and Elizabeth's KGB handlers
- Reg Rogers as Charles Duluth, a journalist and KGB source
- Peter Von Berg as Vasili Nikolaevich, a former KGB Resident
- Katja Herbers as Evi Sneijder, Nina's cellmate
Production
Lev Gorn, who portrays Arkady Ivanovich, was promoted to series regular for the third season, after having a recurring role throughout the first two seasons.[4] Additionally, Costa Ronin and Richard Thomas were promoted from recurring status to series regulars. In October 2014, Frank Langella was cast in a recurring role.[5] Filming for the season began in October 2014.[6] Co-star Noah Emmerich directed the seventh episode of the season, marking his directorial debut.[7]
Episodes
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | US viewers (millions) |
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27 | 1 | "EST Men" | Daniel Sackheim | Joel Fields & Joe Weisberg | January 28, 2015 | BDU301 | 1.90[8] |
28 | 2 | "Baggage" | Daniel Sackheim | Joel Fields & Joe Weisberg | February 4, 2015 | BDU302 | 0.92[9] |
29 | 3 | "Open House" | Thomas Schlamme | Stuart Zicherman | February 11, 2015 | BDU303 | 1.02[10] |
30 | 4 | "Dimebag" | Thomas Schlamme | Peter Ackerman | February 18, 2015 | BDU304 | 0.97[11] |
31 | 5 | "Salang Pass" | Kevin Dowling | Stephen Schiff | February 25, 2015 | BDU305 | 0.81[12] |
32 | 6 | "Born Again" | Kevin Dowling | Tracey Scott Wilson | March 4, 2015 | BDU306 | 0.93[13] |
33 | 7 | "Walter Taffet" | Noah Emmerich | Lara Shapiro | March 11, 2015 | BDU307 | 1.22[14] |
34 | 8 | "Divestment" | Dan Attias | Joshua Brand | March 18, 2015 | BDU308 | 1.13[15] |
35 | 9 | "Do Mail Robots Dream of Electric Sheep?" | Stephen Williams | Joshua Brand | March 25, 2015 | BDU309 | 0.99[16] |
36 | 10 | "Stingers" | Larysa Kondracki | Joel Fields & Joe Weisberg | April 1, 2015 | BDU310 | 0.90[17] |
37 | 11 | "One Day in the Life of Anton Baklanov" | Andrew Bernstein | Stephen Schiff & Tracey Scott Wilson | April 8, 2015 | BDU311 | 1.04[18] |
38 | 12 | "I Am Abassin Zadran" | Christopher Misiano | Peter Ackerman & Stuart Zicherman | April 15, 2015 | BDU312 | 0.98[19] |
39 | 13 | "March 8, 1983" | Daniel Sackheim | Joel Fields & Joe Weisberg | April 22, 2015 | BDU313 | 1.22[20] |
Reception
Critical response
The third season received widespread critical acclaim. On Rotten Tomatoes, it received a 100% approval rating, with an average score of 9/10 based on 53 reviews. The critical consensus reads: "Family-driven drama and psychological themes propel The Americans' tautly drawn tension, dispensing thrills of a different ilk this season."[21] On Metacritic, it scored 92 out of 100 based on 23 reviews.[22]
Accolades
The series was given a 2014 Peabody Award, with the organization stating, "In this ingenious, addictive cliffhanger, Reagan-era Soviet spies—married with children and a seemingly endless supply of wigs—operate out of a lovely 3BR home in a suburb of Washington, D.C. Between their nail-biter missions (and sometimes in the midst of them), the series contemplates duty, honor, parental responsibility, fidelity, both nationalistic and marital, and what it means to be an American."[23]
For the 5th Critics' Choice Television Awards, it won for Best Drama Series and received three acting nominations—Keri Russell for Best Actress in a Drama Series, Matthew Rhys for Best Actor in a Drama Series, and Lois Smith for Best Guest Performer in a Drama Series.[24] For the 31st TCA Awards, the series was nominated for Program of the Year, Rhys was nominated for Individual Achievement in Drama, and it won for Outstanding Achievement in Drama.[25]
For the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards, Margo Martindale won for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama series after her third consecutive nomination, and Joshua Brand was nominated for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series for "Do Mail Robots Dream of Electric Sheep?".[26][27]
For the 68th Writers Guild of America Awards, the series was nominated for Best Drama Series.[28]
Home media releases
The third season was released on DVD in region 1 on March 1, 2016. Special features include deleted scenes and a featurette titled "The Cold War for Paige".[29]
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