The Americans, FX's new Cold War drama about Soviet spies living under cover in suburban Washington, D.C., is a tough anti-hero show starring Kerri Russell and Matthew Rhys as Elizabeth and Phillip Jennings, a couple in a marriage arranged by the KGB who spend their days running a travel agency, and their nights seducing sources, kidnapping defectors, and blackmailing Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger's maid. But for all its blonde wigs and fist fights, The Americans (which was created by Joe Weisberg, the brother of the Slate Group's editor-in-chief Jacob Weisberg) is also a ... Read More