I think The Americans is still finding its feet a bit, but I like the cast very much and they manage to keep the tension high in each episode.

Ahahaha - one major problem with The Americans is they don't even *pretend* to make NYC double for DC, and since I've lived both places the locations are occasionally hilarious.

(Keri Russell just met with her handler right outside the public pool where I take the kids almost every weekend in the summer.)

I watched the pilot of The Americans and had major plot/backstory problems, so I haven't watched the rest. I hear it's good, so I'll probably pick it up when I run out of other things.

In the most recent ep, their secret in-car meetup was shot less than a block from my apartment.

Here it is on Google Streetview. There's a very good chance my car was in the background of that scene.

I think my best course of action is just to pretend this show takes place in an alternate universe where the Capitol is in Brooklyn, and the East River has been renamed the Potomac. I don't think I've laughed this much at bad location doubling since that movie that was shot on the Northwestern campus and featured my dorm. (Don't ask me the name, it was an awful movie, but we all watched it in the common room because the main character was a Chapino and how often is that a plot point ever?)

That said, I'm glad I decided to give it 5 eps initially because now (ep 5!) they finally seem to have decided on an arc for the relationship plot and the spy stuff is really picking up steam.

Coincidence: it's been exactly one month since I was last here. Not a coincidence: still loving Justified, tho' I shouldn't have read the white font. I must've missed the last episode, although I thought I was current. On Demand must have a one-week delay.

My neighbors are really liking The Americans so I'll have get around to watching more than the pilot. I've been getting them to watch shows for years, so turn about is good. Looks like Tim Goodman only wrote one article about it. [link]

Several things I'm trying to figure out from this past Justified: why Hunter wanted to kill Arlo after being offered a deal on Drew's current identity (is he trying to protect Shelby, if that's who it is?), and how Arlo came out of his double dose stupor? Did the double dose not actually work and he happened to become lucid enough to realize he was in danger? I can't see that the guard lied about overdosing him, and if so . . . I guess I don't know about drugs to know what the effect should be.

And oh, RAYLAN.

and how Arlo came out of his double dose stupor? Did the double dose not actually work and he happened to become lucid enough to realize he was in danger? I can't see that the guard lied about overdosing him, and if so . . . I guess I don't know about drugs to know what the effect should be.

I felt we were supposed to think that Arlo was faking his reaction because he knew what was coming and was using it to his advantage. I think he got double meds but it didn't put him in a stupor so much as he faked it and then took his chance at fighting to break free when he could. Could be wrong.

I think you're right, Cass. But every Justified is so full of stuff...but he's been tonguing pills sine he lived with Helen so...

t sigh I miss Helen.

Yeah, she was awesome. Watching her and Mags talk about the old days was sort of a highlight of that seasons