The Americans, Season 1, Episode 2: “The Clock”
Written by Jow Weisberg
Directed by Adam Arkin
Airs Wednesdays at 10pm Et on FX
With its stellar pilot having established some of the rhythms of the Jennings marriage, “The Clock,” also penned by series creator Joe Weisberg, takes the time to examine other facets of our lead couple’s remarkably complex existence. It speaks to the rich nature of the series’ premise that, even after a film’s worth of story time, it feels like we’re still only scratching the surface of what’s at work within and between these characters, and that’s a very good thing indeed.
In a direct gender switch from the pilot’s first scenes, “The Clock” opens with Philip doing the seducing this time around – only he might be too good at it. Posing as a Swedish spy named Scott Berman, he has Annalise (Gillian Alexy) more than smitten,...
Written by Jow Weisberg
Directed by Adam Arkin
Airs Wednesdays at 10pm Et on FX
With its stellar pilot having established some of the rhythms of the Jennings marriage, “The Clock,” also penned by series creator Joe Weisberg, takes the time to examine other facets of our lead couple’s remarkably complex existence. It speaks to the rich nature of the series’ premise that, even after a film’s worth of story time, it feels like we’re still only scratching the surface of what’s at work within and between these characters, and that’s a very good thing indeed.
In a direct gender switch from the pilot’s first scenes, “The Clock” opens with Philip doing the seducing this time around – only he might be too good at it. Posing as a Swedish spy named Scott Berman, he has Annalise (Gillian Alexy) more than smitten,...
- 2/8/2013
- by Simon Howell
- SoundOnSight
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