I liked the first few episodes of The Americans. They had the right mix of ingredients: Action, Espionage, Sex, Love, etc. But after watching the whole first season, I got turned off more and more by the unrealistic and lazy writing and decisions. Why did the Russians ever lose the cold war if they were able to churn out unbeatable and undetectable super spies like this? How did the Americans ever come out of the cold war ahead if they are so unbelievably inept and storm trooper like stupid? I guess wigs and glasses are such perfect disguises that during the 80s nobody was able to see through superficial changes on a person. It is painful to watch how the actors have to avoid the natural instinct to touch their partners hair when he is in disguise. How can a woman go through months of relationship and finally marriage without ever touching a man's hair (and thus blowing this whole set-up)? Throughout the whole series it is being kept alive by the god-like abilities and intuition of the Soviet spies and the stupidity and ineptness of the FBI. All in all way too unrealistic to enjoy for more than a few episodes.
Review of The Americans
