The Americans returns for a new series on RTÉ Two.
THE AMERICANS is a period drama about the complex marriage of two KGB spies posing as Americans in suburban Washington D.C. shortly after Ronald Reagan is elected President. The arranged marriage of Philip (Matthew Rhys) and Elizabeth Jennings (Keri Russell), who have two children – 14-year-old Paige (Holly Taylor) and 11-year-old Henry (Keidrich Sellati), who know nothing about their parents’ true identity – grows more passionate and genuine by the day, but is constantly tested by the escalation of the Cold War and the intimate, dangerous and darkly funny relationships they must maintain with a network of spies and informants under their control.
Their neighbor, FBI Agent Stan Beeman (Noah Emmerich) has already come dangerously close to discovering their secret, but was thwarted by Nina (Annet Mahendru), his KGB mole and paramour. Torn between his wife Sandra (Susan Misner) and his deepening feelings for Nina, Stan is completely unaware that the beautiful Russian is actually a double agent, reporting on him to the KGB.
Philip has been more successful handling his mole within the FBI, Martha (Alison Wright), assistant to Stan’s boss, Special Agent Gaad (Richard Thomas). Romancing Martha under the guise of one of his cover identities, an FBI bureaucrat named “Clark,” Philip has secured her unquestioning loyalty… by marrying her. Meanwhile, in the Jennings’ house, Paige has become increasingly suspicious that her parents are hiding something.
THE AMERICANS was created by Joe Weisberg, and is executive produced by Weisberg, Joel Fields, Graham Yost, Darryl Frank, Justin Falvey and Daniel Sackheim. The series is distributed by 20th Century Fox Television Distribution.
Series 2, episode 1
“Comrades”
Elizabeth comes back from her injury and straight into what should have been a routine mission – but it goes awry, leaving her and Philip in fear not only for themselves but for their whole network… and family. Paige’s suspicions have only grown in her mother’s absence. Meanwhile, Stan continues to fall for the Russian agent who has started to play him.
STARRING:
KERI RUSSELL (Elizabeth Jennings)
MATTHEW RHYS (Philip Jennings)
ANNET MAHENDRU (Nina)
SUSAN MISNER (Sandra Beeman)
ALISON WRIGHT (Martha)
HOLLY TAYLOR (Paige Jennings)
KEIDRICH SELLATI (Henry Jennings)
NOAH EMMERICH (Agent Stan Beeman)
CREATED BY:
JOE WEISBERG
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS:
JOE WEISBERG
JOEL FIELDS
GRAHAM YOST
DARRYL FRANK
JUSTIN FALVEY
DANIEL SACKHEIM
PRODUCED BY:
FOX TELEVISION STUDIOS
FX PRODUCTIONS
RTÉ Two, Tuesday 13 May 2014, 20.45pm