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THE AMERICANS
May 16, 2017  | By David Bianculli

FX, 10:00 p.m. ET

 

Last week’s episode, “Darkroom,” ended with a chillingly effective scene in which Elizabeth and Philip (Keri Russell, Matthew Rhys) took daughter Paige (Holly Taylor) into their world even more, by showing her how they developed and printed the photos Paige had taken while babysitting at the pastor’s house. They were photos of his diary entries, and the pages developed contained entries that went from idle musings to deep concerns about Paige, making the pastor more of an actual threat. This week’s episode presents other threats – chief among them a former Nazi identified by the Centre, who sends Philip and Elizabeth to confront her. Confront her, and, if she confesses to her former war-criminal behavior… then what?

 
 
 
 
 
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