I used to be against new shows premiering after the official set start date of September for new programming.
And it is really starting to get good.
The show opens as promised with a racquetball match between Phillip and Stan.
God if you only knew how popular that sport was in its time.
In fact, I hope it makes a comeback.
Nina reports that she overheard that Directorate S lost an agent at a local hospital.
Phillip decodes the message from that days newspaper and it is from Robert.
One problem though; Robert has been dead for two weeks.
Spotting a tail that evening, Phillip confronts the woman following him.
It is the woman from the coffee shop; the Jennings new KGB handler Claudia.
Immediately you realize that these two have a history together.
Not just professionally but intimately.
Although not a KGB agent, Gregory is devoted to the cause and more importantly to Elizabeth.
They have a history going back to the 60s and the days of Martin Luther King and Vietnam.
Gregorys team comes through and is able to snatch Joyce and the little one, getting them to safety.
As she takes in everything Joyce realizes that her dead husband was a spy.
Probably not words that she should have said out loud a minute later.
I like that Phillip takes out the two guards before making the deal.
It reiterates his skills and I would love to see more action sequences because they are composed perfectly.
They have been partners for years but now they may actually be falling in love.
The quick investment in the lead characters I have made is getting a great return.
The thought of living a double-life is exhausting, but the Jennings devotion is almost admirable.
They are tirelessly working for an empire that will begin to crumble before the end of the decade.
Layering that with the idea of active spies living the American dream makes for powerful television.
They genuinely want to be recognized as good, upstanding Americans but their world is one of shadows.
To be sure,The Americansis all-American indeed.
