View Full Version : “The Americans” didn’t want the audience to be ahead of Phillip and Elizabeth


TMC
05-22-2014, 04:39 PM
http://www.tvguide.com/News/Americans-Finale-Spoilers-Season3-1082095.aspx

Addressing the season finale twist, creator Joe Weisberg says: "It's a story we really believed in because it made emotional sense to us on every level and that's why we did it. It's funny, the whole season we were waiting and watching to see if anybody is going to get onto it. When you know it, you're worried that maybe it's visible and people are going to figure it out. We were nervous because we didn't want the surprise spoiled.” PLUS: How producers tackled the wig problem (http://www.hitfix.com/whats-alan-watching/the-americans-producers-on-the-sex-murder-and-wigs-of-season-2), who will be back next season (http://tvline.com/2014/05/21/the-americans-season-3-spoilers-philip-elizabeth-paige-spy/)?, it’s special when a great TV season has a great finale (http://www.hitfix.com/whats-alan-watching/season-finale-review-the-americans-echo-teach-your-children-well), the finale’s big moment felt like an exposition-dump (http://www.avclub.com/tvclub/americans-echo-204940?), this was the Season of Paige (http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/05/21/the-americans-recap-season-2-ends-with-an-answer-jared-and-a-question-paige), what a brilliant stroke (http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/media/review-the-americans-stunning-season-2-finale/2180764), is Elizabeth a bad (http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/05/21/the-americans-elizabeth-bad-mom/) mother?, Noah Emmerich was shocked (http://nypost.com/2014/05/21/emmerich-dishes-on-explosive-the-americans-finale/) by the finale, and this was the best season of TV this year (http://time.com/106732/recap-the-americans-watch-something-greater-than-yourself/) — better than “True Detective."
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