But calling "Americans" a spy show was to miss its real thrust all along. "Americans" was only ever about spies in the way that "The Sopranos" was about gangsters. Sure, there was a body count and extramarital sex, and the kids got caught up in the whole mess. But at its heart, "Americans" was always about an arranged marriage that turned into an unexpected love story between Philip and Elizabeth Jennings.

Source: Los Angeles Times May 24, 2018 10:30 UTC