The Americans – Pilot Review: Awkward FIrst Steps
For a channel with a lineup of so many dramas like FX, the one commonality between all of them is that each and every one of them is unique. With Nip/Tuck, you had a tale of how corrupting vanity can be through the lives of plastic surgeons. With Sons of Anarchy, you had a retelling of Macbeth conveyed through a shady biker gang. And the list goes on from Dirt that was about tabloid journalists, to American Horror Story that condenses the horror genre as a whole into pervasive dramas. FX has a habit of being creative, and doesn’t seem to want to stop anytime soon.
