‘The Americans’ Premiere Review: Who Will Survive the Final Season and All the Music From Episode 1

[Editor’s Note: The following review contains spoilers for “The Americans” Season 6, Episode 1, “Dead Hand.”]“The Americans” kicked off its final season with an aptly tense hour of establishment, table-setting, and genuine conflict.

Elizabeth (Keri Russell) is burning the candle at both ends by pulling double duty as a spy — now that her partner is retired — and an instructor to and backup for Paige (Holly Taylor).

Philip (Matthew Rhys), meanwhile, is working overtime, too… at the travel agency.

And even then he’s finding time for a night of line dancing with his co-workers.This has been their dynamic for the past three years, but all that’s about to change.

It’s 1987, Crowded House is taking the country by storm, and Mikhail Gorbachev aims to thaw the Cold War once and for all.

What does it all mean for a married couple divided over which version of Mother Russia they’re loyal to? Well, after the first hour,

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