Rent The Americans: Series 6 (2018)

Final series of a wonderfully tense and exciting 1980s set spy thriller - The Americans: Series 6 review by PV

I loved this series and was sad to see it end BUT, as with so many US TV dramas, it went on a tad too long probably.

And a serious suspension of disbelief is needed - which is OK because it is drama. The same was needed with Breaking Bad. These are heroes or anti-heroes and live superhero lucky lives really. I think every single spy story was shoehorned into the plot in The Americans. Also some pc wokery with the female character taking the active role here and the male one staying home. This 'strong independent' female character in films, TV drama and books (for adults and kids) is now such a new cliche and stereotype - never are women portrayed as needy, teary ort asking a man to fix stuff (as in real life LOL). Just watch Indiana Jones to see how things have changed - and not necessarily for the better.

The acting is great - the main leads incl the Welsh actor Matthew Rhys and the boy and girl too who grew up with the show from 2013-18. I also loved Magdelena (I think that;'s her name) the older female Russian KGB woman.

But tbh I think the 'secret' was staring the world in the face for years - so much so that even my late Aunt Betty could have worked it out (and was deaf and blind, and is rather dead too). So Stan and the other FBI ''experts' must be the slowest dimmest FBI spy-catchers in history! Not quite sure I believe the final episode either and the behaviour of Agent Beeman. BUT as I said, this is fantasy and fiction. It is drama not documentary.

Nevertheless, t all works rather well, despite some flaws, and is way superior to ANY UK TV drama esp anything on the woke preachy pc BBC these days.

A great box set. I could watch it all again! Great 80s music too.

4.5 stars rounded down.