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The Americans – Season 4, Episode 3 Experimental Prototype City of Tomorrow

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Paige handles new burdens that come with her family's secret as Philip and Elizabeth struggle to contain their cover without destroying their daughter.
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The Americans — Season 4, Episode 3

The Americans — Season 4, Episode 3

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Critics Consensus

Welcome comic relief, plot developments leaving the central characters' future further in doubt, and an appearance by Margo Martindale make "Experimental Prototype City of Tomorrow" an integral transitional episode.

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Eric Eidelstein New York Magazine/Vulture 06/01/2018
The obvious highlight of "Experimental Prototype City of Tomorrow"...is Young-hee Seong, the first asset we get in The Americans who truly makes Elizabeth pause and think. Go to Full Review
Matt Brennan Slant Magazine 03/31/2016
The writers depict the slippage between idea and action that occurs when the chaos of life intrudes on one's design for living. Go to Full Review
Genevieve Koski New York Magazine/Vulture 03/31/2016
5/5
'Experimental Prototype City Of Tomorrow' finds the Jenningses and Gabriel attempting to close these twin Pandora's boxes, with little to guide them but gut instinct and the will to survive. Go to Full Review
Alec Bojalad Den of Geek 05/19/2016
4/5
The majority of the action takes place exclusively in the characters capable, yet tortured heads. Go to Full Review
Mark Trammell TV Equals 04/01/2016
This was a decent enough episode, I suppose, if a bit uneventful, for the most part- at least until the end. Go to Full Review
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Episode Info

Synopsis Paige handles new burdens that come with her family's secret as Philip and Elizabeth struggle to contain their cover without destroying their daughter.
Executive Producer
Joe Weisberg, Joel Fields, Graham Yost, Justin Falvey, Darryl Frank
Network
FX
Rating
TV-MA
Genre
Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date
Mar 30, 2016