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The Americans – Season 5, Episode 3 The Midges

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Philip and Elizabeth tell Paige more about the family business, but pressing new questions arise when an operation takes a ghastly and unexpected turn; a sensitive package jeopardizes Oleg's life back home.
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The Americans — Season 5, Episode 3

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"The Midges" further complicates things for the Jennings on the domestic front, advances the season's espionage stakes, and sneaks in a beloved character's return -- all before concluding in a messy burst of violence.

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Keri Russell

Elizabeth Jennings

Matthew Rhys

Philip Jennings

Noah Emmerich

Stan Beeman

Holly Taylor

Paige Jennings

Keidrich Sellati

Henry Jennings

Costa Ronin

Oleg Burov
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Eric Eidelstein New York Magazine/Vulture 06/02/2018
The Jennings teach Paige an intimate technique, resulting in a great, tender moment...It's sweet, in a sense...but also disturbing because it's a veiled threat. Go to Full Review Sean T. Collins Observer 03/22/2017
Drawing out scenes and storylines for as long as it can before pulling the trigger on our understanding of what the show is doing and why the show is doing it. "The Midges"...features what's bound to be one of the most talked-about examples. Go to Full Review Ed Gonzalez Slant Magazine 03/22/2017
"The Midges," which gets its name from the insects that Philip and Elizabeth and their supervisor, Gabriel (Frank Langella), believe is being used by Alexei to target the Soviet Union's wheat, impressively coils together its two major plot threads. Go to Full Review Lili Loofbourow The Week 08/28/2017
The energy that's gone into establishing the Morozov mission, coupled with the show's new thematic interest in hunger, temporarily sidelined the longer, more psychologically driven plots that make The Americans great. Go to Full Review Matt Brennan Paste Magazine 03/22/2017
9.2/10
The Americans roils with intense feeling, but its pleasures are not volcanic in nature-its secrets and sentiments seep into the tiniest gestures, the most quotidian moments, until we realize the trickle's a flood. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Episode Info

Synopsis Philip and Elizabeth tell Paige more about the family business, but pressing new questions arise when an operation takes a ghastly and unexpected turn; a sensitive package jeopardizes Oleg's life back home.
Director
Stefan Schwartz
Executive Producer
Joe Weisberg, Joel Fields, Graham Yost, Justin Falvey, Darryl Frank
Screenwriter
Tracey Scott Wilson
Network
FX
Rating
TV-MA (L|V)
Genre
Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date
Mar 21, 2017