FX’s ‘The Americans’ Imagines Moment When Soviets Learned of Rea

Brent Baker
February 13th, 2013 7:57 PM
Last week’s second episode of The Americans (the third episode will run tonight, February 13, on FX), dramatically ended with a scene showing the horror realized by KGB operatives at the Soviet embassy in Washington, DC when they learn President Ronald Reagan intends to build “a ballistic missile shield” – aka the Strategic Defense Initiative. (video below) The Americans is centered around…