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Yep, watched both the pilot and last night's episode. While I see excellent production of the 1980s setting and the actors are equally competent, the plot is so slanted to the left view of history (FBI goons going rouge on anyone they wish, for example), that it make any sane person watching to actually have to physically keep themselves from retching—

FX’s “Sons of Anarchy” has its viewers rooting for a group of murderers, we now have FX viewers rooting for these Soviet agents to win over the thugs of that mad man Ronald Reagan.

The left ruled education system now does not teach anything truthful about American History, now they have a television series showing its young viewer that the Soviet Union are the good guys and those that won the Cold War the bad guys. To our wayward youth raised under a left leaning media, both news and entertainment, and with Jon Stewart as their primary and only new source, they can only see “The Americans” as more Gospel from the Burning Bush they roasted W and Conservatism upon.

Thankfully, being in the autumn of my days on this tired old earth, I only have to suffer the decline and fall of the United States for a short time.

My once sane nation voted in the anti-Christ again and shall suffer the whirlwind—

Buck up, Bendy! Here in Spain... we have wine to make it all go away.

Yeah, we have the same... here--

the plot is so slanted to the left view of history (FBI goons going rouge on anyone they wish, for example), that it make any sane person watching to actually have to physically keep themselves from retching—

FX’s “Sons of Anarchy” has its viewers rooting for a group of murderers, we now have FX viewers rooting for these Soviet agents to win over the thugs of that mad man Ronald Reagan.

Hmmm... so far I don't see the commies in "The Americans" as the 'good guys' at all. I no way am I rooting for them. I see them as sick and perverted, and they seem to be questioning themselves over their evil deeds for the Mother Russia.

The husband (Phil) went a bit weak (wanted to turn themselves in and defect to the US) in the pilot, the wife (Elizabeth) was kind of doubting herself in last night's episode, wondering if it's all worth it, and what would become of their American children.

I love the references to "that madman" Ronald Reagan... to me, the commies are clearly the Bad Guys, so naturally Reagan and Americans are the Good Guys.

Watching "The Americans" reminds me of watching a show like The Sopranos. We're observing the evil deeds of Tony and the Mob, but we're not rooting for them, as they are clearly the Bad Guys. You keep tuning in to see when they're finally going to get their comeuppance.

I wasn't particularly pleased with the treatment of the "FBI goons" going rogue... hope those characters don't emerge as bigger bad guys than the commies. We'll see. If the plot goes really leftward, we'll stop watching...