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Whatever has gone wrong with the latest season of The Americans? No, I am not talking about the critically acclaimed American television drama about a pair of Soviet sleeper agents living a double life as suburban parents in the DC suburbs. I am thinking of that other espionage thriller playing out on the Potomac: the family drama with the eager-to-please son, his friend the Azeri pop star, the provincial Russian lawyer, and the flamboyant UK publicist.

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