Kimberly Breland

Elenco

Principal

Keri Russell as Elizabeth Jennings (Nadezhda), a KGB officerMatthew Rhys as Philip Jennings (Mischa), a KGB officerLev Gorn as Arkady Ivanovich Zotov, the KGB's ResidentAnnet Mahendru as Nina Sergeevna Krilova, Beeman's Soviet moleSusan Misner as Sandra Beeman, Stan's wifeCosta Ronin as Oleg Igorevich Burov, a KGB officerKeidrich Sellati as Henry Jennings, Elizabeth and Philip's sonHolly Taylor as Paige Jennings, Elizabeth and Philip's daughterRichard Thomas as Frank Gaad, special agent in charge of the FBI Counterintelligence DivisionAlison Wright as Martha Hanson, Gaad's secretary and Philip's informantNoah Emmerich as Stan Beeman, an FBI agent

Recorrente

Frank Langella as Gabriel, one of Philip and Elizabeth's KGB handlersBrandon J. Dirden as Dennis Aderholt, an FBI agentVera Cherny as Tatiana Evgenyevna Vyazemtseva, a KGB officer working at the RezidenturaPeter Mark Kendall as Hans, a South African graduate student and KGB informant being trained by ElizabethSvetlana Efremova as Zinaida Preobrazhenskaya, a defector from the Institute for US and Canadian StudiesKaren Pittman as Lisa, a Northrop employee from whom Elizabeth is gleaning informationKelly AuCoin as Pastor Tim, the head of a church Paige Jennings attendsJulia Garner as Kimberly Breland, the daughter of the head of the CIA's Afghan groupRahul Khanna as Yousaf Rana, an officer in the Pakistani ISI Covert Action DivisionMichael Aronov as Anton Baklanov, a scientist involved in stealth technologyJefferson Mays as Walter Taffet, an officer for the Office of Professional ResponsibilityGillian Alexy as Annelise, an informant of Philip'sDaniel Flaherty as Matthew Beeman, Stan's sonCallie Thorne as Tori, a woman Stan meets at ESTMargo Martindale as Claudia, one of Philip and Elizabeth's KGB handlersReg Rogers as Charles Duluth, a journalist and KGB sourcePeter Von Berg as Vasili Nikolaevich, a former KGB ResidentKatja Herbers as Evi Sneijder, Nina's cellmate

Produção

Lev Gorn, que retrata Arkady Ivanovich, foi promovido a série regular da terceira temporada, depois de ter um papel recorrente nas duas primeiras temporadas. Além disso, Costa Ronin e Richard Thomas foram promovidos do status recorrente para os regulares da série. Em outubro de 2014, Frank Langella foi escalado em um papel recorrente. As filmagens para a temporada começaram em outubro de 2014. A co-estrela Noah Emmerich dirigiu o sétimo episódio da temporada, marcando sua estréia na direção.

Episódios

No.overallNo. inseasonTitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateProd.codeUS viewers(millions)271"EST Men"Daniel SackheimJoel Fields & Joe WeisbergJanuary 28, 2015 (2015-01-28)BDU3011.90Elizabeth meets with an ex-CIA agent, who gives her a list of operatives. However, after the meeting, Elizabeth is followed by Gaad and another agent, fights them, injuring them and herself, and loses the list. Later, she and Philip meet with their mentor Gabriel, who re-affirms that they should recruit Paige. Philip, against the idea, argues with Elizabeth. Annelise admits to Philip that she is in love with Yousaf; Philip still asks her to get information from him. While having sex with Yousaf, she confesses her motives for being with him, and he strangles her to death. Philip arrives too late to save her, but still offers to help Yousaf. Meanwhile, Stan attends an EST meeting, but refuses to comprehend their ways.282"Baggage"Daniel SackheimJoel Fields & Joe WeisbergFebruary 4, 2015 (2015-02-04)BDU3020.92Philip and Elizabeth dispose of Annelise's body. Her death deeply affects Philip, in regards to recruiting Paige. Nina, arrested for treason, is shown in her Moscow prison cell, which Nina ends up having to share with another woman who claims innocence. Furious with Stan for her arrest, Oleg confronts him in alley with a gun threatening to kill him, but instead lets him walk away. Stan, seeking familiarity, contacts Sandra, hoping to visit his son. Gaad also puts Stan in charge of Zinaida, a defector from the Institute for US and Canadian Studies.293"Open House"Thomas SchlammeStuart ZichermanFebruary 11, 2015 (2015-02-11)BDU3031.02In disguise, Philip and Elizabeth are able to put a listening device in a target's mobile phone, hoping to gain insight in retrieving the operative list. This puts them in more danger of being spotted by the FBI and CIA, as they must follow the signal themselves. Elizabeth is followed, and is nearly caught, but Philip and the KGB manage to save her. At home, the pain from the previous attack becomes unbearable for her, and Philip must extract some of her broken teeth. At the rezidentura, Oleg struggles with remaining in America or returning to Russia. Ultimately, he decides to stay.304"Dimebag"Thomas SchlammePeter AckermanFebruary 18, 2015 (2015-02-18)BDU3040.97After learning their telephone target has employed Kimmy, daughter of the head of the CIA's Afghan group, as a babysitter, Philip is tasked with recruiting Kimmy, who is nearly the same age as Paige. Nina is pressured to get a confession from her cellmate, Evi. Stan publicly voices his opinion at an EST meeting and is asked out on a date afterward by a woman named Tori. Paige's birthday is approaching and she requests to invite Pastor Tim and his wife to dinner. During the meal, Paige says that she wants to be baptized, and the visitors support her decision. Later, Philip and Elizabeth think Paige ambushed them with the request and invited her guests for support.315"Salang Pass"Kevin DowlingStephen SchiffFebruary 25, 2015 (2015-02-25)BDU3050.81Kimmy invites Philip to her house on a night that her parents will be away. Gabriel supplies him with Afghani marijuana and gives him advice about gleaning information from her and recruiting Paige, who now wants to go shopping for a baptismal dress. Philip finds an attaché case of Kimmy's father for future planting of a listening device. Elizabeth helps Lisa, a Northrop employee, get a better company position by causing the death of another employee. Stan asks Oleg's help in finding out if Zinaida is actually a Russian spy posing as a defector, with Nina's release as a bargaining chip.326"Born Again"Kevin DowlingTracey Scott WilsonMarch 4, 2015 (2015-03-04)BDU3060.93Paige gets baptized by Pastor Tim, with Philip and Elizabeth in attendance. Later, Tori and Stan have dinner at the Jennings house, and despite his admitting that he still considers Sandra his wife, he and Tori have sex. Gabriel informs Philip that his other son is now a soldier in Afghanistan. This causes Philip to increase his visits with Kimmy to check the phone taps. Kimmy tries to seduce Philip. Meanwhile, Nina portrays herself as vulnerable to get Evi to confess about her boyfriend's treason. Evi gets taken away and Nina gets rewarded with a meal.337"Walter Taffet"Noah EmmerichLara ShapiroMarch 11, 2015 (2015-03-11)BDU3071.22After learning of her and Paige's excursion, Philip confronts Elizabeth. During a meeting, Gaad discovers Martha's microtransmitter, which thrusts the bureau into a mole hunt. Martha's distress worries Philip. Stan shares a bonding story with his son. Paige begins to explore the history of racial discrimination. Philip tells Elizabeth of his secret son.348"Divestment"Dan AttiasJoshua BrandMarch 18, 2015 (2015-03-18)BDU3081.13Philip, Elizabeth, and Reuben abduct two men, Todd and Venter, who were believed to be planning attacks against those in the anti-Apartheid movement. Reuben executes Venter by necklacing, but Todd is spared when he gives them the location of a bomb he couldn't set off. OPR Investigator Walter Taffet begins questioning Gaad's staff, including Martha, who later confronts "Clark" by exposing Philip's cover. Elizabeth asks Gabriel's help in getting Mischa, Philip's son, off the front lines in Afghanistan. Nina is given a reduced sentence, with the possibility of a full pardon, should she get Russian physicist Anton Baklonov to increase his productivity. She also meets Vasil, the former Rezident, who has yet to forgive her.359"Do Mail Robots Dream of Electric Sheep?"Stephen WilliamsJoshua BrandMarch 25, 2015 (2015-03-25)BDU3090.99Elizabeth tells Hans that Todd saw him at the site where Venter was killed. Fearful of being excluded from further operations, Hans finds Todd and kills him. Martha, who seems determined to act as if nothing has happened, informs Philip that the FBI's Mail Robot has been sent for repairs after a tense Agent Gaad kicked and broke it. Philip and Elizabeth go to the repair facility to install a recording device inside Mail Robot and are discovered there by Betty, an old woman who had come in to work on the business's books in the middle of the night. Betty tells Elizabeth many details of her life and family; moved by Betty's openness, Elizabeth reveals her identity as a Russian spy before allowing Betty, who now knows she will be killed, to overdose on her heart medication. Stan and Oleg reach a tentative agreement to use Zinaida's possible status as a Soviet mole to secure Nina's freedom.3610"Stingers"Larysa KondrackiJoel Fields & Joe WeisbergApril 1, 2015 (2015-04-01)BDU3100.90In a movie theater's bathroom, Zinaida is shown to be leaving a message, confirming she is a double-agent. In the Russian factory, Anton tells Nina that he needs photographs to aid his work. After retrieving a tape from Kimmy's father, Philip and Elizabeth learn of Pakistan's ISI Agency sending someone to the U.S. to discuss this country's involvement in Afghanistan. Elizabeth takes residence in a hotel for future infiltration. Henry and Stan bond over films and games, as Paige, at Pastor Tim's urging, confronts her parents about their secrecy. They confess to being Russian spies but caution her about telling anyone.3711"One Day in the Life of Anton Baklanov"Andrew BernsteinStephen Schiff & Tracey Scott WilsonApril 8, 2015 (2015-04-08)BDU3111.04As more and more pressure mounts, Martha expresses worry over her interview with agent Taffet. Paige continues the adjustment into her new reality. Gabriel informs Elizabeth that her mother is close to death, which prompts Philip to lobby for a visit. As Elizabeth is making strides on one front, at the hotel; she's hit with an untimely ultimatum from Lisa's husband. Anton Baklanov slips further into Nina's emotional grasp.3812"I Am Abassin Zadran"Christopher MisianoPeter Ackerman & Stuart ZichermanApril 15, 2015 (2015-04-15)BDU3120.98After discovering Paige has acted hastily, Philip and Elizabeth confront her. Stan is met with controversy at the office, concerning Nina. Elizabeth oversees her first mission with Lisa, and her husband. After Paige expresses more frustration, Philip and Elizabeth decide that she should travel, with Elizabeth, to see her dying mother in Russia. Philip and Elizabeth go undercover as CIA agents to manipulate Abassin Zadran, an Afghanistan mujahideen commander. He murders his colleagues, sabotaging a vital meeting. As Martha grows ever more frantic, to comfort her Philip confides a secret to her – he removes his wig, revealing his true appearance.3913"March 8, 1983"Daniel SackheimJoel Fields & Joe WeisbergApril 22, 2015 (2015-04-22)BDU3131.22Against Gabriel's wishes, Elizabeth and Paige to travel to Germany to visit Elizabeth's mother. Elizabeth believes the trip helped Paige understand, but her daughter becomes more fearful. Philip visits Gene, the FBI's computer guy, and knocks him out to stage a suicide, hoping this hastens an end to Taffet's investigation. Stan admits to Gaad about his deal to get Nina released using the reveal of Zinaida as a spy. The plan fails and Stan is nearly fired from the FBI. Philip welcomes his wife and daughter home and discusses recent events with Elizabeth, who gets distracted by Ronald Reagan's televised "Evil Empire speech". Meanwhile, a distraught Paige calls her pastor to tell him that her parents are Russian spies.

Recepção

resposta crítica

A terceira temporada recebeu aclamação crítica generalizada. No Rotten Tomatoes, recebeu uma classificação de aprovação de 100%, com uma pontuação média de 9/10 com base em 53 revisões. O consenso crítico diz: "O drama e os temas psicológicos impulsionados pela família impulsionam a tensão titular dos americanos, dispensando emoções de um tipo diferente nesta temporada". No Metacritic, marcou 92 em 100 com base em 23 revisões.

Elogios

A série recebeu um prêmio Peabody 2014, com a organização afirmando: "Neste engenhoso e viciante penhasco, espiões soviéticos da era Reagan-matou crianças e um suprimento aparentemente interminável de perucas-operado de uma adorável casa 3BR em um subúrbio de Washington, DC entre suas missões de bitador de unhas (e às vezes no meio delas), a série contempla o dever, honra, responsabilidade dos pais, fidelidade, nacionalista e conjugal, e o que significa ser americano ".

Para o 5º Critics 'Choice Television Awards, ele ganhou a melhor série de drama e recebeu três indicações de ator - Kineri Russell de Melhor Atriz em uma série de drama, Matthew Rhys de Melhor Ator de uma série de drama, e Lois Smith para Melhor Personagem Convidado em um Série de teatro. Para o 31º Awards da TCA, a série foi nomeada para o Programa do Ano, Rhys foi indicado para conquistas individuais em drama e ganhou por excelentes conquistas em drama.

Para o 67º Primetime Emmy Awards, Margo Martindale venceu por uma atriz convidada de destaque em uma série de drama após sua terceira indicação consecutiva, e a marca Joshua foi indicada a uma excelente série para uma série de drama para "Do Mail Robots Dream of Electric Sheep?".

Para o 68º Writers Guild of America Awards, a série foi indicada para a melhor série de drama.

Lançamentos de mídia doméstica

A terceira temporada foi lançada em DVD na região 1 em 1º de março de 2016. Os recursos especiais incluem cenas excluídas e um featurette intitulado "The Cold War for Paige".