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When we left The Americans on the finish of season 5, Elizabeth and Philip Jennings – performed by real-life couple Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys – are struggling to search out stability of their double lives as Russian spies and American suburbanites, their youngsters Paige and Henry are nonetheless dwelling at dwelling, Oleg Igorevich is in deep trouble together with his employer (er, the KGB), FBI agent Stan Beeman isn’t any nearer to discovering out who his neighbors actually are, and Mikhail Gorbachev is coming into energy within the Soviet Union. But as the first episode of season six opened, we rapidly realized we had jumped forward in time – from 1984 to 1987. What was it precisely that tipped us off to this three-year quick ahead? We examine.
- In the opening montage, Crowded House’s “Don’t Dream It’s Over” plays steadily in the background as we see simply how a lot Elizabeth and Philip’s lives have veered in several instructions in gentle of Philip’s early “retirement.” While the tune truly debuted in late 1986, it remained on the Billboard Hot 100 properly into 1987.
- The majority of the primary episode’s storyline facilities on an upcoming summit between the US and the Soviet Union, which is probably a reference to a very actual summit that passed off in December 1987. It was there that the INF Treaty was signed into place by US President Ronald Reagan and Gorbachev.
- In one fleeting scene, we noticed two film posters: The Pick-Up Artist and Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise. Both had been launched in late 1987.
- The youngsters have flown the coop! Paige is now a scholar at George Washington University, and Henry is a star hockey participant at his boarding faculty, St. Edward’s.
- Some different (smaller) issues that be aware the passage of time: Igorevich is now married with a 1-year-old son, Beeman’s FBI accomplice has a new child child, and the Jennings’ journey company has expanded into a newer, flashier workplace.
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