Chili Davis + The Americans = 2018 Giants

Some quick background information: The Americans is a cable drama in its sixth season on the FX cable channel. It stars Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys as Elizabeth and Philip Jennings who are posing as Americans but are really deep, deep cover Russian spies. Every week, they make contact with important people in the American government in order to gain access to sensitive information and technology. They use intimidation, violence, and sex to do whatever it takes.

It’s smart, tense, sexy, with thrilling sequences of espionage and, occasionally, if we’re lucky, a mail robot. I’m leaving out half the stuff that makes the show really pop because I need to get to the main points here: it’s in its…