The Illegals: The Americans Rewatch Podcast

S1 E8 "Mutually Assured Destruction" | The Illegals: The Americans Rewatch Podcast

It seems everyone on this show is getting it on this episode. Everyone except Philip and Elizabeth, who are having the same fight again. It is a full women's panel for Episode 8 and we cannot stop laughing — the wigs, the honeypots, and the wigs during the honeypots. This week's panel: Michelle Kinney, Julie Roginsky, Nina Jankowicz, Olga Lautman, and Lt. Col. Jaclyn Urso (ret.). New episodes every Thursday. The Illegals: The Americans Rewatch Podcast is an independent rewatch podcast and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to the creators or producers of The Americans.

S1 E7 "DUTY AND HONOR" | The Illegals: The Americans Rewatch Podcast

The full panel is back for Season 1, Episode 7 — Duty and Honor. Honeypots, the Polish Solidarity movement, Philip's reunion with Irina, and the lie he tells Elizabeth when he gets home. PS Matthew Rhys is just the best. We stand by that. This Week's Panel: Michelle Kinney, Julie Roginsky, Jeff Jarvis, Nina Jankowicz, LtCol Jaclyn Urso (ret.), Olga Lautman, and Craig Miller A Soviet refugee, Russian intelligence expert, a disinformation specialist, a retired Marine lieutenant colonel, a media critic and journalism professor, culture pros, and storytellers who tie it all together dig into the real history behind the greatest television drama of the 21st century. The Illegals: The Americans Rewatch Podcast is an independent rewatch podcast and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to the creators or producers of The Americans. New episodes every Thursday on YouTube and Apple Podcasts.

S1 E6: "TRUST ME" | The Illegals: 'The Americans' Rewatch Podcast

"Trust Me." Good luck with that. Spies. Handlers. FBI agents. Creepy strangers in cars. Everyone on this show is asking for trust and almost no one deserves it. The full panel is back for Episode 6 — heated, hilarious, and a little bit Jersey. Elizabeth beats the hell out of Granny and the panel is mostly okay with it. The guy who runs honeypots gets honeypotted by his own secretary. The subtitles are not telling you what the Russians are actually saying. Henry is the hero we didn't know we needed. And somehow it ends in a debate about pork roll vs. Taylor ham. Michelle Kinney, Julie Roginsky, Nina Jankowicz, Lt. Col. Jaclyn Urso (ret.), and Jeff Jarvis. New episodes every Thursday. The Illegals: The Americans Rewatch Podcast is an independent rewatch podcast and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to the creators or producers of The Americans. New episodes every Thursday on YouTube and Apple Podcasts.

S1 E5: "COMINT" The Illegals: The Americans Rewatch Podcast

Episode 5 of The Illegals: The Americans Rewatch Podcast covers "COMINT" — communications intelligence — but the real signal running through this episode is what women are required to endure just to exist in their jobs. Elizabeth. Nina. Martha. The show makes it visible, and the panel makes it personal. The conversation connects what Elizabeth and Nina are forced to do to what real women face every day, what it costs to speak truth to power, and the loneliness underneath all of it.  PANEL: Michelle Kinney, Julie Roginsky, Jeff Jarvis, and Lt. Col. Jaclyn Urso (ret.). New episodes every Thursday on YouTube and Apple Podcasts. The Illegals: The Americans Rewatch Podcast is an independent rewatch podcast and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to the creators or producers of The Americans. New episodes every Thursday on YouTube and Apple Podcasts.

S1 E4: "IN CONTROL" | The Illegals: The Americans Rewatch Podcast

"In Control." Pick your punctuation. Episode 4 covers "In Control" — the episode built around the assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan on March 30, 1981, and what happens when both superpowers are convinced the other one did it. The panel digs into the fog of war, the clash of Soviet and American mentalities, why the Cold War never really ended, and how close the show comes to depicting an accidental World War III — stopped not by diplomacy, but by suburban Virginia. Plus: Elizabeth shoots someone without blinking, the kids are still home alone, and Olga has a former KGB agent who might come on the show. Panel: Michelle Kinney, Julie Roginsky, Craig Miller, Jeff Jarvis, and Olga Lautman. The Illegals: The Americans Rewatch Podcast is an independent rewatch podcast and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to the creators or producers of The Americans. New episodes every Thursday on YouTube and Apple Podcasts.