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With just two seasons left of The Americans, fans of the FX series about Cold War-era Soviet espionage are eager to know how it will end.

Co-showrunners Joel Fields and Joe Weisberg remained tight-lipped about specific developments planned for seasons five and six during The Hollywood Reporter’s TV Talks panel discussion with chief TV critic Tim Goodman but they did discuss, in broad terms, how they were approaching the end of the critically-acclaimed show (which earned its first Emmy nominations in major categories this year). And star Matthew Rhys was full of humorous suggestions for a dramatic finale.

Speaking at the 92nd Street Y in New York, the actor, who was joined by his on- and off-screen partner Keri Russell, joked throughout the panel about ideas for how the central secret, that Rhys and Russell’s characters are Russian spies posing as a married American couple in the U.S., would be revealed.

“I think the last scene is [the couple’s FBI agent neighbor] Stan Beeman (Noah Emmerich) going, ‘Wait. They were what?’,” Rhys quipped.

Russell also prompted Rhys to reveal his other idea, which involves a connection between the couple’s teenage daughter Paige (Holly Taylor) to one of the most famous political sex scandals of the late ’90s.

“Paige changes her name to Monica Lewinsky,” Rhys said to laughs and murmuring from the audience. Continue reading ‘The Americans’ Star Jokes About Show’s Connection to Lewinsky Scandal as Cast, Writers Tease End of FX Series

Check back at 7:30 p.m. ET on Sunday, Oct. 30 to watch chief TV critic Tim Goodman moderate a discussion with the team behind the Emmy-nominated FX series.
On the heels of their first Emmy nominations (after four seasons) in the categories of best drama series and best drama actor and actress, the stars and showrunners of FX’s critically acclaimed series The Americans will sit down with The Hollywood Reporter’s chief TV critic Tim Goodman in New York City.

For the second installment in THR’s TV Talks series, Goodman will moderate a discussion with Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys, who play the undercover KGB couple at the center of the Cold War-era series, and co-showrunners Joel Fields and creator Joe Weisberg.

FX recently announced that the series about Soviet espionage in the U.S. in the early ’80s has been renewed for a final two seasons, set to air in 2017 and 2018, respectively.

Check back at 7:30 p.m. ET/4:30 p.m. PT to watch the livestream of Goodman’s discussion with the team behind The Americans.

Source: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com