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The Americans (2013)
What's the Matter with Kansas?
Directed by
Gwyneth Horder-Payton
TV-MA
S5 • E4
Mar 28, 2017
46m
7.6
7.8
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Philip and Elizabeth have qualms about a new assignment, while a specter from Philip’s past creates unforeseen dangers. At the FBI, Stan makes a shocking play that could throw his career into turmoil.
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Cast of What's the Matter with Kansas?
Keri Russell
Elizabeth Jennings
Matthew Rhys
Philip Jennings
Holly Taylor
Paige Jennings
Keidrich Sellati
Henry Jennings
Noah Emmerich
Stan Beeman
Costa Ronin
Oleg Igorevich Burov
Frank Langella
Gabriel
Brandon J. Dirden
Dennis Aderholt
Zoran Radanovich
Vaso
Aleksandar Filimonović
Yugoslav Guard 1
Ivica Marc
Yugoslav Guard 2
Klemen Novak
Vaso's Friend
Clea Lewis
Deirdre Kemp
Brett Tucker
Benjamin Stobert
Ravil Isyanov
Ruslan
Alla Kliouka
Ekaterina Rykova
Laurie Holden
Renee
Alexander Sokovikov
Alexei Morozov
Snezhana Chernova
Yelena Burova
Kelly AuCoin
Pastor Tim
The Americans (2013) - S5 • E4 Ratings & Reviews
New York Magazine/Vulture
Eric Eidelstein
[Oleg] sees corruption in the Soviet Union, and a wealth disparity that Elizabeth would like to believe only exists in the States.
The Week
Lili Loofbourow
The Americans is finally picking up the narrative throughlines that really make it hum: blackmail and flirtations that blur the peculiar dynamics distorting the apparently bland social lives of everyone on this show. . .
Vox
Caroline Framke
"What's the Matter with Kansas?" is a deceptively simple episode that reveals layers of complexity in its last act.
Uproxx
Alan Sepinwall
It's fascinating, and sad, to see how alike Stan and Oleg have become, and to get a sense of how well the two would get along if there weren't thousands of miles of geographic and political difference between them.
New York Times
Mike Hale
The spies clearly preferred to be back at home, watching TV or talking in bed - the episode made a clear, somewhat obvious parallel between the scenes of pretend seduction in Topeka and domestic comfort in Washington.
New York Magazine/Vulture
Scott Tobias
With Alexei, we're witnessed a similar and often darkly funny dynamic: Now totally free to speak his mind in America, Alexei pops off in Russian against the Soviet Union, which pisses off his wife and son who bitterly resent being hijacked to a new home.
TV Fanatic
Carissa Pavlica
In the best hour of the season so far, the effects of spying are wearing thin on both Philip and Elizabeth, and they're wearing their emotions more prominently than any disguise.
Den of Geek
Alec Bojalad
"What's the Matter with Kansas?" is a great episode of The Americans because it's a weird episode of The Americans.
Entertainment Weekly
Anthony Breznican
In this installment of The Americans, Philip struggles with how to engage an especially dull target. That's sort of how I felt about this whole episode.
AV Club
Erik Adams
The Americans still knows how to pull off a surprise.
Slant Magazine
Ed Gonzalez
Funny isn't something that The Americans often does, and "What's the Matter with Kansas?" is unique in the canon of the series for the sterling self-reflexivity of its sense of humor.
Paste Magazine
Matt Brennan
It's from Yelena Burov (Snezhana Chernova), however, that we hear the most harrowing elaboration on the episode's theme, and as with Philip's resentment, its force stems not from text but subtext.
Observer
Sean T. Collins
The contrast between the two targets is very funny: Philip's quarry is a square he only barely manages to get his foot in the door with, while Elizabeth's is a granola-chewing, hiking-enthusiast hunk who could likely have his pick of any non-KGB-agent .
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