The writers’ room of FX’s The Americans: A rare look inside the intimate conversations that go down inside.

The Intimate, Personal, and Downright Sexual Conversations Inside The Americans’ Writers’ Room

The Intimate, Personal, and Downright Sexual Conversations Inside The Americans’ Writers’ Room

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April 9 2015 8:02 AM

The Intimate, Personal, and Downright Sexual Conversations Inside The Americans’ Writers’ Room

Keri Russell on The Americans.
Keri Russell on The Americans.

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Each week on Slate’s TV Club Insider podcast, the creators, cast, and crew of The Americans reveal behind-the-scenes details about the making of the FX drama’s third season. 

In this installment about the 11th episode, “One Day in the Life of Anton Baklanov,” writers Tracey Scott Wilson and Stephen Schiff join script coordinator Molly Nussbaum and executive producers Joel Fields and Joe Weisberg to discuss their collaborative writing style, and the deeply personal conversations that fueled the content of this week's episode. 

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