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3.6 • 724 Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2015

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

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 seventh episode, “Walter Taffet,” Noah Emmerich, who stars as FBI agent Stan Beeman, joins script coordinator Molly Nussbaum and executive producers Joel Fields and Joe Weisberg to discuss the trials and tribulations of a first time director. Plus: Fleetwood Mac and the song that didn’t make it into the episode. Note: This podcast contains spoilers and is meant to be enjoyed after you watch the episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The following podcast contains spoilers.
0:02.3	We strongly recommend you watch the episode of The Americans we're discussing before you listen to this podcast.
0:08.1	The following podcast contains explicit language.
0:11.5	Welcome to Slate's TV Club Insider Podcasts for Season 3, Episode 7 of the Americans, Walter Taffett.
0:17.4	In this episode, we're going to talk about Fleetwood Mac, Drawbridge Disasters,
0:21.6	and the challenges of being a first-time director.
0:32.5	I'm Molly Newsbaum, the script coordinator here at The Americans. I am here today in our
0:36.4	writer's office in Brooklyn with my bosses, Joel Fields and Joe
0:39.4	Weisberg, and the star of our show, as well as the director of this week's episode, Noah
0:44.1	Emmerich, which makes this week's episode the Americans.
0:49.0	It's so hard to pronounce that way.
0:50.3	It's the Americans.
0:51.3	The Americans.
0:52.1	That's the much better way of getting to it. We said as soon as you get your first Emmy nomination, we're going to have to start calling
0:57.1	you Noah Emerick. Then it's really confusing. I'll take it. It's a lot of puns all at once.
1:03.2	Is this your first time directing for TV, Noah? It is. How did that go? It was great. What was it like getting the script?
1:11.4	I'm so loquacious.
1:12.4	Yeah, right?
1:13.1	No, it was great.
1:14.5	That was the most anticipatory moment of the whole thing was getting the script.
1:17.7	Because, you know, they give you your slot.
1:19.4	You know you're doing episode seven, but you have no idea what episode seven is.
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