re: I'm 4 seasons into "The Americans"

See, I was the opposite. I really liked it at first. Then the story line just got wayyyy out there after maybe the middle of the second season (not sure exactly when).

It's watchable until they just start having them do insane things. Once I can say "that would never happen" to 90% of the show, it made it not nearly as exciting to watch.

I realize it was a bit exaggerated to begin with, but there was just too much at some point and I fell off the band wagon.