Forget figuring out who to trust outside the family, the third season of FX’s The Americans is going to focus many of its episodes on the ongoing saga of who to trust within the family. At least within the marriage of Elizabeth and Philip Jennings, as they’ve been “asked” to recruit their 16-year-old daughter into their world.

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Stars Keri Russell, Matthew Rhys and Noah Emmerich and executive producers Joel Fields and Joe Weisberg were on hand to discuss the new season at the 2015 TCA (Television Critics Association) Winter Press Tour on Sunday as part of FX’s presentation. Here’s what we learned:From the preview clips and early screeners sent to press, it’s obvious that Paige (Holly Taylor) is going to cause more than a few ripples between Philip and Elizabeth in the new season, as the parents differ on their opinions of whether to let her know about their true identities - and begin turning her to their true cause. While Elizabeth is leaning towards the pro side of it all, Philip seems vehemently opposed.“The second generation thing came up in the midst of the second season,” Fields revealed. “As we were talking about what the final episodes were, it was really in the finale of writing that story that we decided where we wanted to go.”Despite what it seems, Russell insisted that her character still has the best of intentions about her daughter, who joined a church camp in Season 2.“I don’t look at it as recruiting this teenager to do what I do; bed strangers in hotel rooms. I really believe you should know who you are,” she said. “She’s this woman watching her daughter being indoctrinated by someone who believes in the complete opposite. If it’s anyone, it’s going to be me, not some guy with a guitar signing about Jesus.”The actress went on to explain that Elizabeth's intentions were born out of love and of wanting her daughter to know her actual roots, because how do you navigate the world if you don’t know who you are? And when Philip rejects that notion, Elizabeth feels as though he’s rejecting her.“I feel like it’s that weird marital thing of Elizabeth being rejected by Philip,” she added. “There is a very relatable, human aspect to it.”Producers were quick to point out that despite what’s going on in the world today, they have the luxury of their story taking place in the past. Therefore what’s going on in Russia today doesn’t affect them much in the writers’ room. It could, however, change how audiences respond to certain characters.“I think it’s screwing everything up. Russia was supposed to be a nice friendly country and now they’re acting crazy again,” Weisberg joked. “So I don’t think it’s helping.”“It might change how it’s experienced by the audience because at some level it’s about the enemy,” Fields continued. “No matter how ‘other’ they seem to us, they is made up of human beings. Maybe what’s happening now creates another dimension.”Sadly, it seems there are no current plans for Claudia to return to The Americans just yet, but that doesn’t mean we won’t see her down the line. The producers admitted that as much as they love actress Margo Martindale (and as much as they love Claudia as a character), they found out that the actress’s latest project, The Millers on CBS, was cancelled too late into scripted the season to include her in any major way.“We love Margo,” Fields said. “Claudia’s not dead. We had some plans and we were pretty deep into the season when we got the [cancellation] news. We’re not sure now much we can change now. But we love her.”Noah Emmerich, who plays Stan, jumps behind the camera for Episode 7 to oversee his first ever television show as a director. Why Episode 7? That’s just how it worked out with the directors’ schedule, according to producers. Although they did let it slip that the star wasn’t much in Episode 6, giving him lots of time to prepare.“Directing myself was actually much easier than I expected,” Emmerich said. “The scenes with two characters was easier, but in larger scene I felt like I was being a delinquent director because I wasn’t giving proper attention to the other actors. But generally it went pretty smoothly. I couldn’t ask for a more supportive cast.”When asked about the challenges of play characters who not only have sex with each other, but who have to navigate bedroom romps with secondary characters as part of their spy missions, Russell told the crowd that the marital scenes in which they discuss the actual challenges of that are some of her favorites to play.“You’re not always into your spouse,” she explained.An upcoming episode includes a scene that is a particular favorite of Russell's, where Philip and Elizabeth discuss the sex they have away from their marriage.

The Americans returns Wednesday, Jan. 28 at 10 p.m. on FX.