Dead man's hand game, with the Jack of diamonds as the fifth card. The Coen Brothers' film "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs" features the hand in its first segment, where the character Buster Scruggs takes someone's place at a poker table who was dealt this hand before leaving, and subsequently refuses to play it. The hand is mentioned in the title track from Motörhead's "Ace of Spades". Dead man's hand The dead man's hand is a nickname for a particular poker hand, popularly a two-pair of black aces and black eights, although definitions of the hand have varied through the years. Such a
Dead Hand (The Americans) has a 100% approval rating with an average score of 9.8 out of 10 based on 14 reviews, with the consensus stating: "Tensions mount in 'Dead Hand,' an unusually fast-paced installment that barrels toward the show's seemingly inevitable endgame." "The A.V. Club" gave the episode a perfect A grade. Alan Sepinwall from Uproxx reviewed it positively saying, "'Dead Hand' wastes little time in establishing just how bad the conclusion could be for all involved." Dead Hand (The Americans) "Dead Hand" is the sixth season premiere of the American television drama series "The Americans", and the 66th overall episode of the