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The Americans (2013)

2013–2018 · Ended · 6 seasons

Drama Crime Thriller Mystery

First aired: Jan 30, 2013
Last aired: May 30, 2018
IMDb rating: 8.4 / 10 121,271 votes
Recall rating: 8.0 / 10 1 rating

Overview

Set during the Cold War period in the 1980s, The Americans is the story of Elizabeth and Philip Jennings, two Soviet KGB officers posing as an American married couple in the suburbs of Washington D.C. and their neighbor, Stan Beeman, an FBI Counterintelligence agent.

Won 4 Primetime Emmys. 48 wins & 173 nominations total

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Episodes

Season 4 · 13 episodes

E1 Glanders

Mar 16, 2016 49 min

Philip and Elizabeth deal with the fallout of all they’ve wrought. What will happen when the FBI finds out about Gene’s suicide? How will Pastor Tim deal with the revelation that they are Russian spies? And will they be able to handle a dangerous, new bioweapons assignment?
E2 Pastor Tim

Mar 23, 2016 46 min

Philip tries with increasing desperation to get rid of a sensitive and dangerous package as family tensions in the Jennings House reach a boiling point when Paige shares a secret of her own.
E3 Experimental Prototype City of Tomorrow

Mar 30, 2016 42 min

Paige copes with new burdens that come with her family’s secret – as Philip and Elizabeth struggle to contain their cover without destroying their daughter.
E4 Chloramphenicol

Apr 6, 2016 42 min

A devastating flaw during a mission forces Philip, Elizabeth, William and Gabriel to confront the depths of their patriotism… and their mortality. In Russia, in striving to be a better person, has Nina put her life on the line?
E5 Clark's Place

Apr 13, 2016 48 min

Philip must consider his life with Martha and make a crushing choice from which there is no coming back.
E6 The Rat

Apr 20, 2016 44 min

Martha must finally face the truth she has denied – and her life may never be the same. Plus, a chilling new development in William’s work forces the Jennings to face the realities of what a biological war would mean.
E7 Travel Agents

Apr 27, 2016 41 min

The KGB and the FBI both race to track down a vital agent… everything is at stake.
E8 The Magic of David Copperfield V: The Statue of Liberty Disappears

May 4, 2016 50 min

The Jennings’s approach their breaking points as both Philip and Elizabeth must handle loyal agents. Will they make it through with their patriotism – and sanity – intact?
E9 The Day After

May 11, 2016 44 min

The Day After premieres, making the stakes - and terrible consequences - of the Cold War plain. Even with that in mind, will Elizabeth be able to complete the painful process of the "Patty" operation?
E10 Munchkins

May 18, 2016 47 min

When Paige’s long-ago indiscretion threatens to resurface and destroy the family, Philip and Elizabeth find themselves scrambling – and Paige finds herself reevaluating who her parents really are.
E11 Dinner for Seven

May 25, 2016 42 min

Elizabeth completes the last steps of a very personal operation… but at what cost?
E12 A Roy Rogers in Franconia

Jun 1, 2016 44 min

As Paige deals with last episode’s trauma, she sees her mother in a new light… and finds she has inherited some of her parents’ skills. Plus, has Oleg reached his breaking point with Stan?
E13 Persona Non Grata

Jun 8, 2016 52 min

Philip and Elizabeth are in a high-stakes race against the FBI to recover a hazardous package. Will they get there in time? And will Paige follow her parents into the family business?