The Americans

The Americans

2013
The Americans
The Americans

The Americans

8.4 | TV-MA | en | Drama

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.

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Seasons & Episodes

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EP10  START
May. 30,2018
START

In the series finale, the Jennings face a choice that will change their lives forever.

EP9  Jennings, Elizabeth
May. 23,2018
Jennings, Elizabeth

Elizabeth wrestles with competing loyalties, and Philip has an encounter that turns into much more than he had bargained for.

EP8  The Summit
May. 16,2018
The Summit

With the arms control summit under way, a shocking revelation from Philip throws Elizabeth - and her work - into turmoil. Stan follows a dangerous hunch.

EP7  Harvest
May. 09,2018
Harvest

Philip and Elizabeth come together for a perilous operation unlike any they've ever had before. Stan and Henry spend a little quality time together.

EP6  Rififi
May. 02,2018
Rififi

A sudden assignment pulls Elizabeth away from her family at a crucial moment. At the FBI, a major development leads Aderholt to approach Stan about an urgent investigation.

EP5  The Great Patriotic War
Apr. 25,2018
The Great Patriotic War

As the summit fast approaches, Elizabeth enlists Philip’s help for a mission that could yield game-changing intel.

EP4  Mr. and Mrs. Teacup
Apr. 18,2018
Mr. and Mrs. Teacup

After picking up a distressing piece of intelligence, Elizabeth takes extreme measures to get close to a Soviet negotiator. Philip shares some stunning news with Henry.

EP3  Urban Transport Planning
Apr. 11,2018
Urban Transport Planning

In the aftermath of a disastrous operation, Philip and Elizabeth clash about how to handle things with Paige. Stan struggles to contain the growing risks of Sofia and Gennadi's fraying relationship.

EP2  Tchaikovsky
Apr. 04,2018
Tchaikovsky

Elizabeth targets an old source who could tip the balance of the upcoming summit, as Philip deals with business at the travel agency. Stan learns an old friend is back in town.

EP1  Dead Hand
Mar. 28,2018
Dead Hand

It’s autumn, 1987, and as a major arms control summit looms, Elizabeth is pushed to her limits as never before. Philip, meanwhile, has settled into running the newly expanded travel agency – until an unexpected visitor makes a disquieting request.

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8.4 | TV-MA | en | Drama , Crime | More Info
Released: 2013-01-30 | Released Producted By: DreamWorks Television , Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website: http://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/the-americans
Synopsis

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.

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Cast

Keri Russell , Matthew Rhys , Holly Taylor

Director

Dan Davis

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Azenix Roblox This is a really underrated series. It's a lot more subtle than other series in many ways. There is a lot of emotion, and there was never any bad acting. Ending was acceptable (no show really has a amazing ending that everyone can agree on) I wish they looked at a certain character more but apparently he isn't very important.
inro-871-671311 Just want to thank Keri Russell, Matthew Rhys, Noah Emmerich and the entire cast and crew for bringing such powerful, creative and nuanced television to our screens. It seems to me that episode after episode we are drawn in every decreasing circles to the inevitable finale; raw, unsparing and unafraid to explore the result of clinging to idealogy.The very last episode felt so unexpected and actually I don't know why, it was inevitable, but this aching portrayal of worlds (personal and external) dissolving echoed parallels of the time and an eternal human truth, this is what we all struggle with ultimately, letting go of attachment to any idealogy or concept good or bad.
kris-gray The first four series were excellent, it took a dive in series five to come back in the last one. I don't know how accurate it is, not being an undercover Russian agent nor an FBI agent, who cares it was very good TV. I don't need to outline the plot, enough other reviewers have done so. Despite the many killings committed by Philip and Elizabeth you still want them to get away, that's how Stan felt in the end.Sure in a ideal world they would have been caught and executed as spies but that isn't what the audience wanted. They weren't written to be hated. The ending is satisfactory and I think the audience are happy with it, as I said, the series ending on a high.
denisegriewisch After hearing all the rave reviews I checked it out. Barely made it through the first season, definitely won't make it to the 6th. It takes place in the 1980s but, it's surprisingly nondescript. It could have taken place anytime from the late sixties through late 70s. All the cars were the same bland kind of crysler sedan look-alike. Alll the women's hair is the same style that's currently the fashion: long, flowing manes that look like they just got a blowout in a salon in my local mall. No big hair, no big padded shouldered suits. Their clothes are completely nondescript except when Elizabeth goes out for her regular 15 minute assasination, then she looks like the stereotypical cat burglar with leather jacket, black ski cap, black turtle neck. The only thing that gives a hint about it being the 80s is the occasional song by Flock of Seagulls or some other New Wave band. With Mad Men setting such a high bar for authenticity done impeccably, they could have tried a bit harder. And it would have been so easy to do the 80s. And speaking of assasinations, Elizabeth, who weighs maybe 90 lbs., frequently takes on 2-3 men twice her size and the only thing she got after umpteen slug fests is one broken jaw, the bruise from which she easily conceals with her Revlon skin-perfecting makeup. She slashes throats, shoots guys in the head at close range or jabs them with syringes loaded with poison and walks away with her hair perfectly swung over her slender left shoulder, not a drop of blood on her. And, she never breaks a sweat.And the action. Uuuggh! How many gruesome murders per episode? I lost count. And forget secrecy. Philip and four guys were plotting a complex assasination at a neighbor's football game party, in the living room, the game -which none of them are watching-on the TV behind them while other guests mingled around obliviously munching sandwiches. In another bold move, Elizabeth beats up (quite loudly) and kills a guy, stuffs him in the trunk of the family car in the middle of the night in their quiet suburban home with the kids sleeping upstairs. And right after work one evening, they both get nabbed, taken to what looks like the same garage they always secret their captives away in, get tortured, somehow escape and make it home in time to tell the kids, "sorry we're late, we had a car accident, totaled the car, but there's not a scratch on us, so sleep well, nighty-nite." I mean. Please.I can suspend belief but this series asks us to go through a wormhole.The character development is sloooow. Elizabeth's is bland to the point of looking mannequin-like. She seems to have one emotion: staring. She can stare at Philip for 5 minutes but he reads her mind and understands that her a) mission went wrong, b) her daughter almost caught her checking on a guy she has in the trunk of the car in their garage and c) she got another awful assignment to kill another guy tomorrow. She conveys all that in one long stare.This show demands too much of the viewer. It demands too much of itself. The amount of sneaking around, surveillance, murder and mayhem each episode dishes could be parceled out over the course of an entire movie. I think I'll watch again just to count each and every murder, close call and dangerous situation per episode. But, then again, I have better things to do. You should, too.