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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Keri Russell
Elizabeth Jennings
Matthew Rhys
Philip Jennings
Holly Taylor
Paige Jennings
Keidrich Sellati
Henry Jennings
Noah Emmerich
Stan Beeman
Costa Ronin
Oleg Igorevich Burov
Margo Martindale
Claudia
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13 episodes • 2013Avg: 7.7
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pilot | Jan 30, 2013 | 7.7 |
| 2 | The Clock | Feb 6, 2013 | 7.5 |
| 3 | Gregory | Feb 13, 2013 | 7.4 |
| 4 | In Control | Feb 20, 2013 | 7.9 |
| 5 | COMINT | Feb 27, 2013 | 7.3 |
| 6 | Trust Me | Mar 6, 2013 | 7.9 |
| 7 | Duty and Honor | Mar 13, 2013 | 7.4 |
| 8 | Mutually Assured Destruction | Mar 20, 2013 | 7.4 |
| 9 | Safe House | Apr 3, 2013 | 8.3 |
| 10 | Only You | Apr 10, 2013 | 7.6 |
| 11 | Covert War | Apr 17, 2013 | 7.5 |
| 12 | The Oath | Apr 24, 2013 | 8.1 |
| 13 | The Colonel | May 1, 2013 | 8.7 |
13 episodes • 2014Avg: 7.8
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Comrades | Feb 26, 2014 | 7.7 |
| 2 | Cardinal | Mar 5, 2014 | 8.0 |
| 3 | The Walk In | Mar 12, 2014 | 7.9 |
| 4 | A Little Night Music | Mar 19, 2014 | 7.5 |
| 5 | The Deal | Mar 26, 2014 | 8.2 |
| 6 | Behind the Red Door | Apr 2, 2014 | 7.2 |
| 7 | ARPANET | Apr 9, 2014 | 7.3 |
| 8 | New Car | Apr 16, 2014 | 8.0 |
| 9 | Martial Eagle | Apr 23, 2014 | 8.2 |
| 10 | Yousaf | Apr 30, 2014 | 7.4 |
| 11 | Stealth | May 7, 2014 | 7.5 |
| 12 | Operation Chronicle | May 14, 2014 | 8.1 |
| 13 | Echo | May 21, 2014 | 8.5 |
13 episodes • 2015Avg: 7.8
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | EST Men | Jan 28, 2015 | 8.2 |
| 2 | Baggage | Feb 4, 2015 | 7.2 |
| 3 | Open House | Feb 11, 2015 | 7.5 |
| 4 | Dimebag | Feb 18, 2015 | 7.9 |
| 5 | Salang Pass | Feb 25, 2015 | 8.1 |
| 6 | Born Again | Mar 4, 2015 | 7.4 |
| 7 | Walter Taffet | Mar 11, 2015 | 7.1 |
| 8 | Divestment | Mar 18, 2015 | 7.9 |
| 9 | Do Mail Robots Dream of Electric Sheep | Mar 25, 2015 | 8.3 |
| 10 | Stingers | Apr 1, 2015 | 8.6 |
| 11 | One Day in the Life of Anton Baklanov | Apr 8, 2015 | 6.9 |
| 12 | I Am Abassin Zadran | Apr 15, 2015 | 8.1 |
| 13 | March 8, 1983 | Apr 22, 2015 | 8.4 |
13 episodes • 2016Avg: 7.8
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Glanders | Mar 16, 2016 | 7.4 |
| 2 | Pastor Tim | Mar 23, 2016 | 8.0 |
| 3 | Experimental Prototype City of Tomorrow | Mar 30, 2016 | 7.9 |
| 4 | Chloramphenicol | Apr 6, 2016 | 8.6 |
| 5 | Clark's Place | Apr 13, 2016 | 7.3 |
| 6 | The Rat | Apr 20, 2016 | 8.2 |
| 7 | Travel Agents | Apr 27, 2016 | 8.2 |
| 8 | The Magic of David Copperfield V: The Statue of Liberty Disappears | May 4, 2016 | 8.2 |
| 9 | The Day After | May 11, 2016 | 7.1 |
| 10 | Munchkins | May 18, 2016 | 6.8 |
| 11 | Dinner for Seven | May 25, 2016 | 8.0 |
| 12 | A Roy Rogers in Franconia | Jun 1, 2016 | 8.0 |
| 13 | Persona Non Grata | Jun 8, 2016 | 8.2 |
13 episodes • 2017Avg: 7.9Golden Era
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amber Waves | Mar 7, 2017 | 8.0 |
| 2 | Pests | Mar 14, 2017 | 7.1 |
| 3 | The Midges | Mar 21, 2017 | 8.2 |
| 4 | What's the Matter with Kansas? | Mar 28, 2017 | 7.8 |
| 5 | Lotus 1-2-3 | Apr 4, 2017 | 7.5 |
| 6 | Crossbreed | Apr 11, 2017 | 8.1 |
| 7 | The Committee on Human Rights | Apr 18, 2017 | 7.2 |
| 8 | Immersion | Apr 25, 2017 | 7.8 |
| 9 | IHOP | May 2, 2017 | 7.9 |
| 10 | Darkroom | May 9, 2017 | 8.1 |
| 11 | Dyatkovo | May 16, 2017 | 8.5 |
| 12 | The World Council of Churches | May 23, 2017 | 7.9 |
| 13 | The Soviet Division | May 30, 2017 | 8.3 |
10 episodes • 2018Avg: 8.7Golden Era
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dead Hand | Mar 28, 2018 | 8.4 |
| 2 | Tchaikovsky | Apr 4, 2018 | 8.1 |
| 3 | Urban Transport Planning | Apr 11, 2018 | 8.4 |
| 4 | Mr. and Mrs. Teacup | Apr 18, 2018 | 8.2 |
| 5 | The Great Patriotic War | Apr 25, 2018 | 8.8 |
| 6 | Rififi | May 2, 2018 | 8.7 |
| 7 | Harvest | May 9, 2018 | 9.1 |
| 8 | The Summit | May 16, 2018 | 9.1 |
| 9 | Jennings, Elizabeth | May 23, 2018 | 8.8 |
| 10 | START | May 30, 2018 | 9.8 |
