The BEST episodes of The Americans (2013)
Every episode of The Americans (2013) ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Americans (2013)!
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.
#1 - START
Season 6 - Episode 10 - Aired 5/30/2018
In the series finale, the Jennings face a choice that will change their lives forever.
#2 - The Great Patriotic War
Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/25/2018
As the summit fast approaches, Elizabeth enlists Philip’s help for a mission that could yield game-changing intel.
#3 - Dyatkovo
Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 5/16/2017
A surprise assignment from the Centre divides Philip and Elizabeth, forcing them into a moment of profound crisis. Stan gives Henry a tour of the FBI.
#4 - Darkroom
Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 5/9/2017
Paige’s snooping leads Philip and Elizabeth to make a choice that could shift the balance of their lives forever. Stan and Aderholt’s recruitment of Sofia suddenly bears fruit.
#5 - Dead Hand
Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/28/2018
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.
#6 - Crossbreed
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/11/2017
Gabriel stuns Philip and Elizabeth with a sudden announcement and a crushing revelation about Philip’s past. Stan and Aderholt draw a fly into their web, while Oleg and Ruslan ambush their first suspect.
#7 - The Soviet Division
Season 5 - Episode 13 - Aired 5/30/2017
Philip and Elizabeth race against the clock as a life hangs in the balance, while Stan faces an uncertain future.
#8 - A Roy Rogers in Franconia
Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 6/1/2016
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?
#9 - The Midges
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/21/2017
Philip and Elizabeth tell Paige more about the family business, but pressing new questions arise when an operation takes a ghastly and unexpected turn. A sensitive package jeopardizes Oleg’s life back in Russia.
#10 - Lotus 1-2-3
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/4/2017
Philip and Elizabeth receive surprising news about Henry -- and shattering news about a past operation. Stan might be falling in love, but Philip wonders if something darker is going on.
#11 - The Committee on Human Rights
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/18/2017
As Paige becomes even more enmeshed in her parents’ world, tensions with Matthew Beeman come to a head, Philip and Elizabeth’s honeytraps take surprising turns, and Stan faces the consequences of overplaying his hand at the FBI.
#12 - The Colonel
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 5/1/2013
When Philip and Elizabeth are ordered to go through with a meeting that could potentially be a set-up, they find themselves confronted with unexpected truths about their relationship. Stan's investigation puts him and the FBI even closer to Philip and Elizabeth.
#13 - A Little Night Music
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/19/2014
Just when Philip and Elizabeth think they have a quiet road ahead, an old friend returns to complicate things. Not only do they have to intercept a target who could prove valuable to the Soviet Union, but they also have to take on an important rogue mission without the support of the Centre. Divisions inside the Rezidentura deepen between Oleg and Arkady and there’s an upheaval at the FBI as the chickens come home to roost for Agent Gaad. Meanwhile, Martha’s frustrations threaten to blow Philip’s cover.
#14 - Walter Taffet
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/11/2015
Philip and Elizabeth feel the weight of a new family secret while following up on the KGB’s interests in South Africa. Stan faces struggles both at work and at home. Martha confronts a shocking development.
#15 - Pests
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/14/2017
Stan and Oleg wrestle with the harsh consequences of their complicated history. Philip and Elizabeth face a new mission with devastating implications for their country.
#16 - Rififi
Season 6 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/2/2018
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.
#17 - Immersion
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 4/25/2017
A secret brings Elizabeth and Paige together. In Moscow, Oleg's own secrets put him under KGB suspicion. A new twist in the Morozov operation creates an opportunity that changes everything.
#18 - Amber Waves
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/7/2017
The fifth and penultimate season has the Jennings struggling to contain the risks from Paige's growing relationship with Matthew Beeman. The Centre sends Philip and Elizabeth on an operation unlike any they've ever had before, straining their family and marriage to its limits.
#19 - Dinner for Seven
Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 5/25/2016
Elizabeth completes the last steps of a very personal operation… but at what cost?
#20 - Stingers
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 4/1/2015
Philip and Elizabeth deploy a plan for the C.I.A.’s Mujahideen visitors. Tensions at the Jennings’ home escalate.
#21 - The Walk In
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/12/2014
Philip and Elizabeth complete their next mission - but not without complications - and Philip's fears about Elizabeth's readiness for action deepen. Stan tracks the KGB walk-in which leads to much praise at work and a deepening of his attachment to, and dependence on, Nina. Meanwhile, Paige snoops into her mother's family background and Oleg begins to scrutinize Nina's secret operation.
#22 - The Oath
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 4/24/2013
One of Elizabeth's agents has key intel for sale, but she and Philip find themselves taking increasingly greater risks for what could well be a set-up. Meanwhile, Stan's pursuit of Directorate S suddenly begins to yield unexpected results.
#23 - The Rat
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/20/2016
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.
#24 - Comrades
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/26/2014
Elizabeth comes back from her injury and straight into what should have been a routine mission – but it goes awry, leaving her and Philip in fear not only for themselves but for their whole network… and family. Paige's suspicions have only grown in her mother's absence. Meanwhile, Stan continues to fall for the Russian agent who has started to play him.
#25 - Divestment
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/18/2015
Martha and Clark’s marriage meets its most challenging test yet. As pressures on Philip intensify, Elizabeth turns to Gabriel with a difficult request. Nina receives a new assignment that reconnects her with her past.