The BEST episodes of The Americans (2013) season 5
Every episode of The Americans (2013) season 5, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Americans (2013) season 5!
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 - 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.
#2 - 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.
#3 - 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.
#4 - 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.
#5 - 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.
#6 - 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.
#7 - 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.
#8 - 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.
#9 - The World Council of Churches
Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 5/23/2017
As Philip and Elizabeth grapple with a momentous decision, Tuan takes matters into his own hands in the Morozov operation. Back in Russia, Oleg’s investigation collides with the realities of the Soviet system.
#10 - 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.
#11 - What's the Matter with Kansas?
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/28/2017
Philip and Elizabeth have qualms about a new assignment, while a specter from Philip’s past creates unforeseen dangers. At the FBI, Stan makes a shocking play that could throw his career into turmoil.
#12 - IHOP
Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 5/2/2017
Philip and Elizabeth are thrown off balance when things with Tuan take an unexpected turn. Henry makes a startling proposition and Stan has a disturbing encounter with Frank Gaad’s widow.
#13 - 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.