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The Americans

2013 to 2018 Crime, Drama 6 seasons

TMDB rating 7.9/10 Ended

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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Seasons6

  • In 1980s Washington, D.C., KGB sleeper agents Philip and Elizabeth Jennings take extreme measures to continue their mission and keep their true identities hidden when Stan Beeman, an FBI Counterintelligence agent, moves in across the street from them.

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    TMDB rating 7.8/10

  • Technological advances have escalated Cold War tensions to an all-time high, and Philip and Elizabeth face the growing threat of discovery. As their assignments grow more deadly, their family is in more danger, and their loyalties are tested like never before.

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    TMDB rating 7.8/10

  • In season three, Philip and Elizabeth find themselves at odds over their daughter’s future now that the KGB is determined to recruit her and FBI Agent Stan Beeman has rededicated himself to uncovering the identities of the Russian spies.

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    TMDB rating 7.8/10

  • Philip and Elizabeth are tasked with infiltrating U.S. biological and chemical weapons research. Stan and the FBI get closer to finding out who bugged Gaad's office.

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    TMDB rating 7.8/10

  • In season five, the arranged marriage of Philip and Elizabeth Jennings grows more passionate and genuine in the midst of the escalating Cold War. Paige’s budding romance with Matthew, the son of their neighbor, FBI Agent Stan Beeman, further complicates matters since Stan – Philip’s best friend – remains the greatest threat to the Jennings’ safety.

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    TMDB rating 7.8/10

  • In the sixth and final season, Philip and Elizabeth’s ability to protect their cover and family’s safety deteriorates. The Jennings struggle to maintain a smokescreen of normalcy, especially around their son who remains ignorant of the spies in his midst. With Gorbachev in power in the Soviet Union, the winds of change are sweeping through Russia and America creating new perils.

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    TMDB rating 8.7/10

Cast and details

  • Keri RussellElizabeth Jennings
  • Matthew RhysPhilip Jennings
  • Holly TaylorPaige Jennings
  • Keidrich SellatiHenry Jennings
  • Noah EmmerichStan Beeman
  • Costa RoninOleg Igorevich Burov
  • Lev GornArkady Ivanovich Zotov
  • Alison WrightMartha Hanson
  • Annet MahendruNina Krilova
  • Richard ThomasFrank Gaad
  • Susan MisnerSandra Beeman
  • Brandon J. DirdenDennis Aderholt
Created by
Joe Weisberg
Network
FX
First aired
Jan 30, 2013
Latest episode
May 30, 2018

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