The Americans : Episode List

Phillip and Elizabeth Jennings are two seemingly normal Americans who are really undercover KGB agents. After kidnapping a Soviet defector they discover their new neighbor is an FBI agent assigned to their case. (imdb)

When Philip and Elizabeth are given an urgent task to plant a bug in Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger's office, they risk exposure when an unwilling maid of the Weinberger home refuses to cooperate. (imdb)

Gregory, Elizabeth's lover, helps them make contact with Robert's widow despite an FBI team. Gabriel's replacement shows up. Phillip then makes a dangerous buy of information. (imdb)

After President Reagan is nearly assassinated events quickly start to spin out of control. The FBI wonders if the KGB is somehow behind it; the KGB worry that they will be blamed for it and possibly result in war. (imdb)

A crucial agent crumbles under emotional distress and threatens to topple a valuable network of KGB informants. (imdb)

A mole hunt within the KGB causes suspicion amongst allies and shatters trust within the Jennings' marriage. Meanwhile, Stan's plan to keep his mole safe puts her at even greater risk of discovery.

Phillip is reunited with an old flame and the reunion leaves him questioning the nature of his relationship with Elizabeth. Meanwhile, Stan and Nina finally give in to temptation.

A German assassin has been ordered to kill American scientists involved in the ABM program. After the mission is aborted, Phillip and Elizabeth must stop him and prevent a possible war.

Phillip and Elizabeth shock their children when they announce they are separating. After Amador goes missing, Gaad orders an unauthorized mission to grab a KGB agent in retaliation. Events soon spin out of control and come to a grisly end.

After Amador's murder the FBI begins a massive manhunt for the killer. When they start closing in on Gregory, the KGB decides to send him to Moscow. Despite Elizabeth's best efforts he refuses to go, even if it means his life.

After learning of the assassination of a Soviet general whom she knew from her formative years as an agent, Elizabeth is hell bent on revenge, despite it going against her orders and Phillip steps in to help while also taking their separation a step forwards.

An Air Force colonel offers to sell SDI secrets to the KGB. Viola reports the bug in the Weinberger home. Phillip agrees to marry Martha hoping she'll continue spying while Nina confesses to spying for the Americans.

Stan is convinced he'll find Nina a way out. Philip and Elizabeth are ordered to go through with a meeting that could potentially be a set-up; Stan's investigation puts him and the FBI even closer to Philip and Elizabeth.