EPISODE
SEASON
The Americans - Season 1
An arranged spy couple in suburban Washington, D.C., suddenly gets more entangled and become more passionate and genuine each day but is continually tested as the Cold War escalates.
28 March 1972, Ukraine
1 January 1938, Bayonne, New Jersey, USA
7 November 1972, Goshen, New York, USA
11 December 1937, Columbus, Ohio, USA
February 17, 2014
The Americans is a fascinating idea for a show. I don't recall getting to explore the spy game from the other side like this, and that's where much of the show's attraction lies.
January 31, 2013
What I liked most about the drama is that Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys are so utterly believable as Philip and Elizabeth Jennings, KGB spies posing as American citizens living in the suburbs of Washington D.C.
January 30, 2013
The Americans isn't just a heart-pounding action drama; by presenting heroes who are also villains, it also confronts viewers with TV's deepest moral dilemma since The Sopranos.
March 07, 2017
The show has a snappy premise and a strong underlying theme-how do Philip and Elizabeth juggle their extraordinary mission with the ordinary reality of family life?-but so far creator Joe Weisberg hasn't given the drama room enough to breathe.
January 29, 2013
There's something really entertaining and thought-provoking about watching people caught up in double lives.
February 08, 2013
After seeing the pilot, The Americans can step up and take their place among the pantheon of cable shows now dominating the primetime airways.
January 30, 2013
A gripping Cold War spy thriller - Alias, say, without the sci-fi digressions and with less ridiculous get-ups - and an equally intriguing domestic drama.
January 30, 2013
Rhys and Russell are shockingly good as the multifaceted Philip and Elizabeth, who shed identities like snakes shed skins.
September 17, 2013
The Americans is the best new television drama since Homeland because, like that similarly sticky, Silver Age show, it uses its killer concept as an ellipsis, not an exclamation point.
January 30, 2013
The show keeps its tongue out of its cheek and actually creates decent suspense, along with some chewy moral dilemmas to keep the brain stimulated if not taxed.