List of The Americans episodes

The Americans title card.

The Americans is an American television drama series created by Joe Weisberg, which premiered on January 30, 2013 on the cable network FX. Set during the Cold War period in the 1980s, The Americans is the story of Elizabeth (Keri Russell) and Philip Jennings (Matthew Rhys), two Soviet KGB officers posing as U.S. citizens and a married couple.^[1] Although not officially renewed, the writers room has convened for a potential fifth season.^[2] As of May 4, 2016, 47 episodes of The Americans have aired.

Series overview

Season		Episodes	Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired
	1	13	January 30, 2013	May 1, 2013
	2	13	February 26, 2014	May 21, 2014
	3	13	January 28, 2015	April 22, 2015
	4	13[3]	March 16, 2016	June 8, 2016[4]

Episodes

Season 1 (2013)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	1	"Pilot"	Gavin O'Connor	Joe Weisberg	January 30, 2013	BDU179	3.22[5]
2	2	"The Clock"	Adam Arkin	Joe Weisberg	February 6, 2013	BDU101	1.97[6]
3	3	"Gregory"	Thomas Schlamme	Joel Fields	February 13, 2013	BDU102	1.65[7]
4	4	"In Control"	Jean de Segonzac	Joel Fields & Joe Weisberg	February 20, 2013	BDU103	1.91[8]
5	5	"COMINT"	Holly Dale	Melissa James Gibson	February 27, 2013	BDU104	1.44[9]
6	6	"Trust Me"	Daniel Sackheim	Sneha Koorse	March 6, 2013	BDU105	1.88[10]
7	7	"Duty and Honor"	Alex Chapple	Joshua Brand	March 13, 2013	BDU106	1.70[11]
8	8	"Mutually Assured Destruction"	Bill Johnson	Joel Fields & Joe Weisberg	March 20, 2013	BDU107	1.65[12]
9	9	"Safe House"	Jim McKay	Joshua Brand	April 3, 2013	BDU108	1.38[13]
10	10	"Only You"	Adam Arkin	Bradford Winters	April 10, 2013	BDU109	1.50[14]
11	11	"Covert War"	Nicole Kassell	Joshua Brand & Melissa James Gibson	April 17, 2013	BDU110	1.81[15]
12	12	"The Oath"	John Dahl	Joshua Brand & Melissa James Gibson	April 24, 2013	BDU111	1.49[16]
13	13	"The Colonel"	Adam Arkin	Joel Fields & Joe Weisberg	May 1, 2013	BDU112	1.74[17]

Season 2 (2014)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
14	1	"Comrades"	Thomas Schlamme	Joel Fields & Joe Weisberg	February 26, 2014	BDU201	1.90[18]
15	2	"Cardinal"	Daniel Sackheim	Joel Fields & Joe Weisberg	March 5, 2014	BDU202	1.46[19]
16	3	"The Walk In"	Constantine Makris	Stuart Zicherman	March 12, 2014	BDU203	1.27[20]
17	4	"A Little Night Music"	Lodge Kerrigan	Stephen Schiff	March 19, 2014	BDU204	1.39[21]
18	5	"The Deal"	Dan Attias	Angelina Burnett	March 26, 2014	BDU205	1.36[22]
19	6	"Behind the Red Door"	Charlotte Sieling	Melissa James Gibson	April 2, 2014	BDU206	1.21[23]
20	7	"Arpanet"	Kevin Dowling	Joshua Brand	April 9, 2014	BDU207	1.18[24]
21	8	"New Car"	John Dahl	Peter Ackerman	April 16, 2014	BDU208	1.39[25]
22	9	"Martial Eagle"	Alik Sakharov	Story by: Oliver North & Tracey Scott Wilson Teleplay by: Tracey Scott Wilson	April 23, 2014	BDU209	1.37[26]
23	10	"Yousaf"	Stefan Schwartz	Stephen Schiff & Stuart Zicherman	April 30, 2014	BDU210	1.27[27]
24	11	"Stealth"	Gregory Hoblit	Joshua Brand	May 7, 2014	BDU211	1.12[28]
25	12	"Operation Chronicle"	Andrew Bernstein	Joel Fields & Joe Weisberg	May 14, 2014	BDU212	1.27[29]
26	13	"Echo"	Daniel Sackheim	Joel Fields & Joe Weisberg	May 21, 2014	BDU213	1.29[30]

Season 3 (2015)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
27	1	"EST Men"	Daniel Sackheim	Joel Fields & Joe Weisberg	January 28, 2015	BDU301	1.90[31]
28	2	"Baggage"	Daniel Sackheim	Joel Fields & Joe Weisberg	February 4, 2015	BDU302	0.92[32]
29	3	"Open House"	Thomas Schlamme	Stuart Zicherman	February 11, 2015	BDU303	1.02[33]
30	4	"Dimebag"	Thomas Schlamme	Peter Ackerman	February 18, 2015	BDU304	0.97[34]
31	5	"Salang Pass"	Kevin Dowling	Stephen Schiff	February 25, 2015	BDU305	0.81[35]
32	6	"Born Again"	Kevin Dowling	Tracey Scott Wilson	March 4, 2015	BDU306	0.93[36]
33	7	"Walter Taffet"	Noah Emmerich	Lara Shapiro	March 11, 2015	BDU307	1.22[37]
34	8	"Divestment"	Dan Attias	Joshua Brand	March 18, 2015	BDU308	1.13[38]
35	9	"Do Mail Robots Dream of Electric Sheep?"	Stephen Williams	Joshua Brand	March 25, 2015	BDU309	0.99[39]
36	10	"Stingers"	Larysa Kondracki	Joel Fields & Joe Weisberg	April 1, 2015	BDU310	0.90[40]
37	11	"One Day in the Life of Anton Baklanov"	Andrew Bernstein	Stephen Schiff & Tracey Scott Wilson	April 8, 2015	BDU311	1.04[41]
38	12	"I Am Abassin Zadran"	Christopher Misiano	Peter Ackerman & Stuart Zicherman	April 15, 2015	BDU312	0.98[42]
39	13	"March 8, 1983"	Daniel Sackheim	Joel Fields & Joe Weisberg	April 22, 2015	BDU313	1.22[43]

Season 4 (2016)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
40	1	"Glanders"	Thomas Schlamme	Joel Fields & Joe Weisberg	March 16, 2016	BDU401	1.11[44]
41	2	"Pastor Tim"	Chris Long	Joel Fields & Joe Weisberg	March 23, 2016	BDU402	0.93[45]
42	3	"Experimental Prototype City of Tomorrow"	Kevin Dowling	Stephen Schiff	March 30, 2016	BDU403	0.82[46]
43	4	"Chloramphenicol"	Stefan Schwartz	Tracey Scott Wilson	April 6, 2016	BDU404	1.04[47]
44	5	"Clark's Place"	Noah Emmerich	Peter Ackerman	April 13, 2016	BDU405	0.89[48]
45	6	"The Rat"	Kari Skogland	Joshua Brand	April 20, 2016	BDU406	0.90[49]
46	7	"Travel Agents"	Dan Attias	Tanya Barfield	April 27, 2016	BDU407	0.90[50]
47	8	"The Magic of David Copperfield V: The Statue of Liberty Disappears"	Matthew Rhys	Stephen Schiff	May 4, 2016	BDU408	1.02[51]
48	9	"The Day After"[52]	Daniel Sackheim	Tracey Scott Wilson	May 11, 2016	BDU409	TBD
49	10	"Munchkins"[53]	Stephanie Green	Peter Ackerman	May 18, 2016	BDU410	TBD
50	11	"Dinner for Seven"[54]	Nicole Kassell	Joshua Brand	May 25, 2016	BDU411	TBD
51	12	"A Roy Rogers in Franconia"[55]	Chris Long	Joel Fields & Joe Weisberg	June 1, 2016	BDU412	TBD
52	13	"Persona Non Grata"[56]	Chris Long	Joel Fields & Joe Weisberg	June 8, 2016[4]	BDU413	TBD

References

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External links

• Official website
• List of The Americans episodes at the Internet Movie Database
• The Americans at TV.com