List of The Americans episodes

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]

The series's sixth and final season, consisting of 10 episodes, premiered on March 28, 2018.^[2][3] During the course of the series, 75 episodes of The Americans aired over six seasons, between January 30, 2013, and May 30, 2018.

Series overview

Season	Episodes		Originally released
			First released	Last released
1	13		January 30, 2013 (2013-1-30)	May 1, 2013 (2013-5-1)
2	13		February 26, 2014 (2014-2-26)	May 21, 2014 (2014-5-21)
3	13		January 28, 2015 (2015-1-28)	April 22, 2015 (2015-4-22)
4	13		March 16, 2016 (2016-03-16)	June 8, 2016 (2016-6-8)
5	13		March 7, 2017 (2017-3-7)	May 30, 2017 (2017-5-30)
6	10		March 28, 2018 (2018-3-28)	May 30, 2018 (2018-5-30)

Episodes

Season 1 (2013)

Main article: The Americans season 1

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

Season 2 (2014)

Main article: The Americans season 2

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

Season 3 (2015)

Main article: The Americans season 3

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

Season 4 (2016)

Main article: The Americans season 4

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code	US viewers (millions)
40	1	"Glanders"	Thomas Schlamme	Joel Fields & Joe Weisberg	March 16, 2016 (2016-3-16)	BDU401	1.11[43]
41	2	"Pastor Tim"	Chris Long	Joel Fields & Joe Weisberg	March 23, 2016 (2016-3-23)	BDU402	0.93[44]
42	3	"Experimental Prototype City of Tomorrow"	Kevin Dowling	Stephen Schiff	March 30, 2016 (2016-3-30)	BDU403	0.82[45]
43	4	"Chloramphenicol"	Stefan Schwartz	Tracey Scott Wilson	April 6, 2016 (2016-4-6)	BDU404	1.04[46]
44	5	"Clark's Place"	Noah Emmerich	Peter Ackerman	April 13, 2016 (2016-4-13)	BDU405	0.89[47]
45	6	"The Rat"	Kari Skogland	Joshua Brand	April 20, 2016 (2016-4-20)	BDU406	0.90[48]
46	7	"Travel Agents"	Dan Attias	Tanya Barfield	April 27, 2016 (2016-4-27)	BDU407	0.90[49]
47	8	"The Magic of David Copperfield V: The Statue of Liberty Disappears"	Matthew Rhys	Stephen Schiff	May 4, 2016 (2016-5-4)	BDU408	1.02[50]
48	9	"The Day After"	Daniel Sackheim	Tracey Scott Wilson	May 11, 2016 (2016-5-11)	BDU409	0.90[51]
49	10	"Munchkins"	Steph Green	Peter Ackerman	May 18, 2016 (2016-5-18)	BDU410	0.82[52]
50	11	"Dinner for Seven"	Nicole Kassell	Joshua Brand	May 25, 2016 (2016-5-25)	BDU411	0.81[53]
51	12	"A Roy Rogers in Franconia"	Chris Long	Joel Fields & Joe Weisberg	June 1, 2016 (2016-6-1)	BDU412	0.93[54]
52	13	"Persona Non Grata"	Chris Long	Joel Fields & Joe Weisberg	June 8, 2016 (2016-6-8)	BDU413	0.77[55]

Season 5 (2017)

Main article: The Americans season 5

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code	US viewers (millions)
53	1	"Amber Waves"	Chris Long	Joel Fields & Joe Weisberg	March 7, 2017 (2017-3-7)	BDU501	0.93[56]
54	2	"Pests"	Chris Long	Joel Fields & Joe Weisberg	March 14, 2017 (2017-3-14)	BDU502	0.94[57]
55	3	"The Midges"	Stefan Schwartz	Tracey Scott Wilson	March 21, 2017 (2017-3-21)	BDU503	0.80[58]
56	4	"What's the Matter with Kansas?"	Gwyneth Horder-Payton	Peter Ackerman	March 28, 2017 (2017-3-28)	BDU504	0.89[59]
57	5	"Lotus 1-2-3"	Noah Emmerich	Joshua Brand	April 4, 2017 (2017-4-4)	BDU505	0.70[60]
58	6	"Crossbreed"	Roxann Dawson	Stephen Schiff	April 11, 2017 (2017-4-11)	BDU506	0.71[61]
59	7	"The Committee on Human Rights"	Matthew Rhys	Hilary Bettis	April 18, 2017 (2017-4-18)	BDU507	0.79[62]
60	8	"Immersion"	Kevin Bray	Tracey Scott Wilson	April 25, 2017 (2017-4-25)	BDU508	0.76[63]
61	9	"IHOP"	Dan Attias	Peter Ackerman	May 2, 2017 (2017-5-2)	BDU509	0.68[64]
62	10	"Darkroom"	Sylvain White	Stephen Schiff	May 9, 2017 (2017-5-9)	BDU510	0.61[65]
63	11	"Dyatkovo"	Steph Green	Joshua Brand	May 16, 2017 (2017-5-16)	BDU511	0.62[66]
64	12	"The World Council of Churches"	Nicole Kassell	Joel Fields & Joe Weisberg	May 23, 2017 (2017-5-23)	BDU512	0.66[67]
65	13	"The Soviet Division"	Chris Long	Joel Fields & Joe Weisberg	May 30, 2017 (2017-5-30)	BDU513	0.77[68]

Season 6 (2018)

Main article: The Americans season 6

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code	US viewers (millions)
66	1	"Dead Hand"	Chris Long	Joel Fields & Joe Weisberg	March 28, 2018 (2018-3-28)	BDU601	0.64[69]
67	2	"Tchaikovsky"	Matthew Rhys	Joel Fields & Joe Weisberg	April 4, 2018 (2018-4-4)	BDU602	0.62[70]
68	3	"Urban Transport Planning"	Dan Attias	Tracey Scott Wilson	April 11, 2018 (2018-4-11)	BDU603	0.71[71]
69	4	"Mr. and Mrs. Teacup"	Roxann Dawson	Peter Ackerman	April 18, 2018 (2018-4-18)	BDU604	0.57[72]
70	5	"The Great Patriotic War"	Thomas Schlamme	Hilary Bettis	April 25, 2018 (2018-4-25)	BDU605	0.54[73]
71	6	"Rififi"	Kevin Bray	Stephen Schiff & Justin Weinberger	May 2, 2018 (2018-5-2)	BDU606	0.61[74]
72	7	"Harvest"	Stefan Schwartz	Sarah Nolen	May 9, 2018 (2018-5-9)	BDU607	0.67[75]
73	8	"The Summit"	Sylvain White	Joshua Brand	May 16, 2018 (2018-5-16)	BDU608	0.62[76]
74	9	"Jennings, Elizabeth"	Chris Long	Joel Fields & Joe Weisberg	May 23, 2018 (2018-5-23)	BDU609	0.73[77]
75	10	"START"	Chris Long	Joel Fields & Joe Weisberg	May 30, 2018 (2018-5-30)	BDU610	0.92[78]

Ratings

Season		Episode number													Average
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
	1	3.22	1.97	1.65	1.91	1.44	1.88	1.70	1.65	1.38	1.50	1.81	1.49	1.74	1.80
	2	1.90	1.46	1.27	1.39	1.36	1.21	1.18	1.39	1.37	1.27	1.12	1.27	1.29	1.34
	3	1.90	0.92	1.02	0.97	0.81	0.93	1.22	1.13	0.99	0.90	1.04	0.98	1.22	1.08
	4	1.11	0.93	0.82	1.04	0.89	0.90	0.90	1.02	0.90	0.82	0.81	0.93	0.77	0.91
	5	0.93	0.94	0.80	0.89	0.70	0.71	0.79	0.76	0.68	0.61	0.62	0.66	0.77	0.76
	6	0.64	0.62	0.71	0.57	0.54	0.61	0.67	0.62	0.73	0.92	–			0.66

The Americans : U.S. viewers per episode (millions)

Audience measurement performed by Nielsen Media Research^[79]