The Americans (2013)
All's fair in love and cold war.
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.
| Type | TV series |
|---|---|
| First aired | 30 January 2013 |
| Status | Ended, last episode 30 May 2018 |
| Genre | Crime, Drama |
| Created by | Joe Weisberg |
| Starring | Keri Russell, Matthew Rhys and Holly Taylor |
| Seasons | 6 seasons, 75 episodes |
| Episode length | about 46 min |
| Time to watch it all | about 58 hours |
| Rated | TV-MA |
| Scores | TMDB users 7.9/10 |
Where to watch The Americans
The Americans is streaming on Hulu ($21.49 a month) in the US. At ten hours a week, all of the series takes about 2 months of Hulu, or $42.98 at list price.
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What kind of watch this is
Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys play a Soviet couple hiding in plain sight in 1980s Washington D.C. The hook is not just the spying; it is the marriage. They are not just pretending to be Americans. They are trying to be a family, and the Cold War is just the backdrop for that domestic crisis. It runs 6 seasons and 75 episodes, totaling 58 hours. That is a long commitment for a show about people who will lie to your face and then ask if you want a sandwich.
What the critics said
Widespread acclaim is the polite way to say everyone agreed. The American Film Institute placed The Americans on its top ten lists for five separate years, a consistency that usually signals a classic. Tim Goodman of The Hollywood Reporter later called it a "Hall of Fame" drama, while The Guardian argued it was "terminally overlooked" for years. The New York Times grouped it with the best dramas since The Sopranos, and Vice went further, labeling it "The Sopranos of this decade." Critics rarely leave a series with such unanimous love. The slow burn apparently worked.
How it did with audiences
TMDB users rate The Americans 7.9 out of 10. That is a solid score for a show that never quite stopped being a puzzle. It earned its reputation through patience rather than spectacle. Viewers stuck around for the cold war tension, even without a box office figure to prove the numbers. The audience did the math, and the result was loyalty.
What came next for the cast
Before 2013, Keri Russell starred in Mission: Impossible III and Bedtime Stories. Matthew Rhys worked on The Edge of Love and Virgin Territory. Afterward, Russell appeared in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, and Cocaine Bear. Rhys joined The Post, Burnt, and Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle. Correlation is not causation.
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Sources
- The Americans on TMDB — synopsis, cast, ratings and recommendations
- Wikidata Q498438 — review scores, box office and awards (CC0)
- “The Americans” on Wikipedia, by its contributors (history) — reception, audience figures and legacy, summarised and adapted here under CC BY-SA 4.0
- Where to watch and prices: Binge Boss, from TMDB watch-provider data (powered by JustWatch) and our own provider list
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