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The Americans (2013)

Crime · Drama · Mystery

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.

IMDb rating
8.4 (126,930 votes)
Episode average
8.2 -0.2 vs IMDb
Seasons
6
Streaming (US)
Hulu
Language
EN
Type
TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 6 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (2013)

8.18 avg 13 episodes 8.3 → 9.0 47 min avg

Ep 1: 8.3 · 4,286 votesEp 2: 8.0 · 3,226 votesEp 3: 7.9 · 2,998 votesEp 4: 8.1 · 2,811 votesEp 5: 7.9 · 2,673 votesEp 6: 8.6 · 2,818 votesEp 7: 7.9 · 2,576 votesEp 8: 7.9 · 2,499 votesEp 9: 8.4 · 2,554 votesEp 10: 8.3 · 2,498 votesEp 11: 7.9 · 2,371 votesEp 12: 8.2 · 2,355 votesEp 13: 9.0 · 3,026 votes
Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Pilot8.34,286
2The Clock8.03,226
3Gregory7.92,998
4In Control8.12,811
5Comint7.92,673
6Trust Me8.62,818
7Duty and Honor7.92,576
8Mutually Assured Destruction7.92,499
9Safe House8.42,554
10Only You8.32,498
11Covert War7.92,371
12The Oath8.22,355
13The Colonel9.03,026

Season 2 (2014)

8.09 avg 13 episodes 8.3 → 8.9 47 min avg

Ep 1: 8.3 · 2,324 votesEp 2: 7.8 · 2,121 votesEp 3: 7.8 · 2,094 votesEp 4: 8.0 · 2,074 votesEp 5: 8.2 · 2,130 votesEp 6: 7.9 · 2,024 votesEp 7: 7.8 · 1,969 votesEp 8: 8.0 · 1,955 votesEp 9: 8.5 · 2,134 votesEp 10: 7.9 · 1,892 votesEp 11: 8.0 · 1,885 votesEp 12: 8.1 · 1,872 votesEp 13: 8.9 · 2,292 votes
Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Comrades8.32,324
2Cardinal7.82,121
3The Walk-In7.82,094
4A Little Night Music8.02,074
5The Deal8.22,130
6Behind the Red Door7.92,024
7ARPANET7.81,969
8New Car8.01,955
9Martial Eagle8.52,134
10Yousaf7.91,892
11Stealth8.01,885
12Operation Chronicle8.11,872
13Echo8.92,292

Season 3 (2015)

8.26 avg 13 episodes 8.1 → 8.7 46 min avg

Ep 1: 8.1 · 1,941 votesEp 2: 7.8 · 1,847 votesEp 3: 8.3 · 1,897 votesEp 4: 7.9 · 1,809 votesEp 5: 8.1 · 1,791 votesEp 6: 7.9 · 1,785 votesEp 7: 8.4 · 1,818 votesEp 8: 8.0 · 1,746 votesEp 9: 8.8 · 2,232 votesEp 10: 9.0 · 2,248 votesEp 11: 7.9 · 1,704 votesEp 12: 8.5 · 1,771 votesEp 13: 8.7 · 2,010 votes
Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1EST Men8.11,941
2Baggage7.81,847
3Open House8.31,897
4Dimebag7.91,809
5Salang Pass8.11,791
6Born Again7.91,785
7Walter Taffet8.41,818
8Divestment8.01,746
9Do Mail Robots Dream of Electric Sheep?8.82,232
10Stingers9.02,248
11One Day in the Life of Anton Baklanov7.91,704
12I Am Abassin Zadran8.51,771
13March 8, 19838.72,010

Season 4 (2016)

8.35 avg 13 episodes 8.1 → 8.2 47 min avg

Ep 1: 8.1 · 1,806 votesEp 2: 8.2 · 1,717 votesEp 3: 8.2 · 1,689 votesEp 4: 8.8 · 2,014 votesEp 5: 8.2 · 1,723 votesEp 6: 8.5 · 1,754 votesEp 7: 8.9 · 1,948 votesEp 8: 8.7 · 1,933 votesEp 9: 7.9 · 1,635 votesEp 10: 8.2 · 1,669 votesEp 11: 8.5 · 1,689 votesEp 12: 8.2 · 1,652 votesEp 13: 8.2 · 1,768 votes
Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Glanders8.11,806
2Pastor Tim8.21,717
3Experimental Prototype City of Tomorrow8.21,689
4Chloramphenicol8.82,014
5Clark's Place8.21,723
6The Rat8.51,754
7Travel Agents8.91,948
8The Magic of David Copperfield V: The Statue of Liberty Disappears8.71,933
9The Day After7.91,635
10Munchkins8.21,669
11Dinner for Seven8.51,689
12A Roy Rogers in Franconia8.21,652
13Persona Non Grata8.21,768

Season 5 (2017)

7.91 avg 13 episodes 8.0 → 8.1 48 min avg

Ep 1: 8.0 · 1,833 votesEp 2: 7.7 · 1,642 votesEp 3: 7.8 · 1,636 votesEp 4: 7.6 · 1,591 votesEp 5: 8.1 · 1,632 votesEp 6: 7.7 · 1,584 votesEp 7: 7.7 · 1,559 votesEp 8: 7.5 · 1,528 votesEp 9: 7.8 · 1,537 votesEp 10: 8.1 · 1,620 votesEp 11: 8.7 · 1,744 votesEp 12: 8.0 · 1,526 votesEp 13: 8.1 · 1,604 votes
Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Amber Waves8.01,833
2Pests7.71,642
3The Midges7.81,636
4What's the Matter with Kansas?7.61,591
5Lotus 1-2-38.11,632
6Crossbreed7.71,584
7The Committee on Human Rights7.71,559
8Immersion7.51,528
9IHOP7.81,537
10Darkroom8.11,620
11Dyatkovo8.71,744
12The World Council of Churches8.01,526
13The Soviet Division8.11,604

Season 6 (2018)

8.77 avg 10 episodes 8.6 → 9.7 53 min avg

Ep 1: 8.6 · 2,107 votesEp 2: 8.1 · 1,782 votesEp 3: 8.1 · 1,731 votesEp 4: 8.0 · 1,701 votesEp 5: 9.0 · 2,082 votesEp 6: 8.6 · 1,844 votesEp 7: 9.2 · 2,217 votesEp 8: 9.0 · 1,964 votesEp 9: 9.4 · 2,557 votesEp 10: 9.7 · 6,503 votes
Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Dead Hand8.62,107
2Tchaikovsky8.11,782
3Urban Transport Planning8.11,731
4Mr. and Mrs. Teacup8.01,701
5The Great Patriotic War9.02,082
6Rififi8.61,844
7Harvest9.22,217
8The Summit9.01,964
9Jennings, Elizabeth9.42,557
10START9.76,503
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