Home > The Americans > Season 3 « TV Series Page The Americans: Season 3 (2015) SEASON: Season 3 Season 1 Season 2 Season 3 Season 4 Season 5 Season 6 Want to see Episode List Season 3 The Americans Critics Consensus Family-driven drama and psychological themes propel The Americans' tautly drawn tension, dispensing thrills of a different ilk this season. 100% TOMATOMETER Critic Ratings: 53 94% Audience Score User Ratings: 938 NEW More Info × Close Want to see Super Reviewer Submit Super Reviewer Edit Review Episodes 1 EST Men Air date: Jan 28, 2015 Elizabeth loses key intel in the Season 3 premiere. Meanwhile, Stan tries to fix his marriage. More 2 Baggage Air date: Feb 4, 2015 Elizabeth and Philip deal with a botched mission. Meanwhile, Stan welcomes a Soviet defector. More 3 Open House Air date: Feb 11, 2015 Danger mounts for Elizabeth and Philip. Meanwhile, Stan monitors Zinaida. More 4 Dimebag Air date: Feb 18, 2015 Philip faces a moral dilemma. Later, Paige makes a surprising birthday wish. More 5 Salang Pass Air date: Feb 25, 2015 Elizabeth takes drastic measures to complete a mission. Meanwhile, Stan tries to save Nina. More 6 Born Again Air date: Mar 4, 2015 Elizabeth takes family matters into her own hands. Meanwhile, Stan turns to Sandra for support after receiving upsetting news. More 7 Walter Taffet Air date: Mar 11, 2015 A new family secret weighs on Philip and Elizabeth. More 8 Divestment Air date: Mar 18, 2015 Elizabeth makes a difficult request. Meanwhile, Nina is reconnected with her past. More 9 Do Mail Robots Dream of Electric Sheep? Air date: Mar 25, 2015 A plan to save Nina is hatched by Stan and Oleg; Philip and Elizabeth deal with collateral damage. More 10 Stingers Air date: Apr 1, 2015 A plan for the CIA's mujahideen is set in motion by Philip and Elizabeth, but tensions are rising in the Jennings' home. More Show More Episodes The Americans: Season 3 Photos View All Photos (66) Tv Season Info Season 3 of this period drama heightens the intensity as Elizabeth (Keri Russell) and Philip (Matthew Rhys) face increased dangers, moral dilemmas and new family secrets amid rising tension within their family. Nina (Annet Mahendru) finds herself in prison while Stan (Noah Emmerich) hopes to save his marriage, and he also tries rescuing Nina, though his plan has unpredictable consequences. Paige (Holly Taylor), Henry (Keidrich Sellati), Sandra (Susan Misner), Martha (Alison Wright), Agent Gaad (Richard Thomas) and Arkady (Lev Gorn) all return. Genre: Drama Network: FX Premiere Date: Jan 28, 2015 Creator: Joseph Weisberg Exec. Producers: Joseph Weisberg, Graham Yost, Justin Falvey, Darryl Frank Cast Matthew Rhys as Philip Jennings Keri Russell as Elizabeth Jennings Holly Taylor as Paige Jennings Keidrich Sellati as Henry Jennings Maximiliano Hernandez as Chris Amador Noah Emmerich as Stan Beeman Darryl Hickman as Ben Canfield Annet Mahendru as Nina Susan Misner as Sandra Beeman Alison Wright as Martha Hanson Richard Thomas as Agent Frank Gaad Lev Gorn as Arkady Richard Davalos as Jeff Canfield Costa Ronin as Oleg Vera Cherny as Tatiana Show More Cast News & Interviews for The Americans: Season 3 10 TV Shows You Should Binge-Watch This March Writers Guild: 2018 Film and Television Winners Announced DGA 2018 Film and Television Winners Announced View All The Americans: Season 3 News Episodes 1 EST Men Air date: Jan 28, 2015 Elizabeth loses key intel in the Season 3 premiere. Meanwhile, Stan tries to fix his marriage. More 2 Baggage Air date: Feb 4, 2015 Elizabeth and Philip deal with a botched mission. Meanwhile, Stan welcomes a Soviet defector. More 3 Open House Air date: Feb 11, 2015 Danger mounts for Elizabeth and Philip. Meanwhile, Stan monitors Zinaida. More 4 Dimebag Air date: Feb 18, 2015 Philip faces a moral dilemma. Later, Paige makes a surprising birthday wish. More 5 Salang Pass Air date: Feb 25, 2015 Elizabeth takes drastic measures to complete a mission. Meanwhile, Stan tries to save Nina. More 6 Born Again Air date: Mar 4, 2015 Elizabeth takes family matters into her own hands. Meanwhile, Stan turns to Sandra for support after receiving upsetting news. More 7 Walter Taffet Air date: Mar 11, 2015 A new family secret weighs on Philip and Elizabeth. More 8 Divestment Air date: Mar 18, 2015 Elizabeth makes a difficult request. Meanwhile, Nina is reconnected with her past. More 9 Do Mail Robots Dream of Electric Sheep? Air date: Mar 25, 2015 A plan to save Nina is hatched by Stan and Oleg; Philip and Elizabeth deal with collateral damage. More 10 Stingers Air date: Apr 1, 2015 A plan for the CIA's mujahideen is set in motion by Philip and Elizabeth, but tensions are rising in the Jennings' home. More Show More Episodes Critic Reviews for The Americans Season 3 All Critics (53) | Top Critics (26) | Fresh (53) | Rotten (0) The Americans is only getting better with age, answering its questions as it builds upon them -- even if the solutions don't come easy. Jan 26, 2015 | Rating: A | Full Review… Ben Travers indieWire Top Critic Comrades the Jennings may be, but Elizabeth is first among equals, and The Americans is the story of her antiheroism above all. Jan 29, 2015 | Full Review… Sean T. Collins Observer Top Critic The Americans remains one of prime time's best series, the only negatives at this point being how complicated the plotting is, to the degree at which we almost need a flow chart to keep up. It's a headache, but a great one to have. Jan 29, 2015 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review… Gail Pennington St. Louis Post-Dispatch Top Critic The Americans also remains a sharp, emotionally rich portrait of the politics of family life. You can fully enjoy the story without following the espionage material closely. Jan 29, 2015 | Full Review… Matthew Gilbert Boston Globe Top Critic The Americans remains the best show on TV about family -- and, you know, the best show on TV -- because it is both tender and unflinching in its examinations of lies big and small, "good" and bad. Jan 28, 2015 | Full Review… Andy Greenwald Grantland Top Critic The close calls are starting to feel a little redundant, but the looming human drama in season three of The Americans should keep it near the top of the spy pack. Jan 28, 2015 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review… David Hinckley New York Daily News Top Critic The Americans still has those artfully shot scenes that leave you nervously glancing over your shoulder. It still has the deeply felt performances. And, if our intel is correct, it's still getting better. Jan 26, 2015 | Full Review… Mark Dawidziak Cleveland Plain Dealer The Americans locates a stirring balance between brooding, heated familial melodrama and equally taut, often lethal procedures of its infectious spy drama. Jan 26, 2015 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review… Chris Cabin City Pages, Minneapolis/St. Paul Based on the first two hours of Season 3, The Americans won't be losing the title of "Best Drama on TV" anytime soon. Jan 26, 2015 | Rating: 10/10 | Full Review… Sam Woolf We Got This Covered I really enjoyed it, and as someone who was born around the time this show takes place, I actually appreciate the pacing being a little slow, as I often have to research things I didn't know about, which is most everything on this show, history-wise. Jan 30, 2015 | Full Review… Mark Trammell TV Equals View All Critic Reviews (53) Audience Reviews for The Americans: Season 3 May 08, 2016 The third season of the Americans represents both a return to mature television and a slow-burn espionage thriller. It continues to feature excellent performances from an ensemble cast, and a story-line that places emphasis on it characters and never loses sight of what makes any drama effective. This season placed more emphasis on the family dynamics at play, which injected the show with a unique wrinkle that further distinguished it. The Americans also continues to develop its characters- the world they live in feels lived in, the changes organic to the story. For all it does right, this season is, on a whole, devoid of some of the same thrills that made the first two seasons enthralling. Its slow burn became a bit bogged down and, by the finale, theres a bit of underwhelming climax. Still the pieces are there for a great season going forward. Jeffrey M Super Reviewer Jan 20, 2019 A horrible show in that it forces viewers, if they persist in watching the sad events, to identify with psychotics with little relief; an unhealthy experience. Jonathan R Jan 11, 2019 Family-driven drama and psychological themes propel The Americans' tautly drawn tension, dispensing thrills of a different ilk this season. Robbie K Sep 23, 2018 The Americans third season sees the show continuing to improve and reach new heights. Good B Jan 11, 2018 Brilliant series highly original and incredibly intriguing and engaging. Philip and Elizabeth Jennings seem like your average American couple. Married for nearly 20 years they have two children, run a travel agency and live in suburbia. However, they are masking a secret double-life: they are, in fact, Russian spies, planted in the US nearly 20 years previously. It is the early-1980s and the height of the Cold War, with Philip and Elizabeth at the forefront of the USSRs attempts to gain information on US activities and weaponry. Tasked with countering espionage and tracking down Soviet spies is a special division of the FBI. Stan Beeman is one of their brightest agents. He also happens to be the Jenningss neighbour Brilliant series highly original and incredibly intriguing and engaging. Just the concept telling a spy story from the point of view of the Soviets, the bad guys, is fascinating in itself and does add a dimension to the series. If we had a CIA couple posing as Russians during the Cold War Im not sure the story would be as novel or interesting. Very intriguing. The whole spy and counter-spy back-and-forth, the missions, the methods Philip and Elizabeth use to get information, the personas and disguises they adopt, the often fragile arrangements they have that can fall apart at the slightest slip of the tongue or the suspicions of someone and the FBIs similar methods make for very interesting watching. Throw in the fact that, like any parents or couples, they have family issues too and these are not necessarily independent of their work. The family dynamic adds another level of intrigue and this ratchets up with every series. Then, just to spice things up even more, the Jenningss arch-nemesis is their neighbour! This adds even more intrigue and subterfuge. Excellent writing, with solid direction and great performances all round. Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys are particularly good in the lead roles. Grant S Dec 21, 2017 I should just slap my review for season 2 here, but multiply everything by five. The story is still really good. The writers are obviously hitting their strider. Phillip and Elizabeth are even more interesting to watch, along with Frank Langella who is back as a handler for them. During the season it covers how Nina may be able to get out of prison in Russia, Stan deals with his divorce and with both Phillip and Elizabeth pushing back and forth over what to tell Paige. While everything positive is great, I am absolutely hating the Paige stuff. That was almost enough for me to stop watching. Her fits may be "teen" for tv, but in my experience in hard circumstances that would have been done by now. Pros: writing, most of the acting (honestly all of the acting) and just overall still getting better. Cons: The angst has been kicked up to an 11 for the teenager... Not liking that. Lucky B May 30, 2017 super smart, great writing, great acting. made me thought of the moral dilemnas well after i watched it naomi m Aug 25, 2016 Every season of The Americans is a season of the greatest television ever made. Montgomery M Jul 27, 2016 In the third season, The Americans continues to surprise with great moments involving the two lead characters, resulting in one of the most compelling family drama that spy thrillers are often missing. Andy T Jun 09, 2016 Love this show, I watch it prime time every week. I love the Soviets, their mission and there cause. I am an American but when I watch this shows I feel I wish I were a Soviet agent like these guys. The stories are great and I'm so glad they're continuing the series, it's a fantastic show! Scott M See all Audience reviews News & Features 150 Erotic Movies Ranked worst to best! 2019's Most Anticipated 63 movies coming up this year 200 Essential Movies Chosen by RT staff! 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