Audience Reviews for The Americans: Season 5

• Nov 21, 2020

  Great portrayal and storyline of how CIA and Russian spies embedded in America played cat and mouse.
  

  Betsy C
• Oct 30, 2019

  This is improving with each season and season 5 is undoubtedly more gripping and thrilling. The KGB couple feels more and more sinister lying straight faced to their own daughter as it suits them, the lady is so psychopathic and husband at least trying to come out of the mess. I fast forwarded some parts in each episode mostly involving deception by couple towards prospective sources which feels contrived.
  Shyam S
• Jan 11, 2019

  In its penultimate season, The Americans brings long-simmering storylines to a boil while heightening the spy-thriller stakes and deepening the domestic drama -- all brought vividly to life by superb performances from its veteran cast.
  

  Robbie K
• Sep 24, 2018

  The penultimate season of the Americans is a slow down after the intensity of season 4. It is still an excellent show, but this season feels like it was made just to set up the final season.
  Good B
• Aug 22, 2018

  boring. watched most of it on fast speed (1 viewing)
  Waleed A
• Jul 09, 2018

  This is one of the most addictive series on the tube. excellent acting & great suspense. I hope it continues for many more seasons
  jaymee j
• May 02, 2018

  We watch a lot of stuff; this might just be the best of 'em all.
  Reiki S
• Apr 06, 2018

  The Americans continues to deliver with great success in its fifth season, bringing deep-seeded issues and storylines into the fold and amping up the drama between its extremely complex characters.
  

  Andy T
• Feb 17, 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 USSR’s 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 Jennings’s 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 I’m 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 FBI’s 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 Jennings’s 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. After five seasons the writing is as good as ever. Looking forward to Season 6.
  

  Grant S
• Feb 13, 2018

  Season 4 was a bit weak compared to the first 3 seasons, so was worried it was going to drop off quite badly like so many shows do. Season 5 is as gripping as the first 3 seasons, can't wait for the final season to start.
  remington t