Home > The Americans > Season 5 « TV Series Page The Americans: Season 5 (2017) SEASON: Season 5 Season 1 Season 2 Season 3 Season 4 Season 5 Season 6 Want to see Episode List Season 5 The Americans Critics Consensus 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. 94% TOMATOMETER Critic Ratings: 40 90% Audience Score User Ratings: 538 NEW More Info × Close Want to see Super Reviewer Submit Super Reviewer Edit Review Episodes 1 100% Amber Waves Air date: Mar 7, 2017 In the Season 5 premiere, the Centre sends a new operation unlike anything before to Philip and Elizabeth, which puts more strain on their already tense marriage and family life. More 2 100% Pests Air date: Mar 14, 2017 Stan and Oleg wrestle with the harsh consequences of their complicated history as Philip and Elizabeth face a new mission with devastating implications for their country. More 3 100% The Midges Air date: Mar 21, 2017 Philip and Elizabeth tell Paige more about the family business, but pressing new questions arise when an operation takes a ghastly and unexpected turn. Elsewhere: a sensitive package jeopardizes Oleg's life back home. More 4 92% What's the Matter with Kansas? Air date: Mar 28, 2017 Philip and Elizabeth have qualms about a new assignment while a specter from Philip's past creates unforeseen dangers. Elsewhere: Stan makes a shocking play that could throw his career into turmoil. More 5 100% Lotus 1-2-3 Air date: Apr 4, 2017 Philip and Elizabeth receive surprising news about Henry and shattering news about a past operation. Elsewhere: Stan might be falling in love, but Philip wonders if something darker is going on. More 6 100% Crossbreed Air date: Apr 11, 2017 Gabriel stuns Philip and Elizabeth with a sudden announcement and a crushing revelation about Philip's past. Elsehwere: Stan and Aderholt draw a fly into their web while Oleg and Ruslan ambush their first suspect. More 7 100% The Committee on Human Rights Air date: Apr 18, 2017 As Paige becomes even more enmeshed in her parents' world, tensions with Matthew Beeman come to a head, Philip and Elizabeth's honeytraps take surprising turns, and Stan faces the consequences of overplaying his hand at the FBI. More 8 92% Immersion Air date: Apr 25, 2017 A secret brings Elizabeth and Paige together. Back in Moscow, Oleg's own secrets put him under KGB suspicion and a new twist in the Morozov operation creates an opportunity that changes everything. More 9 100% IHOP Air date: May 2, 2017 Philip and Elizabeth are thrown off balance when things with Tuan take an unexpected turn. Meanwhile, Henry makes a startling proposition and Stan has a disturbing encounter with Frank Gaad's widow. More 10 100% Darkroom Air date: May 9, 2017 Paige's snooping leads Philip and Elizabeth to make a choice that could shift the balance of their lives forever. Also: Stan and Aderholt's recruitment of Sofia suddenly bears fruit. More Show More Episodes The Americans: Season 5 Videos 0:19 The Americans: Season 5 Promo - School's Out 0:29 The Americans: Season 5 Promo - Formation 1:00 The Americans: Season 5 Promo - Quotes 1:33 The Americans: Season 5 Trailer - First Look 0:29 The Americans: Season 5 Episode 2 Trailer 1:00 The Americans: Season 5 Sneak Peek - Still to Come 0:30 The Americans: Season 5 Episode 3 Trailer 0:30 The Americans: Season 5 Episode 4 Trailer 0:30 The Americans: Season 5 Episode 5 Trailer 0:30 The Americans: Season 5 Episode 6 Trailer View All Videos (17) The Americans: Season 5 Photos View All Photos (75) Tv Season Info The Jennings teenage daughter Paige (Holly Taylor) spends Season 5 of "The Americans" trying to find out more about the family business now that she knows her parents aren't mild-mannered travel agents, but Russian spies. As she helps protect them (or is she?) by collecting intel on Pastor Tim (Kelly AuCoin) and his wife Alice (Suzy Jane Hunt), she grows closer to her mom Elizabeth (Keri Russell), who is teaching her self-defense. Meanwhile, Elizabeth and Philip (Matthew Rhys) investigate an American plot to create famine in the Soviet Union, and Elizabeth comes to terms with a difficult decision after a mission goes awry. Elsewhere, Oleg (Costa Ronin) struggles with his loyalty to the KGB; and as the FBI continue to seek out the Soviet agents, Stan (Noah Emmerich) struggles with the loss of Nina (Annet Mahendru) and the consequences of his choices. Genre: Drama Network: FX Premiere Date: Mar 7, 2017 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 Noah Emmerich as Stan Beeman Annet Mahendru as Nina Susan Misner as Sandra Beeman Alison Wright as Martha Hanson Richard Thomas as Agent Frank Gaad Lev Gorn as Arkady Show More Cast News & Interviews for The Americans: Season 5 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 5 News Episodes 1 100% Amber Waves Air date: Mar 7, 2017 In the Season 5 premiere, the Centre sends a new operation unlike anything before to Philip and Elizabeth, which puts more strain on their already tense marriage and family life. More 2 100% Pests Air date: Mar 14, 2017 Stan and Oleg wrestle with the harsh consequences of their complicated history as Philip and Elizabeth face a new mission with devastating implications for their country. More 3 100% The Midges Air date: Mar 21, 2017 Philip and Elizabeth tell Paige more about the family business, but pressing new questions arise when an operation takes a ghastly and unexpected turn. Elsewhere: a sensitive package jeopardizes Oleg's life back home. More 4 92% What's the Matter with Kansas? Air date: Mar 28, 2017 Philip and Elizabeth have qualms about a new assignment while a specter from Philip's past creates unforeseen dangers. Elsewhere: Stan makes a shocking play that could throw his career into turmoil. More 5 100% Lotus 1-2-3 Air date: Apr 4, 2017 Philip and Elizabeth receive surprising news about Henry and shattering news about a past operation. Elsewhere: Stan might be falling in love, but Philip wonders if something darker is going on. More 6 100% Crossbreed Air date: Apr 11, 2017 Gabriel stuns Philip and Elizabeth with a sudden announcement and a crushing revelation about Philip's past. Elsehwere: Stan and Aderholt draw a fly into their web while Oleg and Ruslan ambush their first suspect. More 7 100% The Committee on Human Rights Air date: Apr 18, 2017 As Paige becomes even more enmeshed in her parents' world, tensions with Matthew Beeman come to a head, Philip and Elizabeth's honeytraps take surprising turns, and Stan faces the consequences of overplaying his hand at the FBI. More 8 92% Immersion Air date: Apr 25, 2017 A secret brings Elizabeth and Paige together. Back in Moscow, Oleg's own secrets put him under KGB suspicion and a new twist in the Morozov operation creates an opportunity that changes everything. More 9 100% IHOP Air date: May 2, 2017 Philip and Elizabeth are thrown off balance when things with Tuan take an unexpected turn. Meanwhile, Henry makes a startling proposition and Stan has a disturbing encounter with Frank Gaad's widow. More 10 100% Darkroom Air date: May 9, 2017 Paige's snooping leads Philip and Elizabeth to make a choice that could shift the balance of their lives forever. Also: Stan and Aderholt's recruitment of Sofia suddenly bears fruit. More Show More Episodes Critic Reviews for The Americans Season 5 All Critics (40) | Top Critics (16) | Fresh (36) | Rotten (4) There's more TV to watch than ever before, but fewer shows that feel like they earn that capital-G Great title. The Americans is a Great Show. In fact, it is the greatest currently on television. Mar 7, 2017 | Full Review… Brian Tallerico RogerEbert.com Top Critic Well, I have been watching - and it's been fascinating from the start. But now, with Cold War intrigue hotter than it's been in decades, many curious new viewers are likely to flock to this series. Mar 7, 2017 | Full Review… David Bianculli NPR Top Critic The Americans otherwise remains in the top tier of TV dramas, even if the first three episodes of the 13-episode new season could use a kick in the pants pacing-wise. Mar 7, 2017 | Rating: B+ | Full Review… Ed Bark Uncle Barky Top Critic The fourth season was great. The fifth at least needs to match it, and the evidence so far establishes that it will. Mar 6, 2017 | Rating: A+ | Full Review… Verne Gay Newsday Top Critic This season, the conditions in Russia seem to be taking a more forward position on the show. Cleverly, the writers introduce a Russian family in America whose father despises Russia and is glad to be out. Mar 3, 2017 | Full Review… Matthew Gilbert Boston Globe Top Critic How The Americans balances big, worldly topics with intimate, familial stories has always been skillfully implemented. But now such moments are even more pointed. Mar 2, 2017 | Rating: A | Full Review… Ben Travers indieWire Top Critic It would be easy to say that the spies of The Americans traffic in information, but it would be more accurate to say they specialize in leveraging emotions against uncertainty. Oct 16, 2018 | Full Review… Eric Thurm Esquire Magazine Through this dedication to storytelling and stellar performances, that show will continue to be a much watch show. Oct 10, 2018 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review… Alan French AwardsCircuit.com I've found the last few episodes of this Cold War thriller a tiny bit boring...Normally I love it but this series seems as though it's merely treading water instead of rampaging ahead. Jun 27, 2018 | Full Review… Julie McDowall The National (Scotland) The Americans excels in mining the psychological damage visited upon those playing the deadliest of games. May 31, 2017 | Full Review… Matt Roush TV Insider View All Critic Reviews (40) Audience Reviews for The Americans: Season 5 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 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. 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 Feb 06, 2018 I CAN'T BELIEVE they are cancelling this show. It's one if not the best show on tv. It's going to go down in history as one of the most under appreciated shows in history. 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