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The Americans – Season 6, Episode 1 Dead Hand

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The Americans – Season 6, Episode 1

Dead Hand

Aired Mar 28, 2018

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A major arms-control summit looms in autumn of 1987; Elizabeth is pushed to her limits as never before; at the newly expanded travel agency, Philip encounters an unexpected visitor with a disquieting request.

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Tensions mount in "Dead Hand," an unusually fast-paced installment that barrels toward the show's seemingly inevitable endgame.

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Matthew Rhys

Philip Jennings

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Kelly Lawler

USA Today

12/28/2018

One marvelous and heartbreaking hour into its 10-episode final season, a happy ending for anyone in the Jennings family seems so far away.

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Sean T. Collins

Decider

06/20/2018

Watching The Americans in 2018 is a much different experience than watching The Americans in 2013 - not just because it's much better show than it was during that first season...

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Eric Eidelstein

New York Magazine/Vulture

06/04/2018

With Philip in retirement, the women lead the fight against the Americans, but the essence of this season premiere is that everything has become quite muddled.

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Gary Shannon

The Young Folks

04/02/2018

9/10

Like a true work of drama, The Americans' final season seems to emphasize more on the suspense fueled by indecision and no-win scenarios.

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Carissa Pavlica

TV Fanatic

03/29/2018

5/5

For five seasons, I've been wondering where this is all going to end, and I still can't pinpoint a moment in time when it will happen. But the premiere revealed something shocking. Elizabeth is on the wrong side of history.

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Synopsis

A major arms-control summit looms in autumn of 1987; Elizabeth is pushed to her limits as never before; at the newly expanded travel agency, Philip encounters an unexpected visitor with a disquieting request.

Director: Chris Long
Executive Producer: Joe Weisberg, Joel Fields, Graham Yost, Justin Falvey, Darryl Frank
Screenwriter: Joel Fields, Joe Weisberg
Network: FX
Rating: TV-MA (L|V)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date: Mar 28, 2018