The Americans: Season 5

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Season Details & Credits

FX | Season Premiere Date: March 7, 2017

Starring: Keri Russell, Matthew Rhys, Noah Emmerich

Summary: The espionage drama was renewed for two seasons (with season six set to be its final season).

Creator: Joseph Weisberg

Genre(s): Drama

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Season 5 Episodes

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S5:E13. The Soviet Division
Air Date: May 30, 2017
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S5:E12. The World Council of Churches
Air Date: May 23, 2017
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S5:E11. Dyatkovo
Air Date: May 16, 2017

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100

Collider Allison Keene

Mar 2, 2017

The Americans continues to be a deeply complicated but beautifully nuanced portrait of a family. Read full review

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Matt Zoller Seitz

Mar 7, 2017

As always, The Americans does complex work that never calls attention to its complexity. The associations and connections are there if you care to make them, but the show maintains plausible deniability as a good spy should, walking briskly from scene to scene as if it’s just here to get the job done and get out. Read full review

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IndieWire Ben Travers

Mar 2, 2017

Unparalleled depth can be felt throughout thanks to this careful layering, and Season 5 so far effortlessly captures a complex range of emotions that proves more enriching with every extra minute of consideration. Read full review

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UPROXX Alan Sepinwall

Mar 6, 2017

It is still one of the very best shows on television. ... The first [episode] is more of a table-setter than some past Americans premieres have been, but the next two are outstanding, filled with the usual agonizing mix of spy thrills and family drama, and superb performances by Keri Russell, Matthew Rhys, Noah Emmerich, and the rest of the gang. Read full review

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Matthew Gilbert

Mar 7, 2017

The drama remains as tense as ever, with strong, careful writing and an abundance of fine performances. Read full review

Daniel D'Addario

Mar 7, 2017

Knowledge that the Cold War, obviously drawing to its close in 1984, will reopen in grand fashion in the 2010s would have been some consolation for true believers, those who were convinced of the rightness of the national cause. And yet it'd likely mean little to Philip and Elizabeth, whose loyalties, rewardingly, are as convoluted as ever. Read full review

Rob Owen

Mar 6, 2017

Episode one spends an awful lot of time on digging a huge hole in the ground with fairly predictable results. And in episode two there’s a lot of wandering around a greenhouse buzzing with insects that’s supposed to be ominous but instead comes off like a homage to “The X-Files.” ... The third episode moves all the stories forward at a better clip. Read full review

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JorgeLestre

Mar 10, 2017

'The Americans' continues to prove that it is one of the most thrilling dramas on television. Not only is the element of surprise quite endearing but also the way the narrative flows is absolutely marvelous.

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PeterLuria

Apr 12, 2017

You really can't review "The Americans" as traditional television "entertainment". In terms of acting; photography; writing and the seemingly modest musical score this is the best show to have ever appeared on television. For emotional impact and overall aesthetics (writing; directing; useYou really can't review "The Americans" as traditional television "entertainment". In terms of acting; photography; writing and the seemingly modest musical score this is the best show to have ever appeared on television. For emotional impact and overall aesthetics (writing; directing; use of light imagery) only a few of the episodes from the original "Roots" and more recently "The Sopranos" come even close to equaling it. But really that misses the point. "The Americans" exists in a political and "moral " universe so different than anything else each individual viewer must come to his/her own conclusion. It is the television equivalent, in some sense, of "Five Easy Pieces"; an illustrated novel rather than a film or in this case a T.V. series. Anyone think I'm reading too much into the fact that the speedometer on the car Phillip and Elizabeth were using to deliver their kidnap victim for "ex-filtration" in Episode 1 read "666"? "The Possessed" by Dostoevsky ?… Expand

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Pious24

Mar 9, 2017

The Americans starts season 5 off strong with lingering consequences from last season's finale. This show respects its viewers with good pacing and multifaceted characters.

5 of 8 users found this helpful53

jaasieljunior

Feb 13, 2018

A série The Americans é uma obra - prima? Sem dúvidas, mas ao decorrer das seasons, você percebe que a série não precisa repetir fórmulas anteriores para prender a atenção do espectador.É uma série de que nem tudo que é vitorioso possa ser vista como um fracasso. É de se reerguer e verA série The Americans é uma obra - prima? Sem dúvidas, mas ao decorrer das seasons, você percebe que a série não precisa repetir fórmulas anteriores para prender a atenção do espectador.É uma série de que nem tudo que é vitorioso possa ser vista como um fracasso. É de se reerguer e ver novas possibilidades para o futuro.Contudo,se a próxima season se torna mais dramática do que essa season, veremos a queda da série.… Expand

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Killsocket

May 20, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Season 5 of The Americans is a let down to me when compared to previous seasons. I am not sure what the critics are watching but this feels like a disjointed season so far. In the grand scope of things, **SPOILER ALERT**, they dug a hole in the ground and killed someone, they killed someone before realizing the grains are being engineered to withstand insects instead of engineering insects to attack Soviet food supplies, Stan's Russian male informant is doing God-knows-what in Russia, their handler went back home, and they killed someone who they think is a traitor. Oh and Paige is a complete mess. And I am really supposed to suspend my disbelief that a child going to high school is alone enough with "flight attendent/pilot" parents not around? No one in The Americans world notices this? It feels like a meandering mess of a season when compared to previous seasons of the same show, but as harsh as this sounds, it's still a top show that I look forward to. I just hope the final season will be tighter and have a purpose.
I just feel it is trying to do too much. There is way to much to explore before we have a 7 minute wedding scene in what appears to be a tomb, or a 4 minute montage of developing and reading pictures Paige took of Pastor's diary, track the asian kid for 6 minutes to find out he went to iHop and didn't do anything wrong, but speed by "is that lady who might be a traitor" surprise mission out of nowhere.
Maybe I am missing something, but as a HUGE fan of the show, I am a little disappointed.… Expand

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mark_sf

May 22, 2017

Very mediocre season. There is almost no tension at all in any of the plot lines. 4 episodes to go and I have no investment in any of the characters of the outcomes. Kind of ridiculous the rating for a show is based on the first few episodes.

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BobaBay

Aug 12, 2017

This is like, honestly, one of the worst seasons I've ever seen in my entire life, and I'm honestly 78 years old. This is just so bad on so many levels that I regret ever jumping into this series. SMH.

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 6

92
- Season 6 Overview
  Air Date: March 28, 2018
Season 5

94
- Season 5 Overview
  Air Date: March 7, 2017
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  S5:E13. The Soviet Division
  Air Date: May 30, 2017
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  S5:E12. The World Council of Churches
  Air Date: May 23, 2017
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  S5:E11. Dyatkovo
  Air Date: May 16, 2017
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  S5:E10. Darkroom
  Air Date: May 9, 2017
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  S5:E9. IHOP
  Air Date: May 2, 2017
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  S5:E8. Immersion
  Air Date: April 25, 2017
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  S5:E7. The Committee on Human Rights
  Air Date: April 18, 2017
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  S5:E6. Crossbreed
  Air Date: April 11, 2017
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  S5:E5. Lotus 1-2-3
  Air Date: April 4, 2017
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  S5:E4. What's the Matter with Kansas?
  Air Date: March 28, 2017
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  S5:E3. The Midges
  Air Date: March 21, 2017
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  S5:E2. Pests
  Air Date: March 14, 2017
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  S5:E1. Amber Waves
  Air Date: March 7, 2017
Season 4

95
- Season 4 Overview
  Air Date: March 16, 2016
Season 3

92
- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: January 28, 2015
Season 2

88
- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: February 26, 2014
Season 1

78
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: January 30, 2013