Finding your next obsession
Finding your next obsession

All's fair in love and cold war.
Set during the Cold War period in the 1980s, The Americans is the story of Elizabeth and Philip Jennings, two Soviet KGB officers posing as an American married couple in the suburbs of Washington D.C. and their neighbor, Stan Beeman, an FBI Counterintelligence agent.
LUXEN Decision Guide
A tension-led series where questions, pressure, investigation, or shifting trust can keep the story moving from episode to episode.
Best fit
Who it is for
Best suited to viewers who want an ongoing hook and a reason to keep watching the next episode.
Commitment
Long-form commitment · 6 seasons
Use the season and episode count to judge how much time you want to invest.
Start here
Read the synopsis.
Start with the trailer and first-season premise, then decide whether you want to invest in the longer arc.
The series

13 episodes
2013

13 episodes
2014

13 episodes
2015

13 episodes
2016

13 episodes
2017

10 episodes
2018
Cast
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