The Best Episodes of The Americans Season 4
Every episode of The Americans Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Americans Season 4!
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.
Season 4 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "The Americans" season 4 is "Glanders", rated 8.1/10 from 1565 user votes. It was directed by Thomas Schlamme and written by Joe Weisberg, Joel Fields. "Glanders" aired on 3/16/2016 and is rated 0.1 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Pastor Tim".
8.1/10 1,565 votes#1 - Glanders
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 3/16/2016
Philip and Elizabeth deal with the fallout of all they’ve wrought. What will happen when the FBI finds out about Gene’s suicide? How will Pastor Tim deal with the revelation that they are Russian spies? And will they be able to handle a dangerous, new bioweapons assignment?
Director: Thomas Schlamme
Writer: Joe Weisberg, Joel Fields
8.2/10 1,483 votes#2 - Pastor Tim
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 3/23/2016
Philip tries with increasing desperation to get rid of a sensitive and dangerous package as family tensions in the Jennings House reach a boiling point when Paige shares a secret of her own.
Director: Chris Long
Writer: Joe Weisberg, Joel Fields
8.2/10 1,460 votes#3 - Experimental Prototype City of Tomorrow
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 3/30/2016
Paige copes with new burdens that come with her family’s secret as Philip and Elizabeth struggle to contain their cover without destroying their daughter.
Director: Kevin Dowling
Writer: Stephen Schiff
8.8/10 1,742 votes#4 - Chloramphenicol
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 4/6/2016
A devastating flaw during a mission forces Philip, Elizabeth, William and Gabriel to confront the depths of their patriotism… and their mortality. In Russia, in striving to be a better person, has Nina put her life on the line?
Director: Stefan Schwartz
Writer: Tracey Scott Wilson
8.2/10 1,484 votes#5 - Clark's Place
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 4/13/2016
Philip must consider his life with Martha and make a crushing choice from which there is no coming back.
Director: Noah Emmerich
Writer: Peter Ackerman
8.5/10 1,508 votes#6 - The Rat
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 4/20/2016
Martha must finally face the truth she has denied – and her life may never be the same. Plus, a chilling new development in William’s work forces the Jennings to face the realities of what a biological war would mean.
Director: Kari Skogland
Writer: Joshua Brand
8.9/10 1,661 votes#7 - Travel Agents
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 4/27/2016
The KGB and the FBI both race to track down a vital agent… everything is at stake.
Director: Daniel Attias
Writer: Tanya Barfield
8.7/10 1,667 votes#8 - The Magic of David Copperfield V: The Statue of Liberty Disappears
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 5/4/2016
The Jennings’s approach their breaking points as both Philip and Elizabeth must handle loyal agents. Will they make it through with their patriotism – and sanity – intact?
Director: Matthew Rhys
Writer: Stephen Schiff
7.9/10 1,393 votes#9 - The Day After
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 5/11/2016
The Day After premieres, making the stakes - and terrible consequences - of the Cold War plain. Even with that in mind, will Elizabeth be able to complete the painful process of the "Patty" operation?
Director: Daniel Sackheim
Writer: Tracey Scott Wilson
8.2/10 1,439 votes#10 - Munchkins
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 5/18/2016
When Paige’s long-ago indiscretion threatens to resurface and destroy the family, Philip and Elizabeth find themselves scrambling – and Paige finds herself reevaluating who her parents really are.
Director: Steph Green
Writer: Peter Ackerman
8.5/10 1,444 votes#11 - Dinner for Seven
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 5/25/2016
Elizabeth completes the last steps of a very personal operation… but at what cost?
Director: Nicole Kassell
Writer: Joshua Brand
8.2/10 1,415 votes#12 - A Roy Rogers in Franconia
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 6/1/2016
As Paige deals with last episode’s trauma, she sees her mother in a new light… and finds she has inherited some of her parents’ skills. Plus, has Oleg reached his breaking point with Stan?
Director: Chris Long
Writer: Joe Weisberg, Joel Fields
8.2/10 1,521 votes#13 - Persona Non Grata
Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 6/8/2016
Philip and Elizabeth are in a high-stakes race against the FBI to recover a hazardous package. Will they get there in time? And will Paige follow her parents into the family business?
Director: Chris Long
Writer: Joe Weisberg, Joel Fields