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- Episode aired May 30, 2018
- TV-MA
- 1h 9m
The Jennings family face a choice that will change their lives forever.The Jennings family face a choice that will change their lives forever.The Jennings family face a choice that will change their lives forever.
- Claudia
- (credit only)
- Igor Burov
- (as Boris Krutonog)
- US Border Agent
- (as Cullen Titmas)
- Russian Border Guard
- (as Alex Notkin)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe inspiration for the Americans was based on the case of Tim and Alex Vavilov, whose parents Andrei Bezrukov and Elena Vavilova, acted as Russian sleeper agents in the United States.
- GoofsThe Volvo 240, when entering the Russian border, has quad square head lights. Only the US version of the 240 were equipped this way, typically named as a USA-front. The Nordic/European models normally had two head lights, round for older make, square for later versions.
- Quotes
Philip Jennings: I-I did all this... stuff, Stan. I don't even know why anymore. It-it seemed like the right thing to do. For my country. My country wanted me to. And I- And I... I kept doing it. Telling myself it was important, until finally I couldn't. And I-I stopped. I'm done with that now. I have been for a long time. It w- it was all just screwing people for... I don't... I don't even know for what. So I quit, like she said. Like you did. I'm a travel agent now. I'm just... I'm just a shitty, failing travel agent. Except I guess I'm not. Because now I-I need to leave, if I can. I have to run away from the place that I have lived for the past... so many years. If I can, if-if we can. Stan, I have to abandon my son. He can't come with us, because I got caught. I finally got caught. And here we are. And I don't even know what happens if we make it home because after all these years being scared of Americans and recruiting Americans and following Americans, we finally... we actually got something, and it has nothing to do with you. It's our own people. It's a bunch of fucking Russians. They're trying to get rid of Gorbachev. And we figured it out. Her, really.
Elizabeth Jennings: It's our own bosses. They were going to fake my reports, make it seem like Gorbachev was trading away military secrets at the summit. The people I trusted all this time, and now...
Stan Beeman: Do you know Oleg Burov?
Philip Jennings: W-who is that?
Stan Beeman: Don't bullshit me now, Philip. We arrested him earlier today picking up a dead drop. He told me the message was about people in the KGB trying to get rid of Gorbachev. Told me I had to send it back to Russia.
Elizabeth Jennings: That message has to get back home.
Stan Beeman: I could care less who runs your country.
Philip Jennings: Stan, these people, if-if they're not stopped... that's our whole country. That's... that's our whole future. And it's the world, and whether we get to live in peace or not depends on this. We have to tell them what happened here. Because if that dead drop didn't go through, we're the only ones who can stop this now. I don't know why you should trust me. You should hate me. You sh... you should probably shoot me. But we're getting in that car, and we're driving away. I wish you'd stayed with me in EST. You might know what to do here.
Paige Jennings: You have to take care of Henry.
Philip Jennings: He loves you, Stan. Tell him the truth.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 70th Primetime Emmy Awards (2018)
- SoundtracksBrothers in Arms
Written by Mark Knopfler
Performed by Dire Straits
Oleg sits on the floor of his FBI holding cell. The Jennings bury their old passports and wallets while choosing new ones. At the stakeout a visibly shaken Stan is seen staring out of the window into the night.
Details
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- Country of origin
- Languages
- Filming locations
- Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia(Philip and Elizabeth make a stop in front of MSU to overlook their new home Moscow)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
- Runtime1 hour 9 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 16:9 HD