The Americans
COMINT
Season 1, Episode 5 · Aired 2013-02-27
Synopsis
A crucial agent crumbles under emotional distress and threatens to topple a valuable network of KGB informants. Professionally, Philip and Elizabeth are tasked with infiltrating the FBI's new communications encryption system while personally they are forced to grapple with one of the darker aspects of life as a spy.
In the series
This episode is part of The Americans (2013–2018) on FX.
Soviet spies as suburban parents — marriage, tradecraft, and Reagan-era dread.
Key cast
- Keri Russell as Elizabeth Jennings
- Matthew Rhys as Philip Jennings
- Noah Emmerich as Stan Beeman
- Holly Taylor as Paige Jennings
- Keidrich Sellati as Henry Jennings
- Costa Ronin as Oleg Burov