Rent The Americans: Series 5 (2017)
4.3 of 5 from 24 ratings
9h 32min
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- Synopsis:
Set in 1983, The Americans follows two KGB spies posing as an American couple struggling to keep their kids' best interests at heart while maintaining their cover. In the 5th season of the series, the Jennings teenage daughter Paige tries to find out more about the family business now that she knows her parents aren't mild-mannered travel agents, but Russian spies. As she helps protect them (or is she?) by collecting intelligence on Pastor Tim and his wife Alice, she grows closer to her mother Elizabeth, who is teaching her self-defence. Meanwhile, Elizabeth and Philip investigate an American plot to create famine in the Soviet Union, and Elizabeth comes to terms with a difficult decision after a mission goes awry. Elsewhere, Oleg struggles with his loyalty to the KGB; and as the FBI continue to seek out the Soviet agents, Stan struggles with the loss of Nina and the consequences of his choices. - Actors:
- Keri Russell, Matthew Rhys, Brandon J. Dirden, Keidrich Sellati, Holly Taylor, Noah Emmerich, Costa Ronin, Danny Flaherty, Irina Dvorovenko, Kelly AuCoin, Peter Jacobson
- Directors:
- Chris Long, Stefan Schwartz, Gwyneth Horder-Payton, Noah Emmerich
- Creators:
- Joseph Weisberg
- Studio:
- 20th Century Fox
- Genres:
- TV Action & Adventure, TV Crimes, TV Dramas, TV Mysteries
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- Not released
- Run Time:
- 575 minutes
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Reviews (1) of The Americans: Series 5
Excellent Exciting TV drama set in 1980s Washington featuring 'illegal' Soviet spies - The Americans: Series 5 review by PV
OK so like most of these excellent TV drama series, the last couple of series lose it a bit, go a bit OTT, like Breaking Bad and more. It gets increasingly unbelievable - though of course it is fiction, though maybe based on facts, and I watch it as such. Sometimes it just jumps the shark a bit in this series, I think. The first 3 series are the best.
However, even as a 4/5 scoring series it is streets ahead to the very inferior drama available on the BBC and UK TV.
The actors are great - the Welsh actor Matthew Rhys in the lead and his wife, and the FBI staff.
The dramatic tension is maintained with WILL THEY/WON'T THEY be found out - so just the same as with BREAKING BAD. It lags a tad in later series but this is still fine drama.
Love the 80s music too!
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