The Americans: Season 4
Season 4 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of The Americans Season 3.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 4 Progress Shield
Glanders
Mar 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 t
Pastor Tim
Mar 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 o
Experimental Prototype City of Tomorrow
Mar 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.
Chloramphenicol
Apr 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 be
Clark's Place
Apr 13, 2016
Philip must consider his life with Martha and make a crushing choice from which there is no coming back.
The Rat
Apr 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
Travel Agents
Apr 27, 2016
The KGB and the FBI both race to track down a vital agent… everything is at stake.
The Magic of David Copperfield V: The Statue of Liberty Disappears
May 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?
The Day After
May 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 th
Munchkins
May 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 par
Dinner for Seven
May 25, 2016
Elizabeth completes the last steps of a very personal operation… but at what cost?
A Roy Rogers in Franconia
Jun 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 wi
Persona Non Grata
Jun 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 busine