A most ridiculous and unbelievable plot. Bad acting . Should have been a comedy.

This series has a great plot, amazing acting and superb soundtrack from the best of the 1980's can offer. I highly recommend everyone for its artistic quality.

Although I have found the series a bit repetitive over the years, the final season has been exceptional, with a beautiful final episode that will be always remember. I think is one of the shows that better uses the silence to explain things, and in the last episode music plays also a big role. The acting of Rhys, Russell and Emmerich is exceptional and I'd love to see them in the nominations and awards' lists.

Let me start off by saying a couple of things: 1. I don't leave many reviews, this might be my 2nd overall, this may say something to you if I bother to leave this here. 2. I was born in 1981 in a country behind the Iron Curtain, so until the end of 1989 I got to experience, through the eyes of a child, at least a part of what communism meant for me, my family and my country. 3. History and the Cold War are some of my passions, there's never enough material to cover about it, ever. A lot to discover, each day. US became a mirage for me, and I grew up trying to learn much more about their culture and history, their way of life. The Americans has drawn me through its story, and I remained hooked till the end, because what the producers, actors, all involved managed to create is (at least) a credible work of art, a credible testimony of a past world that I can only understand now through adult eyes. Yes, maybe my opinion should not be on top, as there are surely a lot of you who were a bit older during the 80's, and also lived there then. But I love this show, and I feel like writing this. Was everything perfect in the show? No, it wasn't - there were some episodes (especially in season 5) with pretty much no action, season 5 puts more stress on the psychological side, Phillip trying to get away from the nastiest part of the job, while we watch Paige finding out the truth about her parents and slowly getting prepared to be part of the action. Did they always nail the haircuts? Or the type of cars used? No, they didn't - but this also makes the show more interesting. The 80's were set for the action, but any decade would have been good all the same. The idea of the show is what matters most. Moreover, their haircuts and cars are really average - as they didn't try to attract any unwanted attention. All the action comprised in these seasons would not have been achieved by just 2 guys, also in such a short period - most likely, but the show is what it is also because of this action. A lot of people are upset now about the show's ending. I can get that. But I also get the message that the producers wanted to give. The questions remained unanswered about the protagonists' fates equal the ones about their past, before Stan became a neighbor to the Jennings, or after the Jennings reached the States up to the 80's. In real life, those illegals, many of them, were caught and arrested, but swapped to Russia for some other prisoners - and the details of their lives as US citizens are even more blurry. Art is about filling in those gaps with fiction and grains of truth. The Americans starts in one point in those peoples'lives and ends in another. It's never meant to be a biography, but what it manages to do a damn good job in depicting life, ideas and emotions - as they COULD have been experienced back then. It managed to get me hooked, and the music was so nicely chosen. The ending only proves that people can be only human, in the hardest moments... Goodbye, dear show - it's been a nice ride! Totally recommended.