The Americans

Is The Americans right for your family?

Series 2013 71 min/ep.

Set during the Cold War period in the 1980s, The Americans is the story of Elizabeth and Philip Jennings, two Soviet KGB officers posing as an American married couple in the suburbs of Washington D.C. and their neighbor, Stan Beeman, an FBI Counterintelligence agent.

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Provisional estimate — not yet fully analyzed. 16 (BR)

Likely present: ViolenceRomance & relationshipsFamily themesPolitical & social messagingHeavy emotional content

The Cold War setting and the premise of Soviet spies posing as an American couple suggest intense political and social themes.

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