Pilot (The Americans)
| "Pilot" | |
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| The Americans episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 1 |
| Directed by | Gavin O'Connor |
| Written by | Joe Weisberg |
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| Production code | BDU179 |
| Original air date | January 30, 2013 |
| Running time | 69 minutes |
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"Pilot" is the first episode of the first season of the period drama television series The Americans. It originally aired on FX in the United States on January 30, 2013. The episode was written by series creator Joe Weisberg and directed by Gavin O'Connor.
In 1981, Philip and Elizabeth Jennings (Matthew Rhys and Keri Russell) are undercover Soviet intelligence agents from the secretive Directorate S of the KGB sent to the U.S. 15 years ago to work deep cover in Washington, D.C. Their assumed identities are a married couple who run a travel agency, and even their own children Paige (Holly Taylor) and Henry (Keidrich Sellati) do not know their secret.
Reviews for the episode were largely positive. Critics commented on the lead performances of Russell, Rhys and Emmerich. In the United States, the series premiere achieved a viewership of 3.22 million.
In a cocktail bar, Elizabeth Jennings (Keri Russell), dressed like a prostitute, talks to an FBI bureaucrat. She takes him to a hotel room where she seduces him for information. Subsequently, Nikolai Timoshev (David Vadim), a KGB operative who has defected to the United States, is being watched by Philip Jennings (Matthew Rhys), Elizabeth’s husband, and Rob (Chase Coleman). They stand in an alley waiting for Timoshev. As Timoshev approaches them, he realizes it’s a setup and he runs, with Philip and Rob in pursuit. Philip catches up to him, but not before Rob is stabbed by Timoshev. Elizabeth picks the three of them up in a car and they drop Rob off at a near hospital, but miss the ship that would return Timoshev to Russia.
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