The Americans (2013)

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.

Genres: Crime, Drama

What to watch after The Americans

• American Crime Story (2016) — Same subject: serious
• Homeland (2011) — Two steps away in the credits
• TURN: Washington's Spies (2014) — Same subject: spy, period drama
• Person of Interest (2011)
• Banshee (2013) — Similar consistency, episode to episode
• 24 (2001) — A loose match in how its finales land