Season Four

Season 4

No. of episodes	13
Original run	March 16, 2016-June 8, 2016
DVD release	March 7, 2017 (Region 1)
Season chronology
previous Season Three	next Season Five

Season Four of The Americans premiered on March 16, 2016 and concluded on June 8, 2016. It consisted of thirteen episodes.

Cast

Starring

Keri Russell as Elizabeth Jennings (13 episodes)
Matthew Rhys as Philip Jennings (13 episodes)
Holly Taylor as Paige Jennings (13 episodes)
Noah Emmerich as Stan Beeman (13 episodes)
Costa Ronin as Oleg Burov (12 episodes)
Keidrich Sellati as Henry Jennings (12 episodes)
Lev Gorn as Arkady Zotov (10 episodes)
Richard Thomas as Frank Gaad (8 episodes)
Alison Wright as Martha Hanson (8 episodes)
Dylan Baker as William Crandall (8 episodes)
Annet Mahendru as Nina Krilova (4 episodes)
Susan Misner as Sandra Beeman (2 episodes)

Recurring

Frank Langella as Gabriel (12 episodes)
Vera Cherny as Tatiana Vyazemtseva (9 episodes)
Kelly AuCoin as Pastor Tim (8 episodes)
Daniel Flaherty as Matthew Beeman (6 episodes)
Peter Mark Kendall as Hans (5 episodes)
Michael Aronov as Anton Baklanov (4 episodes)
Ruthie Ann Miles as Young-Hee Seong (4 episodes)
Rob Yang as Don Seong (4 episodes)
Aaron Roman Weiner as Agent Brooks (5 episodes)
Todd Faulkner as Agent Loeb (4 episodes)
Mail Robot (3 episodes)
Peter Von Berg as Vasili Nikolaevich (2 episodes)
Susan Misner as Sandra Beeman (2 episodes)
Margo Martindale as Claudia (2 episodes)
Boris Krutonog as Igor Burov (2 episodes)
Peter Jacobson as Agent Wolfe (2 episodes)
Amy Tribbey as Marilyn (2 episodes)
Callie Thorne as Tori (1 episode)
Karen Pittman as Lisa (1 episode)
Julia Garner as Kimberly Breland (1 episode)
Anthony Arkin as Stavos (1 episode)

Also see Philip's disguises.

Episodes

#	Title	Airdate	Viewers (millions)
4x01 40	Glanders	March 16, 2016	1.11
4x01 40	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 they are Russian spies? And will they be able to handle a dangerous, new bioweapons assignment?
4x02 41	Pastor Tim	March 23, 2016	0.93
4x02 41	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 of her own.
4x03 42	Experimental Prototype City of Tomorrow	March 30, 2016	0.82
4x03 42	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.
4x04 43	Chloramphenicol	April 6, 2016	1.04
4x04 43	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 better person, has Nina put her life on the line?
4x05 44	Clark's Place	April 13, 2016	0.89
4x05 44	Philip must consider his life with Martha and make a crushing choice from which there is no coming back.
4x06 45	The Rat	April 20, 2016	0.90
4x06 45	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 of what a biological war would mean.
4x07 46	Travel Agents	April 27, 2016	0.90
4x07 46	The KGB and the FBI both race to track down a vital agent… everything is at stake.
4x08 47	The Magic of David Copperfield V: The Statue of Liberty Disappears	May 4, 2016	1.02
4x08 47	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?
4x09 48	The Day After	May 11, 2016	0.90
4x09 48	"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 the “Patty” operation?
4x10 49	Munchkins	May 18, 2016	0.82
4x10 49	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 parents really are.
4x11 50	Dinner for Seven	May 25, 2016	0.81
4x11 50	Elizabeth completes the last steps of a very personal operation… but at what cost?
4x12 51	A Roy Rogers in Franconia	June 1, 2016	0.93
4x12 51	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 with Stan?
4x13 52	Persona Non Grata	June 8, 2016	0.77
4x13 52	Philip and Elizabeth engage 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 business?