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NEW YORK, NY – JANUARY 26: (L-R) Keri Russel, Keidrich Sellati, Holly Talor, and Matthew Rhys attend FX’s ‘The Americans’ Season One New York Premiere at DGA Theater on January 26, 2013 in New York, New York. (Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY – JANUARY 26: (L-R) Keri Russel, Keidrich Sellati, Holly Talor, and Matthew Rhys attend FX’s ‘The Americans’ Season One New York Premiere at DGA Theater on January 26, 2013 in New York, New York. (Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images) /

4. The Americans

Release Year: 2013

Seasons: 4 

Creator: Joe Weisberg

Starring: Keri Russell, Matthew Rhys, Holly Taylor, Keidrich Sellati, Noah Emmerich, Annet Mahendru, Richard Thomas, Costa Ronin, Lev Gorn

Forget what you know about Keri Russell as the title character of the ’90s staple Felicity. In FX’s spy drama The Americans, Russell swaps her tape recorder and existential crises for guns, high kicks, and ridiculous ’80s disguises. Felicity Porter could never handle these highest of stakes.

Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys star as Elizabeth and Philip Jennings, Soviet KGB spies keeping under wraps as an average American couple next door. Living next door to them is Stan Beeman (Noah Emmerich), an FBI agent specializing in counterintelligence. Can the Jennings family maintain their cover?

The Americans has only gotten better and more intense with each passing season. After three seasons of snubs, lead actors Russell and Rhys–and the series itself–finally nabbed their hard-earned Emmy Award nominations. Catch up with the Cold War drama before the series signs off following its final two seasons in 2017 and 2018.