"Travel Agents" | |
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The Americans episode | |
Episode no. | Season 4 Episode 7 |
Directed by | Dan Attias |
Written by | Tanya Barfield |
Cinematography by | Joseph Bradley Smith |
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Production code | BDU407 |
Original air date | April 27, 2016 |
Running time | 42 minutes |
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"Travel Agents" is the seventh episode of the fourth season of the American period spy drama television series The Americans. It is the 46th overall episode of the series and was written by Tanya Barfield, and directed by Dan Attias. It was released on FX on April 27, 2016.
The series is set during the Cold War and follows Elizabeth and Philip Jennings, two Soviet KGB intelligence officers posing as an American married couple living in Falls Church, a Virginia suburb of Washington, D.C., with their American-born children Paige and Henry. It also explores the conflict between Washington's FBI office and the KGB Rezidentura there, from the perspectives of agents on both sides, including the Jennings' neighbor Stan Beeman, an FBI agent working in counterintelligence. In the episode, Philip and Elizabeth try to find Martha, while Stan and the FBI search for her.
According to Nielsen Media Research, the episode was seen by an estimated 0.90 million household viewers and gained a 0.2 ratings share among adults aged 18–49. The episode received critical acclaim, with critics praising the closure to Martha's marriage to Philip.