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The Americans Season 1 Episodes

Season 1 Episode Guide

Season 1

17 Episodes 1961 - 1961

Episode 1

Harper's Ferry

Mon, Jan 23, 196160 mins

The Canfield family finds itself split down the middle after the Civil War breaks out when Confederate forces attack the Union arsenal at Harpers Ferry.

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Episode 2

Rebellion at Blazing Rock

Mon, Jan 30, 196160 mins

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Episode 3

The Regular

Mon, Feb 6, 196160 mins

A regular-army sergeant is given the job of delivering badly needed guns to a volunteer unit. However, when he sees how badly trained the unit's soldiers are and how inexperienced its captain is, he refuses to complete the mission.

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Episode 4

The Rebellious Rose

Mon, Feb 13, 196160 mins

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Episode 5

On to Richmond

Mon, Feb 20, 196160 mins

Ben is having trouble with his soldiers, who are volunteers and not regular troops. They only signed up for a short time and don't take the war particularly seriously. In addition, Ben's captain his getting on his case because he believes a big battle is brewing and he doesn't want to fight it with ill-disciplined and unmotivated troops.

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Episode 6

Half Moon Road

Mon, Feb 27, 196160 mins

Jeff is taken deep into the back country on a potentially dangerous mission--recruiting sharpshooters for the Confederate army from among the reclusive and suspicious backwoods people.

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Episode 7

Reconnaissance

Mon, Mar 6, 196160 mins

A Union force is camped at Harper's Ferry, and Jeff is assigned to sneak through their lines to gather information. He discovers that his brother Ben is among the soldiers stationed there.

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Episode 8

The Escape

Mon, Mar 13, 196160 mins

Col. Fry and Ben are captured and sent to the Confederate POW camp at Libby Prison, where they get a taste of the harsh treatment meted out to prisoners by the camp commandant, Maj. Turner.

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Episode 9

The Guerrillas

Mon, Mar 20, 196160 mins

A band of guerrillas lays siege to a town that has been torn apart by the war.

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Episode 10

The Invaders

Mon, Mar 27, 196160 mins

After a Union force takes over a Confederate town, its captain orders the Confederate flag taken down. Outraged, an elderly resident of the town fires at him.

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Episode 11

The Gun

Mon, Apr 3, 196160 mins

Jeff is given the task of taking a unit out to capture as many Union cannons as he can, because the South is in desperate need of artillery.

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Episode 12

The Sentry

Mon, Apr 10, 196160 mins

Three men are picked to cross over enemy lines in Harper's Ferry and sabotage an important railroad trestle that will be used by a train supplying Union troops with much-needed ammunition.

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Episode 13

The Bounty Jumpers

Mon, Apr 17, 196160 mins

Ben goes undercover to gather evidence on a criminal ring that has its members enlist in the army for the monetary incentives, then smuggles them out of the camp once they've been paid.

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Episode 14

Long Way Back

Mon, Apr 24, 196160 mins

A group of Missour farmers capture Jeff, and he realizes the only hope he has of surviving is to escape.

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Episode 15

The War Between the States

Mon, May 1, 196160 mins

Ben finds himself in a quandary when his best friend falls for a Confederate girl.

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Episode 16

The Coward

Mon, May 8, 196160 mins

A soldier convicted of cowardice under fire and sentenced to death has his execution delayed. However, two of the soldiers in his company are determined to see the sentence carried out, even if they have to do it themselves.

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Episode 17

The Inquisitors

Mon, May 15, 196160 mins

Congress wants answers as to why the Battle of Ball's Bluff turned so disastrous, and a very angry Union officer believes he has them.

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