The Americans 5X1: Amber Waves
Added 2025-09-12 23:33:35 +0000 UTCAt a high school in Maryland, a boy named Tuan (Ivan Mok) befriends a classmate, Pasha (Zack Gafin), a Russian-born student who struggles in making friends. Tuan takes Pasha to his house, introducing him to his parents, Dee and Brad Eckert. The Eckerts are revealed to be Elizabeth (Keri Russell) and Philip (Matthew Rhys), disguised as part of a new assignment.
In Moscow, Oleg (Costa Ronin) has moved in with his parents, with Yelena (Snezhana Chernova) still grieving her loss. He then meets with Colonel Anatoly Viktorovich (Oleg Stefan), tasking him with investigating corruption in many food chains. Some of the people are involved are related to Igor (Boris Krutonog), so Oleg is warned to follow instructions and not let his father influence his decisions.
Meanwhile, Mischa (Alex Ozerov) leaves the USSR, arriving at Yugoslavia. Claudia (Margo Martindale) and Gabriel (Frank Langella) are informed of Misha's plans to arrive in the United States, and they fear that he might try to find Philip.
Philip, Elizabeth and Tuan dine with Pasha and his parents, Alexei (Alexander Sokovikov) and Evgheniya Morozova (Irina Dvorovenko). Tuan is revealed to be a Vietnamese agent cooperating with Philip and Elizabeth in investigating Alexei, a defected Soviet agriculture expert who now works at the United States Department of Agriculture to disclose his knowledge.
At home, Philip and Elizabeth still disapprove Paige (Holly Taylor) dating Matthew (Daniel Flaherty), as they feel it could impact their identities. Seeing that Paige is still paranoid over the mugger incident, Elizabeth decides to train her in self-defense.
Gabriel informs Philip and Elizabeth of William's death, and tasks them to retrieve a sample of weaponized Lassa virus from William's infected body, which is buried in Fort Detrick. Philip and Elizabeth are accompanied by Hans (Peter Mark Kendall) and three other KGB operatives. They exhume William's body from a metal casket and remove a piece of flesh from his body. However, Hans accidentally falls into the hole and slices his hand open, exposing him to the virus. As Elizabeth comforts Hans, she kills him with a gunshot. They bury Hans in the metal casket with William's body.
