The Americans season 4: Everything you need to know about the best show on TV

It’s been an eventful year for FX’s spy drama The Americans.

The show’s fourth season — which aired from March through June — proved to be its most acclaimed yet, winning plaudit after plaudit, as well as a second consecutive Best Drama trophy from the Television Critics Association. In late May, the series was renewed for two final seasons, of 13 and 10 episodes, respectively, that will air in 2017 and 2018.

Every week, Todd VanDerWerff, Caroline Framke, and Libby Nelson gather to talk about the latest episode of The Americans. Read our complete coverage of the show here. Spoilers, needless to say, follow.

Todd: Supposedly there are 24 episodes of The Americans left after “A Roy Rogers in Franconia.” Supposedly.

Every week, Todd VanDerWerff, Caroline Framke, and Libby Nelson gather to talk about the latest episode of The Americans. Read our complete coverage of the show here. Spoilers, needless to say, follow.

Todd VanDerWerff: What matters, Pastor Tim tells Elizabeth, isn’t religion or God or prayer or going to church. What matters is how we treat other people.

Every week, Todd VanDerWerff, Caroline Framke, and Libby Nelson gather to talk about the latest episode of The Americans. Read our complete coverage of the show here. Spoilers, needless to say, follow.

Todd VanDerWerff: The Day After — the 1983 TV movie that became a water-cooler event when it first aired and lent its title to this week’s episode of The Americans — might be the most significant TV movie ever made.

Every week, Todd VanDerWerff, Caroline Framke, and Libby Nelson gather to talk about the latest episode of The Americans. Read our complete coverage of the show here. Spoilers, needless to say, follow.

Todd VanDerWerff: “The Magic of David Copperfield V: The Statue of Liberty Disappears” is one of the best episodes The Americans has ever produced.

Every week, Todd VanDerWerff, Caroline Framke, and Libby Nelson gather to talk about the latest episode of The Americans. This week, they’re joined by Amanda Taub. Read our complete coverage of the show here. Spoilers, needless to say, follow.

Todd VanDerWerff: “Travel Agents” is the shortest episode of The Americans so far this season, and possibly not coincidentally the most nauseating. Martha, on the run, must choose the best of two terrible options, while everybody else hunts for her. In the end, she winds up in the arms of “Clark,” again, but he can’t lie to her: He won’t be joining her in Moscow.