Tonight on FX The Americans airs with another all new Wednesday, June 8 season 4 finale called “Persona Non Grata” and we have your weekly recap below. On tonight’s episode, in the fourth season finale, Philip (Matthew Rhys) and Elizabeth (Keri Russell) try to beat the FBI to a mysterious package and Paige (Holly Taylor) ponders going into the family business.
On the last episode as Paige dealt with last episode’s trauma, she saw her mother in a new light… and finds she had inherited some of her parents’ skills. Plus, has Oleg reached his breaking point with Stan? Did you watch last week’s episode? If you missed it we have a full and detailed recap, right here for your enjoyment.
On tonight’s episode per the FX synopsis, “the explosive season finale of The Americans finds Philip and Elizabeth in a high-stakes race against the FBI to recover a hazardous package. Will they get there in time? And will Paige follow her parents into the family business?”
Tonight’s episode looks like it is going to be a great and you won’t want to miss it, so be sure to tune in for our live coverage of FX’s “The Americans” Season 4 finale – at 10 PM EST!
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Tonight’s episode of The Americans kicks off with Stan and Aderholt in their car outside of William’s apartment, they are ready to make a move on him. William is inside packaging the deadly new biological warfare that liquefies your organs and completely oblivious to the fact that the FBI has figured out he is KGB.
At home, Elizabeth heads to Paige’s room to talk to her after their argument earlier. Paige was a little put off that her parents didn’t want her help spying on Stan’s son. Paige tells her mom that she wants to learn how to defend herself, in case they are ever in danger. Elizabeth agrees to teach her a few things.
William leaves his apartment and heads out to meet up with Philip, Stan and his team are tailing him. William recognizes the FBI cars tailing him and he starts running down the street. William runs in to the park and breaks the vile of biological warfare in his hands right before the FBI moves in to arrest them. They surround him with their guns drawn and he warns them they might want to get him to the hospital. Meanwhile, Philip is waiting at their meeting spot and William is a no show – he finally gets up and heads home.
Philip heads home and tells Elizabeth that William didn’t show up. They have an alternate meeting place tomorrow, he will try again to get the biological warfare from him. Elizabeth changes the subject, she tells Philip about her chat with Paige about their old lives in Russia.
In Russia at a prison, a kid named Mikhail is called in to the office. Apparently he was locked up for complaining publicly about the KGB. He has “important friends” though, so they are trying to say that he is mentally ill and didn’t mean what he was saying. The prison director tells Mikhail that they can guarantee his release if he stops talking badly about the Russians.
William is in a hospital, and he doesn’t look so good. The doctors working on him are wearing protective gear and he appears to be under quarantine. Stan and Aderholt are watching him through a glass window, Stan speaks to William through a microphone. Stan asks William if there is anything they can do to make him more comfortable. William tells them that it doesn’t matter, he will be dead in a few days.
Oleg meets with Arkady, Oleg explains to him that his mother isn’t doing well since his brother’s death/ He turns in his final report and says that he is heading back home to Russia, they say their goodbyes.
Elizabeth heads home and Paige is up doing her homework. Paige says that Pastor Tim called and his wife had the baby. Elizabeth says that they should all go see them tomorrow and meet the baby. Paige thinks she should go first by herself, Elizabeth offers to give her a gift to take for the baby. Paige wants to know where Philip is, Elizabeth explains that he is at EST, she has a tough time trying to explain what the seminar is all about.
Meanwhile at EST, Philip is having a meltdown and speaking to the class, he confesses that he hates his job as a “travel agent” (it’s obvious he is actually talking about being a spy).
Gabriel calls Elizabeth and Philip to the safe house for a meeting. He tells them that William is MIA, he isn’t returning any calls, he says that the FBI has to have gotten him. Gabriel is worried, he thinks that William may expose them all. Obviously, that isn’t a concern considering that William will be dead soon.
Mikhail is released from the prison. He heads home to a crowded and poverty stricken house. An old man takes him aside and has a package for him, he tells Mikhail that it came from his mother before he was arrested. It’s full of Russian cash and passports. Mikhail is going to use the money to find his father – he’s a travel agent in Russia, it looks like he is Philip’s long lost son.
The FBI pays Arkady a visit, they confront him about William, of course Arkady denies their allegations and reminds them that they all signed a treaty stating that they wouldn’t develop biological warfare. Agent Wolf shouts that the KGB has gone too far, he accuses them of killing Agent Gaad and they know that they got to Martha. Wolf tells Arkady that he has 48 hours to leave America.
Meanwhile, Stan and Aderholt are still watching William die through the glass, he tells them about how lonely he has been working as a spy. Philip and Elizabeth meet up with Gabriel, he tells them that they are in danger with William in custody. He tells Philip and Elizabeth to pack their bags and go home to Russia with their kids before they wind up arrested.
Paige, totally oblivious that she may be in Russia within 24 hours, heads to the hospital to meet Pastor Tim and wife’s new baby.
Philip and Elizabeth are shocked by the idea of returning home, they head to their car and sit there in silence.
Oleg runs in to his girlfriend at the office. She tells him that Arkady doesn’t want to be bothered right now, he’s sitting in his office drinking, he’s upset about being sent back to Russia. Oleg’s girlfriend will be running the place until his replacement arrives. He breaks the news to her that he is leaving to and heading back to Moscow…he needs to be with his family.
William is on his last breath at the hospital and coughing up blood. Before he died he tells Stan and Aderholt that the agency always wanted more from him, they were upset because he didn’t get married…but he tried. He talks about another spy who got married to a pretty woman and how lucky he was.
Elizabeth and Philip return home, their son is sitting alone watching the super bowl. Paige is at Stan’s house watching the game with his son. They talk about Stan cheating on his mom, and then they start making out on the couch.
Philip heads over to Stan’s house to get Paige, Stan is thrilled because he walked in on Paige and Matthew kissing. He makes jokes about them getting married.
Philip obviously isn’t as amused, he tells Paige that it is time to go home and she awkwardly says her goodbyes. Elizabeth watches from her bedroom window and Philip and Paige walk across the street and head home.
THE END!
