The inspiration for the Americans was based on the case of Tim and Alex Vavilov, whose parents Andrei Bezrukov and Elena Vavilova, acted as Russian sleeper agents in the United States.
Matthew Rhys won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, his first win from three nominations for the series.
When they read the script for the series finale, both Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys cried.
The episode won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series.
The show runners Joe Weisberg and Joel Fields came up with the ending of the series at the end of season one, and they pretty much stuck with their initial plan.