Safe House

"Safe House" is the ninth episode of the first season of the period drama television series The Americans. It originally aired on FX in the United States on April 3, 2013. Plot Philip (Matthew Rhys) and Elizabeth Jennings (Keri Russell) tell their children that they are separating. The Beemans (Noah Emmerich and Susan Misner) host a party. During the party, Agent Frank Gaad (Richard Thomas) announces to Stan, Chris Amador (Maximiliano Hernández), and other agents that he plans to assassinate Arkady Ivanovich (Lev Gorn), the KGB's Resident, in retaliation for the deaths of the FBI agents from the previous episode. Philip spends the night with Martha (Alison Wright). Martha reveals that Gaad intends to assassinate a KGB agent. In the morning, she leaves for work. Philip follows, but is stopped by Amador, who is stalking Martha. Amador tells Philip to come in for questioning, but he resists. When Amador pulls a knife, Philip turns it on him, wounding him badly. He puts Amador in his trunk and brings him to a safe house to treat the wound as Elizabeth arrives. They realize he was at Stan's party.