Mutually Assured Destruction (The Americans)

"**Mutually Assured Destruction**"
"Mutually Assured Destruction"
The Americans episode
Episode no.	Season 1; Episode 8
Directed by	Bill Johnson
Written by	Joel Fields; Joe Weisberg
Featured music	"Trouble Blues by McKinley Mitchell; "Love Will Find a Way" by Pablo Cruise; "Siamese Twins" by The Cure;
Production code	BDU107
Original air date	March 20, 2013
Running time	47 minutes
Guest appearances
	Richard Thomas as Frank Gaad; Annet Mahendru as Nina; Susan Misner as Sandra Beeman; Alison Wright as Martha Hanson; Lev Gorn as Arkady Ivanovich; Margo Martindale as Claudia; Daniel Flaherty as Matthew Beeman; Vitaly Benko as Vlad; Ryan Farrell as Agent Milbank; Sadie Sink as Lana; Peter Levine as Ruben Hollander; Mark Doherty as Agent Brenn; Shuler Hensley as Weapons Dealer; Chris Sullivan as Assassin;
Episode chronology
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	The Americans season 1
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"Mutually Assured Destruction" is the eighth episode of the first season of the period drama television series The Americans. It originally aired on FX in the United States on March 20, 2013.