Current Events > finished the final episode of The Americans last night. Wow. *spoilers*

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one of the best endings to a series ever. the scene in the parking garage with Stan confronting the family was one of the best scenes of television i've ever seen. even though i had a feeling Stan would do the right thing it was still super tense. the way everything came together was awesome.

the phone call with Henry was tough.

i was surprised Paige didn't go with them.

i feel real bad for Oleg.


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anyone?

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probably my favorite series from the 2010s.

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g0ldie posted...

probably my favorite series from the 2010s.

do you think Paige contacts Henry?

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I loved that show, I love how they got real native / heritage speakers to play the Russians and they did a fantastic job with the language and translations in the subtitles. Sounds like a minor thing but there were some really good idioms and phrases in there and then the English translations were great, so they did a good job there.

The ending bugged me just because I don't recall them ever using a fake ass green screen for anything, and then at the very end they have this low budget high school schoolbook photography background. And I don't even remember what Elizabeth said but her accent was atrocious.

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Giant_Aspirin posted...

do you think Paige contacts Henry?

she's intelligent, and has received some training, but I feel that she'll either be caught or give herself up (I lean more towards the latter).

and after it gets out that his parents were these Russian spies, he'll probably visit her once he gets the chance while she's in prison or holding, and she'll tell him some kinda truth about everything since it's better from her than anyone else.

that's how I see it, at least.

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g0ldie posted...

she's intelligent, and has received some training, but I feel that she'll either be caught or give herself up (I lean more towards the latter).

and after it gets out that his parents were these Russian spies, he'll probably visit her once he gets the chance while she's in prison or holding, and she'll tell him some kinda truth about everything since it's better from her than anyone else.

that's how I see it, at least.

Philip specifically asked Stan to tell Henry the truth about everything when he was comfortable.

Not sure what the FBI would want with Paige at that point, unless they somehow thought she knew where her parents went. Or maybe she could have been used just to get information about how they operate?

I got the impression Paige was just going to go off and live on her own, starting from scratch but in the US instead of Russia.

Hexenherz posted...

The ending bugged me just because I don't recall them ever using a fake ass green screen for anything, and then at the very end they have this low budget high school schoolbook photography background.

shrug. that didn't bother me at all. i didnt even notice it was green screened <_<

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It was extremely obvious to me and really annoying lol.

Giant_Aspirin posted...

Not sure what the FBI would want with Paige at that point,

They don't know the extent of the family's involvement in the operation, so they'd want to track down any loose ends to get the full story.

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Giant_Aspirin posted...

Philip specifically asked Stan to tell Henry the truth about everything when he was comfortable.

Not sure what the FBI would want with Paige at that point, unless they somehow thought she knew where her parents went. Or maybe she could have been used just to get information about how they operate?

I got the impression Paige was just going to go off and live on her own, starting from scratch but in the US instead of Russia.

tbh, I haven't seen the finale since it ended, but after your post, I'm better remembering it a bit.

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