The Americans - Season 6

[JayBee74]

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They're going to show all of that through a montage at the end of the episode, of course.

Music cue: "Don't Dream it's Over" by Crowded House (same as the opening montage to the season)

Montage shows:

The business: the FBI raiding it and eventually boarding it up
Henry: coach pulls him out of practice and points to an FBI agent (Henry looks shocked)
Pastor Tim/ Paige: (Paige refused to go on the run with her parents) shows walking out of a building and looks at a plane ticket (it's destination: Argentina where she will be joining Pastor Tim)
Oleg: sitting in prison with a stoic expression and his wonderful beard even longer
Stan/Renee - (after Stan is fired and loses his best friend he is depressed) Renee is consoling him as he lays in bed. She gets up, goes to the laundry room and begins crying. (she's been a spy all alone and without Stan in the FBI, her hopes of working crushed and with no support from the Soviet Centre she is now stuck in a life that she doesn't want but has no way out
Phillip/Elizabeth - (after going on the run and taking on new identities) Phillip is teaching Elizabeth how to country line dance in some rural country bar in middle America.... now they are True Americans


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LOL, actually they could do something along those lines, although not exactly that. Your business and Henry parts of the montage would be the most likely to make the cut.

[JayBee74]

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I mean, there's a ton. And I'd like to see them on the run and see what happens after their capture/killing/whatever. I'd like to see the ramifications. I don't want them to do any flash forwards or any "by the way, _____ happened to _____"

Slight agreement about seeing them on the run. My only problem with extending it one or two episodes for more of "the chase" would be if it ended badly.

Am I a Russian sympathizer if I want Philip, Elizabeth, (and probably Paige) to make it out of this? Of course the odds are long for that to happen. The writing is on the wall for one of those characters.

[TheMatrix31]

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I want Stan to be the last man standing.

[Fresh Tendrils]

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I can't remember but was Philip in any of the scenes they previewed for next week? I remember Stan talking to somebody in custody (never showed who) and Elizabeth and Paige in a car (never showed the driver). That's all I can remember off the top of my head.

[JayBee74]

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I can't remember but was Philip in any of the scenes they previewed for next week? I remember Stan talking to somebody in custody (never showed who) and Elizabeth and Paige in a car (never showed the driver). That's all I can remember off the top of my head.

He was featured quite a bit in the finale preview including a photo and a sketch.

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[Watson]

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Outlandishly bold prediction that I base on absolutely nothing:

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-Character Actress Margo Martindale tags Nesterenko while he's on his way out, and that gets the CIA to swarm
-Elizabeth gets picked up running and takes a bite into her necklace.
-Phillip intercepts Paige/relays a message to her and is caught by Stan while buying time for her to fall off the grid and cancel any suspicious activity
-There is no payoff to the Stan's girlfriend arc

[JayBee74]

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Outlandishly bold prediction that I base on absolutely nothing:

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-Character Actress Margo Martindale tags Nesterenko while he's on his way out, and that gets the CIA to swarm
-Elizabeth gets picked up running and takes a bite into her necklace.
-Phillip intercepts Paige/relays a message to her and is caught by Stan while buying time for her to fall off the grid and cancel any suspicious activity
-There is no payoff to the Stan's girlfriend arc

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-Character Actress Margo Martindale tags Nesterenko while he's on his way out, and that gets the CIA to swarm

Nesterenko would be under heightened security but "if history's taught us anything it's that you can kill anyone." (Michael Corleone)
I think they said goodbye to Claudia but if they go there it's a kamikaze mission.

-Elizabeth gets picked up running and takes a bite into her necklace.

This one almost seems inevitable, but maybe it's too obvious. Holly Taylor's (Paige) comments about her character's final scene

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as being "absolutely heartbreaking" and "so sad" are either careless wording in an interview or a device to throw us off.

-There is no payoff to the Stan's girlfriend arc

Is there really a big expectation for a payoff? I'm beginning to think the surprise would be if she is a spy.

[JayBee74]

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Final predictions before the finale:

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Wild guess- Stan's girlfriend is a spy but Stan is playing her.

The show applies predictability and kills off Elizabeth. She will use herself as a diversion to allow Phillip and Paige to escape. Holly Taylor's interview comments are the only thing that make me pause a little on that prediction.

Martha will make an appearance.

[Fresh Tendrils]

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Incredible episode. Incredible series.

[JayBee74]

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Incredible episode. Incredible series.

Talk about riveting moments.

I was shocked when the

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Stan-Jennings confrontation happened at the 1/3 point of the episode. I'm still analyzing why Stan let everyone go but it had to be a combination of letting Oleg's message get through for world peace sake, Phillip's sincerity ringing through, the welfare of Henry, and Stan just not having the heart to shoot anyone.

The visuals were obvious but it still got in my head that

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Paige was detained. I don't know why I thought that with no authorities in sight.

"I wish you'd stayed with me in EST."

[fredropro]

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Man that was the best series finale Ive seen in a long time. Im still thinking about it.....also they were spot on with both songs played in the episode.....Growing up in that time frame I can tell you this they nailed what it was like living in America in the 1980s

[superjames1992]

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Talk about riveting moments.

I was shocked when the

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Stan-Jennings confrontation happened at the 1/3 point of the episode. I'm still analyzing why Stan let everyone go but it had to be a combination of letting Oleg's message get through for world peace sake, Phillip's sincerity ringing through, the welfare of Henry, and Stan just not having the heart to shoot anyone.

The visuals were obvious but it still got in my head that

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Paige was detained. I don't know why I thought that with no authorities in sight.

"I wish you'd stayed with me in EST."

Did Stan actually have any proof of the Jennings’ culpability at that point, though? He seemed to be there by himself, not on official FBI business, and they didn’t come back with thr sketches until the next day? I’m wondering what would have happened to him if he had shot them then and there?

Good finale. Can’t imagine Paige doesn’t get arrested, though? Then again, I don’t know what proof they had of her involvement, aside from Stan’s talk in the garage, but he’s obviously not going to let any word of that get out.

[TheMatrix31]

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The style in this episode was ****ing unbelievable. Just gorgeous shots, perfect music choices, incredible acting, intense scenes, the choice of the final American meal, the final line of the series. Magnificent. Masterpiece.

Storywise I'm not crazy about it. But it might grow on me.

[JayBee74]

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Good finale. Can’t imagine Paige doesn’t get arrested, though? Then again, I don’t know what proof they had of her involvement, aside from Stan’s talk in the garage, but he’s obviously not going to let any word of that get out.

What could they get Paige for? The garage conversation will never come up and who knows she fled except Stan? Her brief career as a backup spy didn't give her much exposure.

[boomhauertjs]

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At worst they bring Paige in for questioning about what she knew, but I don't think there's anything they could pin to her.

I was very satisfied with the ending. A "happy" ending was never realistic (or even possible) with this show, but I was glad everyone made it out alive.

It's fun to speculate what happened to everyone after the series. Maybe Stan leaves the FBI. Once the Cold War ends, do the Jennings reunite somewhere? Does Henry ever forgive his parents? Does the guilt of leaving their children overwhelm Phillip and Elizabeth? Does Philip meet his Russian son? Does Mail Robot finally find love?