The Americans Series Finale Review (Spoilers)

Description

I review “START”, the series finale of The Americans.

You don’t have to be in counter-intelligence to know that there will be spoilers

Show notes:

-What did I think?

-The ending

-Previous episodes this season

-What the creators think

-What stood out

-Stan Beeman

-Predictability, a Last Jedi digression

-The music and With or Without You

-The train to Canada

-Paige Jennings

-Henry Jennings

-What would happen in modern America

-Philip and Elizabeth are my parents age

-A letdown

-The Americans compared to other series endings

-What I wanted to see

-What stood out in the series

-Rooting for Philip and Elizabeth?

-Gray areas

-Liking the characters

-Elizabeth and Philip, and Stan’s arcs

-The Jennings, Stan, good and evil, right and wrong

-Who would I side with?

-Oleg

-When The Americans alluded to present day

-History repeating itself

-Handheld video games in the 80s

-What I want, moving forward

-Plugs and the origin of the podcast title