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
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