(06-06-2018 12:25 PM)ODU AGGIE Wrote:  If they could have basically the same ending, but without Stan letting them walk away, I might think the ending was ok. But having a counter espionage FBI agent let two known soviet spies (who were known to have committed multiple murders) just walk away -- I don't think so. A much better outcome would be Philip and Elizabeth just barely giving Stan the slip and Stan being really pissed that they got away. Even better if Stan was wounded in a shootout with them.

As to the kids -- they were raised as Americans. Henry being left behind was fitting. Paige, making the decision to get off the train seemed right also. We are left not knowing what will become of her, but moving on as an American and rejecting the soviet life she experimented with seems right.

Now for Philip and Elizabeth. Maybe the ending for them is better that I originally thought, but they are in for a rough ride. I see their time in the USSR as being very short, with the KGB terminating them as traitors.

BTW -- was Renee a spy? I think so, and Stan is going to have keep a close eye on her.

Overall, still don't like the ending as written.

I would agree with you about Stan, except the entire series has shown that Stan is weak. He had the affair with Nina. He always has let his feelings guide him, so it makes sense that his friendship with Phillip would outweigh his duty as an FBI agent.


I love the show. The acting, writing, music choice superb. I went back and watched the pilot episode on amazon video. I may go through it again.