The Americans

Insidious Von

Insidious Von

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Wednesday will be the Series Finale of this great show - will the Jennings Family survive?

Season 6 is different from past seasons, it's primary focus is the developing rift between Glasnost and the Stalinists, with the Jennings caught in the middle. It does well in explaining why Russia eventually turned into a mafia state. I was relieved that Kimmy didn't go the way of Martha, she would have committed suicide. Brilliant monologue by Margo Martindale as KGB handler Claudia, it sets up the entire finale. The last actor to deliver such a convincing monologue is the great Carrie Coon to wrap The Leftovers. Not only did Noah Emmerich play Agent Beeman with almost cool indifference he also directed almost half the episodes. So now the Jennings family go from hunters to hunted, it should be a spectacular finish.

Kimmy is a heartbreaker, played to perfection by Julia Garner, her latest series is Ozark - is it on Netflix. Lovely Nina was played by an Afghani actress, Annet Mahendru. Cant wait for Wednesday.

 
Ozark is on Netflix, excellent, it's next. I wonder if her character in Ozark is as heart rending as the fated Kimmy?

 
Yeah, great show, this season has been awesome. Last season was actually pretty slow with not much happening, it was like they didn't know where to go with it even tho they sowed the seeds for this season early in season 1 so we knew where it had to go. Anyway making up for it in this final season
 
Carvher said:
Who is more hard core, Elizabeth Jennings or Carrie Matheson?
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It depends on what your looking for, Carrie Matheson is improvisationally brilliant but crazy, Elizabeth Jennings has a license to kill. What surprises me is that I never expected Clare Danes nor Kari Russell to currently have a career. Neither is naturally talented but both worked exceptionally hard to develop what they had. Both are deserving of respect for that.

Julia Garner is a natural talent, Nova Scotia lass Holly Taylor (Paige Jennings) needs work. She's cute though.

 
Is someone gonna die? Philip,Elizabeth? Will someone be left behind when others flee back to Mother Russia? Will Stan shit his pants when he finds.out? Will Henry shit his pants?
 
Insidious Von said:
Wednesday will be the Series Finale of this great show - will the Jennings Family survive?
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One of my all-time favourite series. Seems to be coming to its natural conclusion, but it will be missed in the same way I miss other great series such as The Sopranos.
 
What happened to Paulie Walnuts, he started a good thread then it was gone.

The rower is a trust fund baby who didn't listen to his protective mother. The owner of the company died and the son inherited it. Tony Soprano helped build up the company as a silent partner. The rower decided he could sell it on his own, why The Sopranos is so memorable. You don't bite hand that feeds you...so much for entitlement.

 
The finale of The Americans is on tonight, if the pre finale is anything to go by, it will be spectacular. I don't believe that Agent Gabriel is done with Jennings family.

That's one item that The Americans and Homeland have in common, two of the greatest actors of their generation in crucial roles. Gabriel is played by Frank Langella, while Homeland has F Murray Abraham as Dar Adal.

 
No spoilers, but imho a perfect final episode!!!

A worthy and satisfying finish to one of the best modern TV drama series ever.
 
I could easily stream this show from the beginning, it was that good. I started watching this show on Shomi, boy did Rogers fuck that up!

I didn't want write about it since there people streaming through it now. They left a few cliffhangers, they could have easily made a S7. The Jennings go through the fall of the USSR, maybe just as well.

Homeland is starting to heat up after E4. Again nothing but the deepest respect for Kari Russell and Clare Danes in how they reinvented themselves and kept their careers going. I'd never heard of Matthew Rhys before, he played Phil Jennings well, with all the personas he took on. He's parlayed his role well into movie with roles in Burnt and playing Daniel Ellsberg in Steven Spielberg's The Post.

 
Next, Ozark featuring the awesome Julia Garner. It's going to be disconcerting at first, can't shake Kimmy.

 
Rogers scored a sweet deal with Fox to stream their shows. After that they lost their heads. They tried to play cheap and cheerful with the rest and ended up missing out on HBO and Take5 - the latter being a local production company. They could have used Game of Thrones and Vikings to maintain their platform. Once Amazon Prime started up it was the end. Eventually YouTube Red will beat them all, they're doing what Apple TV could not, it was nothing more than a cash grab. YTR is already producing original content.

Btw is The Handmaid's Tale on Crave?
 
Great show and really good finale!
I will miss the Jennings and Stan.
 
Incredible show with a very intelligent ending.

The scene with Stan and the Jennings family in the parking garage is a classic. Great TV.
 
Spoiler alert.

I couldn't agree more with the arc of the finale The Oracle, it was acting and writing of the highest caliber. It's about time FBI Agent Beeman stepped to the fore. Apart from his stellar work as a Bureau agent, i felt Stan Beeman wasn't developed enough. Perfectly logical since Noah Emmerich took on so much of the directing duties. You know the outcome would have been very different had Paige not been there.

Will Noah Emmerich follow in Matt Ross's footsteps? Matt Ross parlayed Gavin Bilson in Silicon Valley to get his own scripts made into film, he wrote and directed Captain Fantastic - which was just that. And here's a surprise, Emmerich also directed episodes of Billions. He will co-star in a new series based on the memoirs of Mossad Agent Eli Cohen called The Spy. Sacha Baron Cohen will play Cohen, but Emmerich features prominently. So far I haven't found a trailer.

 
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