finally finished the Americans. what a show. i loved Oleg coming back in season 6 but i felt the show lost a bit when Martha, Nina, Pastor Tim, Gaad, Gabriel and the rezidentura went away. almost like the show's worldview was collapsing inward to Philip and Elizabeth. the endings for the kids resonated really well but i wasn't convinced that Holly would choose to follow Elizabeth after the lies etc.
the art in season 6 was very moving. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/23/arts/television/the-americans-fx-final-season.html
this was also very good: https://www.vulture.com/2018/05/the-americans-series-finale-oral-history.html
― that's not my post, Friday, 9 December 2022 20:34 (one year ago) link
Oleg, Nina, Pastor Tim, and Gaad were four of my favourites.
― clemenza, Saturday, 10 December 2022 00:13 (one year ago) link
Really late on this, but we finally finished the series last well. I really enjoyed it, thought the ending was really great for the tone of the show.
I really had laugh, though, when Elizabeth went to Illinois (during the one subplot that I could have totally lived without) and we got to marvel at all of those mountains in the central Illinois distance.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 30 January 2023 15:55 (one year ago) link
I tried watching the first season a while back but the DVD that I got from the library turned out to be pretty damaged and at some point it just wouldn't play anymore, but I forget exactly how far I got. The last episode I remember is where they get the drop on some other agent trying to kill them and they all get stopped by a cop so then they pretend the agent is drunk and he sings some Kenny Rogers -- is that episode 7?
Also, it's been probably two years since my first watch, should I just restart from the beginning?
― Shartreuse (Leee), Sunday, 19 February 2023 01:41 (one year ago) link