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The Americans - RTE pace

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  • #182
    fryup
    Registered Users Posts: 18,069 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    how many episodes left on rte?


  • #183
    The Black Oil
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 18,195 CMod ✭✭✭✭The Black Oil


    fryup wrote: »
    how many episodes left on rte?

    6.04-6:07 are on the player. Three still to be broadcast.

    Moderator: Television, Psychology and Dublin County North.

    CMod: Entertainment



  • #184
    fryup
    Registered Users Posts: 18,069 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    why did elizabeth burn the picture?

    and under what circumstances did Stan cop on to the Jennings?


  • #185
    alchemist33
    Registered Users Posts: 10,969 ✭✭✭✭alchemist33


    fryup wrote: »
    why did elizabeth burn the picture?

    and under what circumstances did Stan cop on to the Jennings?

    The picture could have tied her to that couple.

    I think it gradually dawned on him, the Russians running amok in Chicago and the Jennings away at the same time. Then I think Henry said something about them being away so much.


  • #186
    Galwayguy35
    Registered Users Posts: 16,245 ✭✭✭✭Galwayguy35


    alchemist33 wrote: »
    The picture could have tied her to that couple.

    I think it gradually dawned on him, the Russians running amok in Chicago and the Jennings away at the same time. Then I think Henry said something about them being away so much.

    Yeah and this aunt that he had never even met.

    I'd like to see a showdown between Stan and Philip.


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  • #187
    alchemist33
    Registered Users Posts: 10,969 ✭✭✭✭alchemist33


    Oh yes, forgot about the aunt.

    I think Stan's girlfriend may still have a big role to play. This season is building to the end magnificently.


  • #188
    whatever76
    Registered Users Posts: 1,007 ✭✭✭whatever76


    alchemist33 wrote: »
    Oh yes, forgot about the aunt.

    I think Stan's girlfriend may still have a big role to play. This season is building to the end magnificently.

    oh u wont be disappointed !!!


  • #189
    fryup
    Registered Users Posts: 18,069 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    Just watched a recording of the last episode...solid enough ending i think, Stan let them slip away undetected, Paige decides to stay at home, dopey Henry finally finds out the truth..and the Jennings go back to where they started to their homeland the USSR.

    But hey, in a few years time the Soviet Union would collapse and all the Jennings will be united once more :) so happy ending then

    Good Series overall, glad i stuck with it.


  • #190
    alchemist33
    Registered Users Posts: 10,969 ✭✭✭✭alchemist33


    A very powerful ending. That was great TV


  • #191
    mark_jmc
    Registered Users Posts: 552 ✭✭✭mark_jmc


    The use of Dire Straits brothers in arms felt so ‘right’ to me. It really fit the situation and it felt quite emotional as it brought back memories for me growing up in the 80’s- I can understand why this show appealed to people my age (40) as it brought back a lot of memories and nostalgia.
    I’ll miss this show


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  • #192
    fryup
    Registered Users Posts: 18,069 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    and U2's with or without you really resonated with me...perfect song for that scene


  • #193
    Galwayguy35
    Registered Users Posts: 16,245 ✭✭✭✭Galwayguy35


    Solid ending to this series.

    Bit puzzled how Phillip would have known that Stans wife was a Russian agent though.


  • #194
    Mad_maxx
    Registered Users Posts: 13,505 ✭✭✭✭Mad_maxx


    Galwayguy35 wrote: »
    Solid ending to this series.

    Bit puzzled how Phillip would have known that Stans wife was a Russian agent though.

    Don't think she was, Think he was just messing with stans head

    Agents like Philip use psychological warfare all the time, he was bullsh1tting Stan some of the time even at the end


  • #195
    alchemist33
    Registered Users Posts: 10,969 ✭✭✭✭alchemist33


    There had been reasons to suspect her (which I cant remember) but didn't Philip ask one of the bosses from the Centre and got an ambiguous answer?


  • #196
    Slydice
    Registered Users Posts: 10,501 ✭✭✭✭Slydice


    Good to see more people enjoyed the show! They really did a great series!


  • #197
    Mad_maxx
    Registered Users Posts: 13,505 ✭✭✭✭Mad_maxx


    alchemist33 wrote: »
    There had been reasons to suspect her (which I cant remember) but didn't Philip ask one of the bosses from the Centre and got an ambiguous answer?

    He asked Frank Langelas charecter and the question was dismissed as nonsense


  • #198
    whatever76
    Registered Users Posts: 1,007 ✭✭✭whatever76


    Slydice wrote: »
    Good to see more people enjoyed the show! They really did a great series!

    So underrated !!! So well made - the attention to detail for the setting alone for the 80's was super !


  • #199
    castletownman
    Registered Users Posts: 10,972 ✭✭✭✭castletownman


    Just caught up with the finale now.

    I would echo that the use of music was superb, particularly With or Without You. Really kicked me in the feels during the inspection scene on the train, and just when it looked like they were home and dry, Elizabeth spots Paige on the platform and the song rises again. Brilliantly done.

    The last phonecall to Henry had me an emotional wreck too.

    Great series overall, and surely one of the most under-rated shows of modern times. I will always have a crush on Elizabeth- sexy badass :D


  • #200
    alchemist33
    Registered Users Posts: 10,969 ✭✭✭✭alchemist33


    Mad_maxx wrote: »
    He asked Frank Langelas charecter and the question was dismissed as nonsense

    Ah, okay. But I'm sure there was more to it than Philip messing with Stan's head. He really was suspicious of her.


  • #201
    Galwayguy35
    Registered Users Posts: 16,245 ✭✭✭✭Galwayguy35


    The time of night RTE had this excellent series pushed out to for the last 2 seasons was ridiculous, yet they put the likes of Vogue Williams talking crap on at 9.30pm


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  • #202
    migozarad
    Registered Users Posts: 127 ✭✭migozarad


    Very good show.As the previous poster alluded to,the timing by rte was very ill-advised-they did the same with the excellent Rescue Me some years ago.
    As regards the last episode specifically,I thought it odd that Stan would facilitate the Jenning's escape.Anyone else think that was strange?I had envisaged Elizabeth brutalizing him in a fist fight!


  • #203
    whatever76
    Registered Users Posts: 1,007 ✭✭✭whatever76


    migozarad wrote: »
    Very good show.As the previous poster alluded to,the timing by rte was very ill-advised-they did the same with the excellent Rescue Me some years ago.
    As regards the last episode specifically,I thought it odd that Stan would facilitate the Jenning's escape.Anyone else think that was strange?I had envisaged Elizabeth brutalizing him in a fist fight!

    yea they got away to easily ! I think he got a bit conflicted with Henry as they are very close.


  • #204
    fryup
    Registered Users Posts: 18,069 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

    deep down he always had a soft spot for the Jennings,

    in the end his personal feeling overcame his professional obligations


  • #205
    Useless Lump
    Registered Users Posts: 374 ✭✭Useless Lump


    A fantastic end to a fantastic series.

    From the moment Stan introduces himself as an FBI agent in the first episode it was obvious that he would somehow uncover the truth and confront Phillip & Elizabeth in the final episode.

    That confrontation did not turn out in any way I had imagined. I had all along expected shootouts and death and chases but what happened was so much better.

    Poor Oleg.

    I had expected Renee to be revealed as an Illegal but I prefer that they didn’t answer it at all. I can’t decide if Stan (when he was looking at her sleeping) dismissed the notion or if he decided that he loved and didn’t care what the truth was.

    The final three episodes were non-stop tension.



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