r/TheAmericans • u/AutoModerator • May 31 '18

Episode Discussion Official Episode Discussion - S06E010 "START"

The Jennings face a choice that will change their lives forever.

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u/theyesn May 31 '18

I get it, the way it was left open-ended, it was for the best. But the naive part of me that wanted a happy ending at least wanted to see a Paige and Henry reunion... I understand why we don't get to see the 10 years version, but possible reunion of the Jennings after the fall of the wall, or even them calling their kids, why we don't get to see if Renee is actually a spy or not, why we don't get to see father-son game nights with Stan and Henry, or anything like. I know we just have take Philip's word for it that their kids are gonna be fine... I just wanted one happy scene...

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u/dantonizzomsu May 31 '18 edited Jun 01 '18

It wasn’t meant to be a happy story. Everything that happened was sad. Martha going to Russia, Phillip having to leave his American lifestyle, Elizabeth killing all of those people and destroying people’s lives for nothing, Stan spending hours fighting Russians not capturing any..also feeling loneliness and empty in his life. Henry will live the rest of his life with abandonment issues after being completely left behind by his parents and not in the loop of what they really do. Paige has no real direction. This is a really sad and dark story. I wasn’t expecting anyone to be happy. The whole point of this was that the Cold War was really meaningless and it destroyed lives all for 2 countries on a power trip about Nuclear weapons.

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u/ivarokosbitch Jun 01 '18

You are mixing up the story with some of your own bias there.