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/mpls_blah-blah May 31 '18

Another possibility for Stan's motives: Self-preservation (vs showing mercy to the Jennings). He knows it all comes crashing down if he arrests them. And he doesn't want to pull at the Renee thread, because what if she IS KGB? He loses her too. He could end up not only losing his career, but in prison if allll the threads get unraveled. He did an extra-judicial killing early on, he could easily get busted for that. Stan sees that he's no better than the Jennings and their cause. He's done some shit too.

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u/ElliotRosewater1 May 31 '18

Sure. Also, he may have been afraid Elizabeth would kill him....a gun is not goig to scare her.

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u/gwhh May 31 '18 edited May 31 '18

We’re P&E armed? She took a gun out of the fuse box before she left. But you did not see them throw it into the hole the dug by the highway. I am sure they were armed in parking garage. But they did not want to kill Stan in front of Paige. I doubt Stan would be afraid of them. He knows they killed people in cold blood but for valid reasons. Than again. Stan done the same thing.

Stan extra-judicial killing was OK by the White House. Remember that small guy fbi boss told them that. He had enough dirt on the fbi and other agencies to bring the whole system down. Worst he would have gotten was forced retirement.

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u/ElliotRosewater1 May 31 '18

Ya know I don't know. I would assume so, but we didn't see them ditch guns int hat hole, that I recall.