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Spoilers below forThe Americansseries finale.
In retrospect,The Americanscouldnt have ended any other way.
He wanted to help his country reform; he ended up getting arrested by the Americans.
Oleg risked his happy life for the sake of principle, and that severed him from his family forever.
Now hes a man without a country, all because he decided to stand up for something.
Even worse, his parents have abandoned him.
Of course, we know Philip and Elizabeth did it for his benefit but Henry doesnt, not really.
Unlike Paige, he was never even given a choice.
But all the business degrees in the world wont be able to fill the hole inside his heart.
I hope he won that ping-pong tournament.
Ray Rahman
Paige Jennings
For my money, Paige is the one who has it the worst.
She sees the consequences of her fathers lies come crashing down in the parking garage with Stan.
She watches her parents make the choice to abandon her brother.
She listens to her parents say good-bye to her brother without actually saying good-bye.
And then she makes the incredibly brave choice to leave them.
But Paige?She hasnothingleft.She cant reconnect with Henry.
Shes doomed to live in fear that the FBI will come after her.
She was groomed to spy for a nation thats about to collapse.
Does she have any money?
Where is her real passport?
How will she get a job?
Paige will be stuck forever in that sad, abandoned apartment, drinking vodka alone.
Kathryn VanArendonk
Stan Beeman
You were my best friend.
(If only he had followed his gut back in the pilot!
Poor, poor Stan.
(Seriously, name the happiest you have ever seen Philip Jennings in the entirety of this series.
It was line-dancing, wasnt it?)
Matt Zoller Seitz
