Note: Full spoilers for The Americans: Season 3 finale follow.
Compared to the first two Americans season premiere, this one felt a bit quieter, as the Jennings themselves weren’t involved in any high-speed chases or trunk-related mayhem. Still, some notable events occurred, along with a “Oh nooooo” closing few moments that could once again blow up the dynamic of the series.
Poor Paige. Yeah, I know, it’s easy to villainize her and I’m sure some already are for calling Pastor Tim and telling him her parents were Russians (though we never heard her tell him they were spies, did we?). But moments before, as she lay in her bed crying, I jotted down in my notes, “This is too much to ask of her,” as we felt the weight of all she’d discovered and what it was her parents wanted from her. Because not only was she being asked to now lie to every single person in her life, including her brother (as she noted to Elizabeth), but it was clear that her visit to see her grandmother was also turning into a bit of a recruitment for her. “You would never have to do anything like that, okay?”, Elizabeth told her, as they talked about Elizabeth’s mom letting her go away forever… but with that came the implication that she’d have to do some things. Things she wouldn’t like. And so she turned to the guy who, over two seasons, has become another, and in many ways more dependable, parental figure for her. And who now may need to be taken out.
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Compared to the first two Americans season premiere, this one felt a bit quieter, as the Jennings themselves weren’t involved in any high-speed chases or trunk-related mayhem. Still, some notable events occurred, along with a “Oh nooooo” closing few moments that could once again blow up the dynamic of the series.
Poor Paige. Yeah, I know, it’s easy to villainize her and I’m sure some already are for calling Pastor Tim and telling him her parents were Russians (though we never heard her tell him they were spies, did we?). But moments before, as she lay in her bed crying, I jotted down in my notes, “This is too much to ask of her,” as we felt the weight of all she’d discovered and what it was her parents wanted from her. Because not only was she being asked to now lie to every single person in her life, including her brother (as she noted to Elizabeth), but it was clear that her visit to see her grandmother was also turning into a bit of a recruitment for her. “You would never have to do anything like that, okay?”, Elizabeth told her, as they talked about Elizabeth’s mom letting her go away forever… but with that came the implication that she’d have to do some things. Things she wouldn’t like. And so she turned to the guy who, over two seasons, has become another, and in many ways more dependable, parental figure for her. And who now may need to be taken out.
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