The Americans 6x10 - Ending

Scene from S06E10 - START

[@halamander1112]

Phillip: "Feels strange." Elizabeth: "We'll get used to it." Martha: "Clark?!?"

[@JoshuaFagan]

This may sound weird, but I find this show powerfully romantic. It's the story of two people who leave the USSR with a cover marriage to work as spies and return home, done with espionage, with a real marriage. They started out as strangers but grew to care far more about one another than any mission. It's beautiful.

[@NPC_-mf4dw]

Yes, and in the meantime they massacred a plethora of completely innocent people, fueled by political indoctrination. But let's focus on the romance...

[@brienmaybe.4415]

@@NPC_-mf4dw You sound indoctrinated.

[@rlouie05]

Their daughter abandoned them & would rather spend the rest of her youth in an American prison for espionage. Henry Jennings always has a 2nd father figure who'll protect him at least.

[@chimpansi2]

@@NPC_-mf4dw Love is more important than politics.

[@NPC_-mf4dw]

@@chimpansi2 What? So by your logic, Bonny & Clyde were also just a really cute couple and we should look past their atrocities? Are you out of your mind? Did you even watch The Americans and kept track of the terrible things they've done? And you talk about "love"?

[@theking8356]

"Maybe we would've met on a bus." Even when they are thinking about the favorable alternative to life, they still would want to be together. They do love each other, they do have history, and would never change that. They have no shame in that one thing.

[@sovietguardian]

The words about meeting on a bus and working as a factory manager are a direct reference to some Soviet film, probably "Moscow does not believe in tears".

[@joogullae3456]

@@sovietguardian that's so cool. I love Russian culture, strongest people on the planet, other than Koreans:)

[@thereaper2762]

You mean you haven't seen "The Americans 2. From USSR to US back to USSR then back to US?" I'm just joking, but damn, I wish!

[@charlierunkle19]

@@thereaper2762 i hope they leave it alone, a good finale is always good but something new has the potential to tarnish it.

[@badboy4k8]

I find it so fitting that the show ended exactly how it started; with Phillip and Elizabeth in a new country (essentially a different USSR), after being forced to leave their old lives, family and all. Essentially making the same sacrifices once again.

[@JJ-zy3zv]

Great point. The subtle symbolism in this show is unmatched. It’s one of the best shows I’ve watched

[@bobmiller9967]

Little do they know the Soviet Union would dissolve in a few years and they can see their kids again !

[@deathstar71]

@@bobmiller9967 but would their kids want to see them?

[@bobmiller9967]

@@deathstar71 The daughter for sure - the son I think so

[@tristantristan4733]

The last line in the whole show she says ( In Russian) is the same as the first thing she says to him (in English) when they arrive in the US in the first episode…

[@mohammedhussain4907]

This show was “The Wire” of today, no over the top viewing stats, yet sublime writing, phenomenal story and exquisite acting. Someday, this show will be remembered for the masterpiece it was.

[@Fullas714]

Mohammed Hussain right?

[@ruksharalam173]

It's already considered a masterpiece...

[@scottwallace1]

Oh, it’s already there. Every show I watch, I yearn for something that will grip me like this show did. Drama this good is a rare gift.

[@DavidS-zq8tz]

It was a masterpiece

[@shades9415]

Masterpiece? Not quite. Pacing was off.

[@tashaglam4824]

I just finished watching the entire show and I actually found myself sobbing at this ending because of how powerfully fulfilling and tragic it was. This show broke me. An absolute masterpiece.

[@D4veJap4n]

They’re monsters. They deserve worse.

[@spar0035]

​@D4veJap4n yes I was rooting the whole time for Elizabeth to die a slow painful death. I would've been fine with Philip on prison. And I wanted Paige to learn what a murderous bastard her mother was.

[@jonah_da_mann]

I broke at the moment he said "They'll remember us".

[@slowdives851]

It is a sad thing that those kids would probably try and forget them.

[@slowdives851]

@空の仲間Brodan No, they would try to forget them because they were awful parents that essentially neglected them, no matter how much they sacrificed.

[@colin8477]

@@slowdives851 relatively speaking they weren't even bad parents they just worked a lot lol

[@Gillan1220]

@@colin8477between loyalty to a country and raising a loving family

[@schwannies]

The music in this scene was perfection. At the start of the conversation there's a sense of trepidation and the unknown about their future in the Soviet Union, and their children's futures back in the US. And the music is suitably ominous and eery. And then Elizabeth says, "they'll be OK", and the music becomes more uplifting and hopeful. It just perfectly matches how Philip and Elizabeth try to reconcile with how things worked out, and trying to convince themselves that they did the right thing by raising two good kids, even if they may never see them again. Such an incredible show from top to bottom.

[@juliangrinblat955]

I came to the comments to look for reactions to the music here. The last few minutes of the show are just sublime

[@conillet]

"Maybe we would have met ... on a bus." - For me that's the most powerful line of this wonderful series.

[@sovietguardian]

It was a reference to the Soviet movie "Moscow does not believe in tears". I am fortunate enough to understand this kind of references.

[@garrettmoe9951]

I’m always coming back to this, every once and a while. The impact of this moment and this show still has a stranglehold on me. In the best way.

[@cnsaheen]

Damn! Just finished and I am still in shock. That train window scene + Long conversation with Stan in the parking lot + Henry's life .... The window scene shook me just like Red Wedding and Ned Stark execution. The ending is so bittersweet even without any bloodshed in a Spy thriller. Simply WOW.

[@kathconserv]

They’re both in so much pain....

[@alfredgarcia6844]

@eastbound2020 You clearly didn't watch the show

[@MajorSixth]

Love how they managed to go on for about 20 mins without a single dialogue!

[@bunt1691]

Alison Krauss Said "you say it best, when you say nothing at all"

[@cbodessia]

I love that they used the same score that's been played throughout the series as far back as season one. That tune is used every time there's a 'hit you in the feels' moment and it never gets old.

[@KevinJantunen]

What's the name of the score?

[@secretforreddit]

Some of it's a Tchaikovsky song called "None but the lonely heart." It's a perfect final song for the show.

[@clarasmith2506]

❤️❤️💯

[@BarbaraJoanneBJ]

Yes, as someone else wrote, it is Tchaikovsky song.

[@Edenya]

I dont believe the any other nation would ever made a movie about their rivals, treating them with such respect. Americas is a Great Nation. Thank you from Russia. We love you!

[@jeffghant4760]

Edenya Let's see if Mother Russia returns the favor and stop screwing with our elections!!!

[@Edenya]

its false..

[@jeffghant4760]

@@Edenya Fake news!!!

[@Edenya]

@Narthwrongway either. This kind of show about CIA would have made angry a los of citizens.

[@guldukan]

that's difference here in America it's all about what you can sell and this story is powerful and sells nothing to do with bureaucracy or government, in simple words freedom, I know it's difficult to understand

[@clash5j]

Such a great ending. I think Philip and Elizabeth are so conflicted about being back in the Soviet Union. They may have been actively working against the USA for decades, but they are now in a Soviet Union that they no longer recognize and a part of them (particularly Philip) will always view the USA as "home". I think they both enjoyed their fake lives in the USA more than the reality of what their life will be like now. I would say the same thing about spies in the Soviet Union who were actually Americans. I think it's impossible to be amongst "the enemy' for so long a period without beginning to empathize with them and/or become one of them to some extent.

[@JedForge]

Even some undercover cops are broken by "the betrayal" when they have what they need.

[@HT-wn3eh]

I've never been so satisfied with a show's ending before. Still incredible all these years later.

[@raymondsims7042]

Have you watched six feet under?

[@spar0035]

This was NOT satisfying: 1. What happens now with his other son? 2. Will Paige ever learn what murderous bastards her parents really are (especially her mother?) 3. Poor Oleg rots in prison? 4. What happens to Martha, just rotting in Moscow eating baked potatoes for the rest of her life? 5. Is Renee KGB or not? 6. Stan never learns Philip murdered his partner.

[@unmutetv9270]

Technically, Philip didn't murder him. It was self defense. ​@@spar0035

[@hyethga]

@@spar0035 Well, knowing how history turns out the answers to some of these questions are relatively easy to guess. Within four years, the USSR will have collapsed. Oleg will be probably exchanged for any agents apprehend by the Soviets. Both Philip and Elizabeth will try to return to the US first chance they get - maybe even reestablish contact with Paige and Stan. Martha may also hazard to return, regardless of the consequences, and might even claim she was kidnapped, etc. Endless ways of thinking about how it'll all end for our characters.

[@jeremiascauvet8487]

One of the best finales ever

[@coolgabe64]

Not one.... THE

[@rlouie05]

No main characters dying, just the family separating because their world was closing in on mommy and daddy being spies.

[@u121386]

@@rlouie05 Doesn’t make it any less sad

[@SnowTheJamMan]

By far the greatest series finale i have ever seen

[@shades9415]

Watch Breaking Bad.

[@mr_s7815]

Ones love for his or her country is so powerful. Paige chose her love for her country over her parents. Partly she didn’t want to leave her brother but I think more her country.

[@BreakingBadFan2008]

@@shades9415 That finale was trash. Way too predictable and took the safe route. Now if Ozymandias had been the finale...

[@Serching4JerryGarcia]

@@mr_s7815 I think Paige stayed so her brother wouldn't be alone rather than some patriotic reason. Her punishment shouldn't be too severe so she'd still be able to see Henry. I think

[@mr_s7815]

@@Serching4JerryGarcia you may be right she never did fit in too society like Henry did. It was a really good show. Brought me to some really dark thoughts. Have to love shows like that

[@janelovesmskimhyunjoo]

Just finished this episode. I bawled my eyes out. This has got to be one of the most amazing show ever written. I was really rooting for them to have a good ending even though I know that would be impossible (kinda like Jaime and Cersei). I know they did very bad things, killed, screwed over a lot of innocent people along the way but I just can't help but feel sorry for them. Makes me think that all things are not black and white. PS I'll hold on to the thought that, atleast, they still have each other. UGH! It sucks that it ended but this show would forever hold a special place in my heart.

[@bobmiller9967]

The Russian people were a entire nation of a combination of traumatized battered and Helsinki syndrome people with the millions killed first by Stalin in the 30's - then the millions killed in WWII and the oppression Of the KGB. They both kinda lost it at the end - Phillip by walking away and Elizabeth by becoming so ruthless and brutal. You have to understand it was like the Russian people had a bad case of PTSD !

[@totallynameless8861]

@@bobmiller9967 That sounds horrible. I can't imagine what that would have been like.

[@lisadee4490]

one of the most underrated series ever is dunno why just my truth opinion even how much i love most TV series

[@joshuamondebelen1627]

It's better to keep it underrated, only a few can appreciate art.

[@ruksharalam173]

How is it underrated? It has high ratings everywhere + so many awards in their bags ...

[@bunt1691]

It's the most awarded show of all time

[@Glitchfaction]

And there’s that word “underrated”🙄

[@highwind1991]

One of the 10 best television dramas of all time. Honestly this finale was not only my favorite episode of the entire show, but probably my favorite finale of any show period

[@highwind1991]

@Randy White in personal order: Mad Men Mr. Robot Twin Peaks The Sopranos The Wire The Leftovers Better Call Saul The Americans The Shield Hannibal

[@raymondsims7042]

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@highwind1991great great list!!my top ten would be 1. The wire 2. Game of thrones 3. Six feet under 4. Mr robot 5. Dark 6. The boys 7. Breaking bad 8. Succession 9. The Americans 10. Yellowstone Honorable mentions Stranger things Sopranos Mad men Better call Saul Ozark Dexter The shield (the wife and I are watching it rn only on season 2 but season 1 was so excellent it definitely has the potential to be in my top ten)

[@raymondsims7042]

@randywhite3947what’s your top ten?

[@charleshudson5330]

A masterpiece of a series. Intelligently written, superbly acted, with one of the most satisfyingly realistic endings I've ever seen. The continuing lives of all the major characters can be beautifully imagined; everyone has been changed; everyone has a personal story arc.

[@raymondsims7042]

I agree with everything you said mate the Americans is a top ten show ever for me.

[@vitorpaiva4001]

People who look at Philip and Elizabeth as villains working for “the bad side” probably didn’t understand the show

[@larrysizemore6869]

Vítor Paiva can you explain your point? By our standards (Americans at the time) I can see why they would be bad. By their standards I can see why they would be heros.

[@canuck21]

+Vítor Paiva Being from a Communist country, Communists are villains in my book, but I still understand the perspective of Philip and Elizabeth from a human level. They grew up in the Soviet Union and if you know anything about Communism, you'd know that the ideology was instilled in them from childhood. They were misguided but I do see them as genuinely believing they were serving THEIR country and doing the right thing for THEIR country. I sympathize with Philip and Elizabeth on a human level with all its flaws.

[@Nick-kb2jc]

But..they were the bad guys. They committed unspeakable acts. Multiple times. But I still cared about them. That’s why this show is one of the greatest of all time in my opinion. It made me care about its characters. Both the good and the bad ones. It was superb storytelling.

[@lexbor3511]

For me - there is no good or bad side. You serve your country and be a good patriot no matter is your country a brutal communist utopia or a puppet of criminal deep state. You serve your country. Dont like it - sacrifice yourself for a revolution and build a new regime. If not - serve your country no-matter what.

[@vanidhanagamuthu1821]

+Lex Bor what are u talking are u talking sense or not

[@markthomas9534]

The Americans was fantastic I just finished it, i cried my eyeballs out when they called henry. Perfect show perfect ending 10/10

[@UltimateBargains]

I was so amazed at how wonderful and different each of Russell's disguises worked on that show. If I hadn't known better, I would have been fooled into believing each was a different person.

[@famousbowl9926]

What they use nowadays would blow you mind away!

[@nykia31]

In an alternate universe, I imagine maybe 10-15 years, Phil and Elizabeth find their way back to the states and try to reconnect with Paige & Henry. Would love to see how that would play out.

[@TSHEFU]

Henry is probably going to go FBI or CIA and would immediately turn them in lol

[@ramiyanes8607]

I doubt they could ever go back. If they did they would be arrested immediately. Possibly Paige or Henry could visit them in Russia

[@mohammadall6283]

It's not a fantasy land

[@Zay13378]

@@TSHEFU No way he gets in with parents from russia.. after all his parents where the most wanted spies in 87 lol

[@zt2429]

@@ramiyanes8607 Its not like they would go back as Philip & Elizabeth

[@CommanderLongJohn]

Imagine being Stan Beeman, FBI Agent in the mid 80's (the height of the Cold War); your best friend in your whole adult life and his wife for last decade were secretly KGB agents assassinating and stealing top secret info etc in & around D.C., you come to find this out and confront them, only to end up letting them to leave out of the love you still have for Philip & his family deep down (which Stan could literally-legally receive the death penalty for if anyone found out), and in the end you go on to finish raising said KGB agents son, despite that gross betrayal, despite the mountain of lies and anger, despite already having a child of your own and an ex-wife, despite ALL the chaos and death Philip & Elizabeth reigned down.. Stan Beeman, the man of men.

[@thereaper2762]

And despite his ex wife left because he was always so suspicious, so he let his guard down the whole time Phillip and Elizabeth are right there in front of him AND now he feels he's found a new love and guess what, she's quite possibly another KGB agent... (I fully believe she is) Poor guy! And I'm sure these things happened then and still do today and this show had a perfect way of showing every possible scenario and every emotion attached to that situation

[@smithnwesson990]

You can tell how much Philip misses America in this scene. That life became his real life.

[@crystal3160]

He did but towards the end of the season he was warming up to the idea of being in Russia, which was ultimately home for them.

[@bobthestinky7369]

Bet he wishes they had western line dancing in the USSR.

[@emiliamaria5153]

This summer I went to Moscow, and I was in that viewpoint that comes out at the end of the chapter, The americans looking from that viewpoint the beautiful city of Moscow. When I was there, I had the same feeling .

[@Sherlok09]

Yeah, that's a very good choice of place for such scene.

[@goscott444]

_Note to myself!_ #1. Never go into spy work! #2. See #1 🤣

[@naimeshpatel7178]

At the end , individual is No lands man

[@henridenis]

In the real life, regarding the period (80's), as superior officers of the KGB, they became oligarchs. During privatisation of soviet union in 1991, they were promoted "billionaires"...

[@frakkintoasterluvva7920]

They were undercover operatives in the US, who eventually went against the KGB in order to prevent a coup. They aren't people who would become oligarchs, by their occupation or personalities. Elizabeth in particular is an idealist who believed in communism and equality and would despise that way of life. No way would she ever be even interested in that, she would be disgusted. And Philip is only interested in securing a good life for his family, not massive amounts of power - that doesn't interest him.

[@henridenis]

Well, what About I know about the Post soviet oligarchs is : they were kgb's general officers in 1990 ; 260 of them (military and civil officers) had been "promoted billioners" ; they didnt chooze it ; they became "managers but not owners" of public goods passed in private hands ; they were away from politic power (managed at this time by Boris Eltsine, then by Putin) ; they had no business experience ; the one who could have any business management experience where welcome (like Elizabeth and Philips) ; in 1991, most of "promoted oligarchs" where aroud 50 yo (like Elizabeth and Philip) ; 20 % of them were not russians, but georgians (like the majority of kgb's high level officers). These are the reasons, I think They could be "promoted billioners" in the real life. And the real life, Henry and Paige became their private bankers, in charge of their invests across the world ! Sorry for this non-romantic alternative final scene....

[@rlouie05]

If only a new movie could be made out of this that culminated with the collapse of the USSR and then a fast forward to Phil & Libby in disguise seeing their new grand kids!

[@amazingabby25]

Yep exactly

[@anirudharun6546]

PERFECTION... ABSOLUTE PERFECTION. After being 'persona non grata' for twenty years in America, one would feel they would like it back when they come to Russia. But somewhere in their heart, especially Philip, they liked it more in America, they built their lives in America, they raised a family in America, they had a life in America... Now coming back to Russia, they understand that they no longer understand their mother country, being displaced for twenty years, they feel it strange coming back. When they look at the towering lights of Moscow, they realize that they spent their lives fighting for the "idea" of their country, it was a mere conception that was so big and idealistic. They now realise how detached they have become from Russia and "we'll get used to it" is very ironic. Also, I loved how Elizabeth ruminates about choices. "Who knows what would have happened here" is so significant...Just reverse engineer and consider how different their lives would have been if they hadn't been selected for the illegals program...how somebody else would have been Elizabeth and Philip Jennings. This scene subtly drawns on each and every theme the show focused on.

[@bobmiller9967]

Just finished watching - great finale. Bittersweet. Great series!

[@clarasmith2506]

Yeah grate series

[@themoreyouknowfools4974]

One of the smartest shows I've ever seen

[@rlouie05]

Though it'll probably never happen, some of us wouldn't mind if Matthew Rhys & Keri Russell reprise their roles here in the future, perhaps on an FX show?

[@jeffghant4760]

triple_12 The show is over. Find something new to watch.

[@rlouie05]

They bought back Vic Mackey as Milo in Sons of Anarchy, having him kill off Jax Teller, the protagonist of that show no less! Just wondering out loud if the actors can return and subtly hint they're KGB spies, that's all.

[@bentvk2248]

They brought back justified for 1 more season after 8 years. But honestly, I think this is truly the end for "The Americans", especially with the way the world is today 😔

[@rlouie05]

@@bentvk2248 Justified can still come back as long as Timothy Olyphant can act. The question regarding Phillip and Elizabeth is what kind of story those two would tell as older ex-spies still wanted in the USA, where both their children likely get blackballed (at least Paige, Henry will have Stan overseeing him). This renders the above moot unless they're extras in a grander story pitting the USA vs. the former USSR.

[@noface4176]

The real tragedy of this show Everything Absolutely everything all the hardships, the death, the worrying Was all for nothing The country they gave their lives for in only a few years will not exist Such is the same with many soviets

[@arthurfortes8398]

Exactly, but, ironically, If they stayed in their country, It would have been for less than nothing, they would have to see for themselves communism being destroyed in their own country and realize they never ammounted to anything. They were kind of Lucky they were sent to America, because they actually achieved something: To have a life not entirely based on meagningless sacrifices, violence and espionage.

[@mizukami999]

It was not for nothing. We had survived till the moment RUSSIA CHOSE THE PATH OF PHILLIP, not Elizabeth!!!!!

[@mizukami999]

@Raylan Givens But that's exactly what happened: Russia and the Russians chose capitalism and American values. I witnessed the final phase of that transition in early 90s.

[@mizukami999]

​@Raylan Givens Oh, I see. It's also funny how communism privatised all the good values in the USSR. People thought being a communist means being a decent person, to love your country, to work and study, to build a better tomorrow, etc. The problem was, the collapse of communism meant also nearly destroyed these traditional values.

[@pauliewalnuts100]

Oh the feels.

[@ротатоаск]

Chris: "The Russians? They're not all bad." Paulie: "How about the Cuban Missile Crisis? Cocksuckers moved nuclear warheads into Cuba, pointed them right at us." Chris: "That was real? I saw that movie, I thought it was bullshit." *knocks* Valery: "Who is it?" Paulie: "KGB, open up"

[@clarasmith2506]

Yep👏

[@pauliewalnuts100]

@@ротатоаск Classic

[@Jonathan-kz8mr]

I’m glad it finished the way it did , I honestly thought they were going to end up dead and their kids finding out the truth the hard way

[@dylanbollinger6270]

Such an underrated show it’s ridiculous really.

[@michelebartlett3921]

I don't normally like to watch this kind of stuff but I gave the series a try because I am a fan of both Matthew & Keri....it was an outstanding series. Nobody in it could have done a better job!!! Well done!!

[@elibadash7021]

what an episode.. i cant beleive its over. i cry a lot during this episode. :(((

[@Bootmahoy88]

Brilliant. The silence spoke volumes. I can’t adequately describe the constellation of big emotions I felt watching this ending.

[@Tortuosit]

This scene is worth the show alone

[@thenakedsingularity]

Although they are Russian spies, you just have to root for them!

[@jonbilbao2207]

Great ending. I imagine their future life in Moscow as a couple, working together in a state bureau, and finally taking in adoption two russian orphan babies, a boy and a girl

[@clarasmith2506]

Swears that a great ending 😍

[@BucyKalman]

I don't remember the exact timeline in the show but I believe they went back to the USSR around 1987. The USSR began to desintegrate in 1990 and was formally dissolved in 1991, so everything they believed in and fought for simply vanished like that. I wonder how they would react, especially Elizabeth, who was a committed Marxist-Leninist.

[@gainal9080]

Such a poetic, profound piece of art. Best show of all time.

[@TheBombayMasterTony]

8-13-2024. Finished watching this today. Good show.

[@CallieMasters5000]

I would love to see a follow up episode where they showed their life in Russia and if they reunite with the kids and other characters.

[@coolgabe64]

In 10 years or so, yes. Maybe

[@bentvk2248]

Probably not gonna happen tbh

[@Jch79]

The fact that I did NOT like Elizabeth for the entire show, but still wanted to know how her story ended, is a testament to how great of an actress she had playing her.

[@bobmiller9967]

Absolutely loved the series!

[@3monsterbeast]

This show had one of the best endings ever. Beautifully crafted with everything

[@emmalfal]

I just watched the show all the way through for the third time. I thought I remembered it as a solid 8 or 9, but I was wrong. This show is a 10, through and through. It's not just another series about spies, it's so much more than that. It's a history lesson and a deep, deep character study. If ever I've witnessed an actress who was born to play a particular role, it is Kerri Russell in this one. Such a hard and fiercely loyal woman, she didn't have to say anything. The expressions on her face alone told the tale. The same could be said for the actress who plays Martha. Poor, poor Martha.

[@neilpemberton5523]

"They'll remember us" I've just watched this scene for the first time, having just finished the whole series. I got the end of it in just before I had to start work When I get home later I will watch it again, and will be a blubbering mess in seconds. This is one of the great lines of the history of film and TV. So...damn....heartbreaking.

[@aaronvega3822]

It broke my heart too…..especially now that I watched the pilot again, Phillip wanted to defect to the USA with the whole family but Elizabeth didn’t want to. I feel like Phillip knew someday it would come to this, but he’s glad they’ll remember them at least

[@blumax68]

Don't worry Elisabeth and Philip.... 1989 is near!!!

[@edwinmizen8330]

They would hate that

[@sheep3370]

And all their sacrifices and work will be for nothing 😁

[@LukeKetchum7003]

I'm sure they would still be together long after that.

[@zvonimirbrekalo1291]

I see Philip opening the first McDonald's in Moscow.

[@gainal9080]

@@edwinmizen8330 That's their payback.

[@MikeRiderOOO]

“We’ll get use to it.”

[@bobmiller9967]

How many just binge watched on Prime ?

[@c.c8752]

Just watched the ending …Paige 🙄😤

[@twallen44140]

What you get from this show: Every love story is a spy thriller. The secrets and trusts we enter into in a love relationship bind us. Only people who truly understand love, loyalty, betrayal, and family would get this.

[@roblarssen249]

Bold of Elizabeth to assume she would be manager of the factory lol

[@Onigirli]

What do you mean?

[@kabaterineagatha6335]

I loved this show miss it so much

[@TheMrWebas]

Powerfull and emotional moment

[@rakemake4835]

Best tv-serie ever!

[@rosyaruta3698]

Non è stato giusto finire la serie in quel modo straziante!!! Dateci un altra stagione 😭 troppe domande, separati dai figli cosi .....so che rispecchia molte realtà purtroppo ma almeno nei film non lasceteci con l'amaro addosso......fate the Americans 7 per favoreeee ❤❤❤❤😭😭

[@56postoffice]

This show was treated so shockingly bad in the UK schedules. They kept shunting it around on different days. Wished Channel 4 bought it. One of the best US shows in the last 10 years. And the final episode? Choked up. Great ending. Matthew and Keri were excellent.

[@bunt1691]

Amazon prime bro

[@surfacepro3328]

If only GoT had an ending this good Probs to the writer(s) for ending such a complex story this well!

[@mikeholtzclaw3995]

Such a beautiful, sad, poignant ending. They can't know what lies ahead, sooner rather than later, for Russia. They will see their kids again, almost certainly. But when and where and how will it be received?

[@briceswope3800]

The tragedy of the shows ending is here they sacrificed so much and essentially acomplished their mission just for the soviet union to collapse a few months later. What was it for? They sacrificed their family, and their souls piece by piece to ultimately see the complete faliure of their ideals (communism). It's poetic justice I think for everything they did. You wonder if at that moment either of them thought "what life would be like if they would have defected".

[@Ash_Queen16]

You nailed it

[@raghadfaisal1182]

I cried through this entire episode 😔

[@yanbu000]

I heard that Hollywood is thinking about replacing THE AMERICANS with the Second Season of 'Impeachment'. But the First Season of 'Impeachment' was Canceled Due to Poor Ratings

[@richardevans5922]

I wish they would make an ending movie telling what came next, with the end of the Soviet Union, what became of Page and Henry, and how did Elizabeth and Phillip integrate

[@LipeAzzi]

Loved the show finale, but they left ambiguous the fact if Renee was really an KGB agent or not. I was also expecting since season 1 if they would show the ending of USSR and KGB in the early nineties.

[@juliansydney9819]

She wasn’t

[@aaronvega3822]

Just finished the show, and all I could think about was the pilot. When Phillip wanted Elizabeth and kids to make a deal and defect to USA, and how Elizabeth made Phillip feel insane for thinking such a thought. And now, here they are back in a country they hardly remember or can’t even call home. Kids are gone and probably despise them and will be traumatized. Phillip was right to leave it all, because as he said before, all the things they did for the cause was bull shit. At the end it was all for nothing. Tragic but amazing finale.

[@ZsomborCseh]

Hi, Does anyone know what is this beautiful music during this epic ending scene? I have been searching for years now, but couldn't find out. It is not on the official soundrack. Thank you very much for your help!

[@Sophie_kent]

They need to make new episodes. Their life in Russia, Berlin Wall coming down, Russia changing, etc. A continuation.

[@bobmiller9967]

And Oleg would probably get released by Reagan! He did help to save Gorbachev!

[@GracelessTarnished]

They are strangers in a strange land. So sad and poetic. Brilliant finale. What was it all for ?

[@amanrob]

Every time i think of this scene, I wonder how they would've felt knowing that the wall was coming down not long after that. Everything they did in the show was all for nothing in the end.

[@fromnsk]

We will get used to it = привыкнем Language level: Russian

[@Sherlok09]

@joah45 Matthew Rhys did a lot better job with his few Russian lines through the show.

[@smithnwesson990]

@@Sherlok09 he's a Brit. I think Russell is an American

[@coolgabe64]

The best TV show ever.... not even the Sopranos, Breaking Bad or 24 can touch this.... not even close.

[@y2123-l8c]

Nice joke

[@shades9415]

You have zero taste then.

[@andrewpolitsky9474]

Yeah um breaking bad had this show beat. The Wire was superbly written. Way better written than this show

[@MotownGuitarJoe]

Breaking Bad was very good, but overrated.

[@raymondsims7042]

@@MotownGuitarJoewhy do you🤦‍♂️ think breaking bad is “overrated”🤔

[@mightymac63]

"We'll get used to it"-thinking that the timeline here in the finale was late 1987 Two years later in late 1989-the Eastern Bloc countries collapsed/the so called Iron Curtain was gone And in Dec 1991-the old Soviet Union collapsed

[@vanessaives5546]

I feel most sad for the son who they barely paid attention to, at times you'd forget he existed. They tried to make their home country proud and literally sacrificed everything for it, freedom, kids, happiness they could have had it they weren't focused on doing their" job ". I think them dying would have been better, this ending is even more depressing.

[@jacquesmesrine8031]

The other day I played this scene while listening to music (I was absolutely off my tits drunk on wine) and "almost hear you sigh" by the Rolling Stones popped up from the speaker and I had to light a cigarette as it was some sublime moment. You should try it people

[@coldmountain1997]

based

[@seospider]

I want a prologue episode set when the Berlin Wall falls and the Soviet Union breaks up and they realize all their sacrifice and violence committed on behalf of the USSR was for nothing.

[@konskykot]

Мощный финал. Завидуйте молча :)

[@brett8680]

With the dissolution of the USSR in 1991, I like to think the family reconnected.

[@johndavis8669]

I expect the Philips working in the travel industry and likely being rich from it in post soviet era. Probably the philips dying from lung cancer.

[@JessZiggy]

Same 😭

[@ibuprofenPill]

I wonder if there are any sleeper spies who decided they wanted to quit and used their skills to change identities and disappear?

[@NolanHawkeyeAnthony]

When you listen to them speak, in their perfect English accent, you start to believe 2 Americans are being dropped in Russia. OH wait, that's the whole conflict of the show

[@bobmiller9967]

Little did they know the wall would fall in 4 years and they will be able to see their kids again! I

[@dr.pastrami5272]

Dude, they're terrorists and foreign spies with a rap sheet the size of the bible. As far as the FBI is concerned, they can never return or visit the US again. Paige probably got picked up and sent to prison for espionage.

[@genxer1]

Assuming Henry will want to see them after him finding out they were Soviet spies who lied to him his whole life while committing unspeakable acts then abandoned him. He may very well feel like they are complete strangers. Paige will likely still be in prison for espionage.

[@Sermonse01]

1987 Ussr is dying, 1991 it ends It s sad

[@cethegus0815]

Yea, really sad that this system collapsed! It suppressed the russian people and other europeans. I am glad that the west won the cold war and the world got rid of another empire of evil!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@aokiji3379]

@@cethegus0815 AMERICA is the biggest empire of evil next to israel and iran of course

[@smithnwesson990]

@joah45 lol right...I don't see the US sending people to the Gulag for speaking out. The Soviet Union was a joke

[@expendablesubhuman8592]

@@smithnwesson990 Oh yeah because the US totally never tried to kill anyone who tried to speak out about the awful shit that goes on behind the scenes of the government like Edward Snowden or Thomas Drake.

[@frogtownroad9104]

It speaks to how they all did what they did for pretty much, nothing

[@davidhutchinson5233]

I really wish they would do a series about Paige. That would be so cool.

[@genxer1]

I figured she'd end up in a federal penitentiary pretty soon. I wondered what she was thinking when she got off the train and went back. She doesn't have the training, contacts, resources, cover story or experience to survive on her own. They know who she is and what she looks like. They'd catch her and crack her pretty quickly and easily.

[@JONNOG88]

This happened just two months before I was born 😱😨

[@word1013]

finally a visceral enchantment...

[@visi_inspektor_besevic]

Life is a miracle. In couple of years from this scene point the USSR will collapsed and Russia will changed forever. Paige and Henry could come to Russia to reunion with their parents. I would start new season from that point. Elisabeth and Philip still work for the government, new government. Stan is coming to Russia like some security officer of the US embassy and looking to contact Philip and Elizabet who lived in Moscow now. They all countinue with new relations but can't trust each other. So they all play games. Paige and Henry decided to stay at Moscow with their parents but Phil and Elisabeth can't trust even them. So the spy drama countinues. :)

[@rlouie05]

Too complex and unrealistic. Not enough cat and mouse, plus Moscow or another Russian city as a long-term backdrop might not appeal to enough American viewers over time. The original FX series worked because you had the 1980s as a backdrop and actual history as a side story to their spy games.

[@preggioperson]

The mood music is very appropriate.

[@JohnLutherable]

Elizabeth and her unflinching patriotism, iron will and all around balls of titanium made me fear for Philip more than once, especially when he started to waver. I seriously think she could have killed him if the mission asked for it

[@sammiepittman3130]

I always admired that about her. I really thought she was going to kill him at one point

[@sammiepittman3130]

Lord Farquaad Ive never been that dedicated to something. Where you would risk everything for your beliefs. And she was brave. To leave your country and be dropped in the middle of a place that you basically hate forced to pretend like you’re enjoying the spoils of capitalism when it makes you sick to your stomach. Then you’ve got kids who don’t understand what it’s like to grow up with it. I find it admirable of her. we could go back and forth all day wether or not they were fighting for anything worth saving but you can’t ignore those character traits. I mean if I had her tenacity I think i’d be able to get absolutely anything done.

[@sammiepittman3130]

Lord Farquaad all that is anecdotal 🤷🏾‍♀️. I said you could argue all day about her motives and morals. But I like her as a female lead on this show. She’s badass and I appreciate that

[@clarasmith2506]

🔥🔥😍💯

[@Павел-ц7у8д]

Если бы на финальных кадрах взялись за руки и заиграла бы Where is my mind - Pixies был бы шедевр, мать его!

[@hgdhdsb67756.]

Точно!

[@MsBAMF19]

Could you upload the scene prior where Tchaikovsky’s None but the Lonely Heart plays throughout?

[@mvrp94]

EthnicThunder you can find it here kzbin.info/www/bejne/r4TQm2yfna-krLc

[@scottwallace1]

EthnicThunder God yes, I love that.

[@KevinJantunen]

Does anyone know the name of this beautiful song that is playing in this scene?

[@serenabramble260]

It's definitely score by Nathan Barr. Unfortunately not included on the official soundtrack to the show since that only went up to season 5. Maybe in the future another volume will be released.

[@Blackmessa6868]

I like that it shows how they left everything to go to the USA and now left everything to go back to the USSR.