Had time to mull over things a bit longer now, and despite my upset over Oleg -awful for our last sight of him to be him alone in that cell -I think this was the perfect ending for the series.
All the way through I was tense, waiting for something violent and terrible to happen (I also thought the Jenningses, and Arkady would be shot in that final scene, am so glad the show eschewed such melodramatics) and it didn't, but there was still terrible violence done - emotional violence, that is. All through the series, Philip and Elizabeth have been wreaking it on others, now they're suffering it themselves, losing their children in this way. Yet they still have each other, so at least - unlike Paige, unlike Oleg - they're not alone. Maybe Philip will re-connect with his brother and finally might Mischa Jnr. Maybe Philip and Elizabeth will meet Gabriel again. They're not completely alone and without resources in Moscow at least (though here's hoping they never bump into Martha).
I'm glad Henry and Stan have each other, but poor Paige! What will become of her? I do understand why she made the choice she did, but her future looks pretty bleak to me.
Loved that the Renee affair was left ambiguous, though undecided whether it was cruel of Philip to tell Stan about his suspicions.
Damn, I'm going to miss this show. And I'm going to miss talking about it afterwards on this community. It's been such a pleasure over the years. Thank you, all.
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All the way through I was tense, waiting for something violent and terrible to happen (I also thought the Jenningses, and Arkady would be shot in that final scene, am so glad the show eschewed such melodramatics) and it didn't, but there was still terrible violence done - emotional violence, that is. All through the series, Philip and Elizabeth have been wreaking it on others, now they're suffering it themselves, losing their children in this way. Yet they still have each other, so at least - unlike Paige, unlike Oleg - they're not alone. Maybe Philip will re-connect with his brother and finally might Mischa Jnr. Maybe Philip and Elizabeth will meet Gabriel again. They're not completely alone and without resources in Moscow at least (though here's hoping they never bump into Martha).
I'm glad Henry and Stan have each other, but poor Paige! What will become of her? I do understand why she made the choice she did, but her future looks pretty bleak to me.
Loved that the Renee affair was left ambiguous, though undecided whether it was cruel of Philip to tell Stan about his suspicions.
Damn, I'm going to miss this show. And I'm going to miss talking about it afterwards on this community. It's been such a pleasure over the years. Thank you, all.