Where things go from here: speculation and musing

[jae]

In their post-season-finale interviews, the showrunners have been very consistent about not wanting to speculate about what happens to any of the characters after the events of the finale, and have repeatedly said that it's now up to audience members to decide those things for themselves. Of course, to be consistent with both the nature and the tone of the show, any future imagined developments should probably be a) realistic (both in the sense of "consistent with reality" and in the sense of "psychologically viable for that person at that time"), and b) a mixture of melancholic and hopeful. But even within those parameters there are an awful lot of possible outcomes, and there are an awful lot of characters who those possible outcomes could happen to, as well.

So what do you think happens next? For any of the characters, and at any point in time after when the finale ends?

Comments

[sistermagpie]

I know intellectually that I should feel that way about fanfic but it's never my experience when it comes to futurefic.

The sequel talk really makes me nervous. I know it'll never happen but it bothers me to hear people suggest something so terrible. Not only does it undo the great ending but it's so absurd to pretend that these are actually ideas for sequels. They're obviously not show ideas. What they are are ideas for a fanfic someone might write.

[jae]

I know, right? They are terrible show ideas!

I hope the spinoff people decide to just go and write their own versions of those stories (at least in their heads) instead.

-J

[sistermagpie]

I feel like if they tried even a little they might realize that there is no story there and what they're really saying is just that the ending was good and made it feel like the characters will live on once the show is over!

[quantumreality]

A SPINOFF PLS TELL ME MORE

[treonb]

The story of a family of Russian spies set in modern times?

Edit: there was actually an Israeli show about that, The Gordin Cell, which I once subtitled. It was adapted in the US as "Allegiance", but I barely got past the first five minutes of that one.

[quantumreality]

I've watched Allegiance! :D

In fact one of the characters in it was in The Americans, too. :P

[sistermagpie]

Oh yeah! It was the guy who was the husband of the dying artist last season, right?

[treonb]

I don't know if this was discussed here in the past, but googling around I discovered there's also a Russian-version of the Americans. But I can't find it with English subtitles.

http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/03/23/the-next-must-watch-tv-show-is-russias-version-of-the-americans/

[jae]

Wow! It doesn't actually sound that much like The Americans at all, but it does sound interesting.

-J

[jae]

Take any bad fanfiction idea that might occur to someone. Someone in the fanbase has suggested it as a spinoff. That's the extent of the "spinoff news." :P

-J