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

Re: Oleg, Martha

[soupytwist]

It's funny AND tragic! Poor Oleg.

It has just occurred to me that I bet the deciding factor in which road he goes down there is... his child. I bet that kid is going to have some trouble adjusting to a world where dad just came back from the metaphorically-dead, but if it goes OK, I think Oleg could embrace that and the new Russia and try to put the past behind him. If that does not work so well, I think Oleg would have a really hard time getting over that.

(WHY DOES THIS SHOW MAKE ME BREAK MY OWN HEART OMG.)