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>Otherwise, I don't think that Oleg should have been the only >one who ended up being screwed in this whole endeavor. It >didn't need to end in hail of bullets, but I think all things >considered, all the Russians and/or spies not named or related >to Oleg got off relatively easy. Yes, Phillips and Elizabeth >never get to see their children again, but as they said, their >kids are grown and would be living their own lives. And the >idea that they did the right thing at the end washes away all >of their sins doesn't really hold to me, considered what ended >up happening to Oleg.
I saw no absolution at the end, self-given or otherwise. If anything, thought it was close to The Shield finale. The one thing that was good in their lives-- their kids-- have been lost forever because of everything they've done. I thought the McDonalds moment and Liz's dream underscored that fact nicely. They'll forever be stuck in this purgatory between worlds, their bodies in one place, their hearts in another. The last two lines alternating languages I thought underscored that idea nicely too.
>I also get that Paige wasn't cut out for living in Russia, but >the idea that she was going to be able to just live her normal >twentysomething life at the end doesn't really feel true.
I *definitely* didn't get this out of Paige's finest beat. I think Paige has no idea how to proceed whatsoever-- she just knew that the one thing she needed to do was stay for Henry. They set up pretty effectively that she lost trust in her mom an episode or two ago, she likely suspects that her parents are the murderers Stan accused them of being, and when facing the prospect of saying goodbye to Henry, she literally can't do it, both in that moment and in life. That moment of Paige with the shot wasn't one of "whew, dodged a bullet there" imo. It was a "this'll be impossibly hard" moment.
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