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I think the final sentence she said to him was in Russian.

Here is Holly Taylor's theories about the future of Paige (no, I don't care what she thinks, but here are possibilities): www.vulture.com/2018/05/holly-taylor-paige-jennings-future.html

I'll post Holly Taylor's theories about Paige's future over in the Media thread. But here also: www.vulture.com/2018/05/holly-taylor-paige-jennings-future.html

So, it was the trip to McDonald's that convinced Philip to stay with his family, after seeing the happy family eating its Happy Meals. Very Russian: "Happy families are all alike. Each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." (Opening of Tolstoy, Anna Karenina)

Aderholt showed the photos to Father Andrei -- we saw them, also.

Hey, the Chekhov cyanide pill was never deployed, just buried in earth.

It was a little bit of Manchurian Candidate, wasn't it? The secret trigger Stan did not know was there, but Philip did.

When Philip suddenly gave up in the garage and said "We just had a job to do" -- Elizabeth gave him such a look, which said "Interesting choice. Honesty." And argggh, Philip perfectly playing Stan -- "You should have stayed in EST. If you stayed in EST, you'd know what to do." Who is the better operative, Stan or Philip? Philip, hands down.

Just rewatching the garage scene -- and I half-expected Elizabeth to run over Stan and then back over him. But I knew he had a later scene with Aderholt. Old version Elizabeth would have killed Stan.

I disagree. He told Aderholt about the Jenningses before there was any suspicion of them. However, this could affect Renee's chances at the HR job...

He will have a chance to do heavy-duty snooping for her background check for her job interview next week!

By the way, that was Tschaikovsky -- lonely, alone Tschaikovsky-- that was playing as she guzzled the vodka.

"Never heard of them. We don't kill people."

They just abandoned so much of what happened to Stan, Philip, Elizabeth in earlier seasons -- Stan needed to know that Philip Killed AMador, and that he (Stan) had shot Elizabeth. And he investigated so many of their operations. I did not expect the finale to cove it all, but really thought Stan would be in a position to find out more in interrogation. And I really thought there would be a shred of hope for Oleg. I am not a bit worried about Henry or Paige. Stan will certainly take care of Henry, and Paige deserves whatever. Philip and Elizabeth can certainly call Henry and Paige from Russia -- they just can't go back to the U.S. or countries that would extradite them. Honestly, Paige does not know much at all -- just learned how to do surveillance, and learned bits and pieces of the fairy tales of politics that Elizabeth told her. At least Henry does not know his parents actually were murderers. Stavos! Will he find out the truth? The travel agency is certainly done; all records carted off by the FBI by the time everyone shows up for work the next day.

I am STILL waiting for the FBI to realize there was a murder of a Russian agent in the process of trying to kill a Russian diplomat. You'd think that would be news, in the middle of hunting for Russians. Oleg still does not know about Tatiana.

When we met Stan, he had PTSD from his undercover operation. How will he react to all this betrayl and the Renee uncertainty, once he has time to catch his breath? Poor Henry, get one non-speaking scene of reaction, shaking his head.

Oh, Philip and Elizabeth REALLY played Stan -- "We don't kill people." He will never know what he let them get away with. And he saw her vicious work.

I wondered about that -- maybe it was a scene from another episode -- it was in the season trailer.

Well, and Arkady is expecting to be picked up himself -- I thought it might end with that.

Oleg, no, left in a cell..... He deserved better. I simply cannot believe, "after all this time," Stan, that you let them go. Well, it was an ending -- but so many questions remain.

No happy ending for OLEG, though. What a bummer.

I never thought they would get back to Russia.

No chalk mark at the end. But Renee is left as a question mark...

Stan is looking out the window, and knows there is nothing to see. How long does he sit there instead of heading back to the headquarters? I think about an hour to ninety minutes of time has elapsed on the show itself.

That was a little ring ceremony that was like a little wedding renewal. Awww.