The irony of this scene is that Stan has the gun pointed at Phillip as if he is the greatest threat when in reality Elizabeth would slit his throat in a split second if she could, while Phillip is extremely hesitant as a KGB agent at this point. And the fact that they deny killing anyone… let’s not forget Amador.
"And the fact that they deny killing anyone…" They're keeping up appearances for Paige, they're still keeping her in the dark about this part of their job.
Not only did they deny killing for Paige, but she mentioned in another scene that she knew when Elizabeth lied. That means that in that moment she learned the truth fully. Good writing
@@deljay1840the missus and I are watching the shield right now we’re on season 2. Season 1 was excellent this show has the potential to make my top ten best shows. If you had to make which show is better the Americans or the shield which one would you pick?
Philip is the ultimate secret agent. He manipulated Stan with the power of words alone. Appealed to his emotions, denied the killings, called him his best friend (which was genuine) and even threw in that line about Renee to humanise him and his wife more. Elizabeth is the mean killing machine, but Philip is the better spy. As they said multiple times throughout the show, Philip was incredibly smart and gifted as a young kid.
Philip was just being honest for the most part. At least as honest as he had ever been with Stan. The fact he warned Stan about Renee shows that he really did consider him his best friend. I mean he left his own son in Stan's care. He wouldn't do that if he didn't fully trust him.
I agree, sir. I mean the betrayal, the devastation he felt - him thinking he was a great American neighbor and his friend... it was all a lie. He gets divorced, trying to maintain a relationship with his son, trying his hand at dating again.... the ONLY thing he had was his friend; his neighbor. And then he finds out that its all a lie. His friend is a spy. I mean... that hits him like a freight train. We totally felt that. You know its class A1 acting when you feel the character's pain. No one can tell me they didnt feel sorry for Stan.
@@tellurye and then, because he’s not having a bad enough night, he finds out his wife is also proooooobably a spy too. Someone give my boy a hug and a beer, seriously
@@esseeedeenah. It ain't that kind of show. You know this is coming from the opening scene. What else is going to happen? Stan never finds out? For the rest of their lives? Come on. The question is not "if". It's "when". The whole show long people are coming close to finding our, or finding out. It's all about preserving their covers. And how far they'll go to do so. As far as necessary. Would they sacrifice their children? Good question! Watch and find out. Does Stan ever find out? I mean, maybe not by the end of the show. But in life? Really? Idk maybe it's just me. I was wondering how they're going to handle it and what they're going to do when he finds out. Presumably try to work him like they worked everybody else. 😊
As a viewer you really knew it was over when Phillip said "we had a job to do"....but then Stan let them walk and again I fellt tense as it wasnt over just yet for the Americans. Really thought they would get arrested
In all honesty this was so sad. Stan really was a lonely man who made his job his life and the one person he actually thought he could open up with and be friends with turned out to be the man he was after the whole time
I still cannot get out of my head that if Paige said that she was pregnant, this entire situation would have been averted. Would have been off the wall, for sure
Over the years, several US intelligence officers that have some internet visibility either thru book releases, or podcasts, or youtube videos, have stated that this show is the most realistic tv depiction of how intelligence operations actually work and life as a spy really was. None of that Jason Bourne, James Bond bullshit, this is what the cold war looked like between the officers of the CIA/NSA/DIA and the GRU/KGB/FSB and their assets looked like.
The brilliant thing about this scene is that what saves the Jennings isn't their KGB training, it's the emotional intelligence and sensitivity Philip learned from EST. He manages to get Stan to shift from FBI agent mode ("get down on the ground, hands where I can see them...) to the man who was their friend and neighbor ("...and Matthew?"). FBI Special Agent Beeman wanted to bust two KGB illegals but Stan wanted to know why his best friend had betrayed him. Philip revealing himself to Stan basically neutralized his desire to do his job, which is why he let them go. He was dumbstruck by hearing Philip being emotionally honest about how sad his life was and that Stan was his only true friend.
Nice analysis. Definitely hurts for Stan and even the stoic KGB agents themselves. It shows that even the ruthless KGB are humans and are not blindly loyal to the CPSU.
Exactly! This is what the whole EST subplot leads up to, but it was very subtle. And Stan would've poked through it if he'd stayed in EST and did the follow up courses too.
Phillip and Elizabeth were guilty of espionage, but Paige was an American citizen, which made her guilty of treason. She was toast, If she was smart she fled to Argentina to live with Pastor Tim's family.
@@neilpemberton5523 And her life wouldn't be worth a plugged nickel. Nor would her parents' lives, if only to send a message to other spies.about their family's safety. She would have been better off if she had fled to Russia with her folks.
Treason is only applicable in wartime, and the US was not at war with the USSR, so Paige would not be guilty of treason. A famous real world example is the Rosenbergs (US citizens caught spying for the Soviets in the 50’s). They were executed for espionage, not treason. Also, regardless of her citizenship, the daughter of spies would not be punished more severely than the spies themselves, obviously.
I'm STILL devastated from not having been able to see the final series!! Brilliant, tense acting, addictive and intriguing storyline and authentic pathos - the yin & yang of life in a relentless pressure cooker!
Love the plot armor of how Stan suspected his neighbors but never, ever thought of simply showing the driver of the car a PICTURE of his neighbors....after the FBI agents were killed in Chicago.
It took me a full year before I could bear to hear what the dialogue was in this scene. It was just TOO gut wrenching a situation. I muted the sound to see the result, but hearing Stan FINALLY realize and confront the betrayal was just too overwhelming in the moment. I never experienced anything like that (just can't bear to hear it) before or since. One of the best EVER TV series right up there with "Breaking Bad" .
Noah Emmerich say's "It's over" very well. If that doesn't come across as a game changer the whole premise is lost. And it's only two short words. Grant you it has to be the environment (the stillness, the carpark) and the reaction of Phillip and Elizabeth as well. But a critical moment dependant on the delivery of those two clicheed words. Kudos.
It was so eerie watching this after Breaking Bad and the parallels between Walt and Hank versus Phillip and Stan and the heartbreak and betrayal felt by both cops. You can feel it.
I can see it too. I think the biggest difference between the two is one is self sacrifice, the other is self sabotage. The Jennings were born into this life, that was their job. Walt was a guy with cancer that eventually became a cancer to everyone. He did it for shits and giggles, telling himself he was doing it for his family.
I always thought Philip had a more significant relationship with Stan than with Elizabeth. I would have written the ending differently, with Elizabeth siding with Claudia against Gorbachev, and Philip working with Stan. One of them would have no choice but to kill Elizabeth in the end.
@@srinikethkrishnan8878 *I'm disappointed they didn't really explore more into that story. He just sort of appeared and then never talked about again.*
Stan was such a nice guy. Also the most clueless FBI agent there ever was, but still a nice guy. He put Oleg Burov behind bars for the rest of his life, but he lets them walk? Please.
@@AzNightmare OH, I am watching this episode right now and I thought the same thing as you immediately. She was too eager and willing to date Beeman and move in. The way they trained the camera on her at the end as she looks on and then goes into the house...says it all. That look on her face says "My turn"
This was the only way it could have ended. It would have been such a copout if the series ended with a shootout. For as intense and high-body count the series has been up until this point, the big climax was an emotional appeal.
now this is one of the best shows ever and imo possibly the finest final episode/conclusion that's ever been done. it all made sense. it was powerful, and it left you wondering about characters futures. i draw a parallel to this show and the west wing in their handling of opposition. the west wing showed republicans and democrats as true believers that loved their country. most times at odds, but not always. the americans does that with the soviets and the fbi. neither are villains, they just believe and have a job to do in service of that belief. the central plot of the series is this couples dilemma and personal struggle of originally being soviet believers, but slowly becoming american. being the parents of born and raised americans, who know nothing of their parents true selves.
I too appreciate the parallel between FIBBIES and KGB, now FSB, and between US and USSR, but instead of perceiving neither as villainous, both are villains.
Stan, "maybe you got this backstopped but I'm not some traffic cop." Philip should have replied, "That's funny, because maybe a traffic cop having lived opposite a KGB agent for 5yrs would have figured something was up."
Why would you spoil this in the title? I'm actually so mad. I'm still in the second season and this just showed up on my home page. Is it really necessary to ruin season's long build up for a cheap click on a RUclips clip? Whoever manages this RUclips account should be fired. This is just idiotic.
"We had a job to do."
What a line. It’s not sophisticated or flowery or anything. It’s just timing and delivery. And Matthew Rhys, of course.
The irony of this scene is that Stan has the gun pointed at Phillip as if he is the greatest threat when in reality Elizabeth would slit his throat in a split second if she could, while Phillip is extremely hesitant as a KGB agent at this point. And the fact that they deny killing anyone… let’s not forget Amador.
and the us kills no one n think fred hampton malcolm x the list is horrific so a little humility!
"And the fact that they deny killing anyone…"
They're keeping up appearances for Paige, they're still keeping her in the dark about this part of their job.
Not only did they deny killing for Paige, but she mentioned in another scene that she knew when Elizabeth lied. That means that in that moment she learned the truth fully. Good writing
@@oscarNL I like the idea that they lied about it because Paige was there, because we know they killed an absurd number of people
Amador fucked up. It was his fault. Stalking Martha like a jealous psycho and then being beaten in a street fight with his own knife.
Most underrated show of all time 🙌
This and 'The Shield'
Right?!?!
@@deljay1840the missus and I are watching the shield right now we’re on season 2. Season 1 was excellent this show has the potential to make my top ten best shows. If you had to make which show is better the Americans or the shield which one would you pick?
This show is not underrated.
Who is underrating it? Give me names.
Philip is the ultimate secret agent. He manipulated Stan with the power of words alone. Appealed to his emotions, denied the killings, called him his best friend (which was genuine) and even threw in that line about Renee to humanise him and his wife more.
Elizabeth is the mean killing machine, but Philip is the better spy. As they said multiple times throughout the show, Philip was incredibly smart and gifted as a young kid.
The difference between proficiency in the role vs understanding the fundamentals.
Nah Phillip is too conflicted and fickle. Give me a true believer like Elizabeth any day.
Philip was just being honest for the most part. At least as honest as he had ever been with Stan. The fact he warned Stan about Renee shows that he really did consider him his best friend. I mean he left his own son in Stan's care. He wouldn't do that if he didn't fully trust him.
"You made my life a joke" is one of the most devastating line deliveries I have ever heard. Devastates me every time.
I agree, sir. I mean the betrayal, the devastation he felt - him thinking he was a great American neighbor and his friend... it was all a lie. He gets divorced, trying to maintain a relationship with his son, trying his hand at dating again.... the ONLY thing he had was his friend; his neighbor. And then he finds out that its all a lie. His friend is a spy. I mean... that hits him like a freight train. We totally felt that. You know its class A1 acting when you feel the character's pain. No one can tell me they didnt feel sorry for Stan.
@@tellurye and then, because he’s not having a bad enough night, he finds out his wife is also proooooobably a spy too. Someone give my boy a hug and a beer, seriously
@@zachflag6506 Oh man thats right I forgot about that !
@@tellurye my man WENT THROUGH IT
@@telluryeI love how Noah Emmerich delivered this scene
Some of the best acting in television history! Was speechless throughout the whole scene. So tense and emotional.
Agreed
This scene is so brilliant.
The last season of “The Americans” was some powerful television.
Stan Beeman: "You made my life a joke."
Hank Schrader: "Could be worse!"
the similarities between the two lol
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Also, the Warden (Pope) from Prison Break. 😂
But, he gets fooled in the first season itself.
If you are planning to watch this show. Skip every other plans just watch it.
Kinda sucks they just watched the big scene the whole show builds up to.
@@esseeedeenah. It ain't that kind of show. You know this is coming from the opening scene. What else is going to happen? Stan never finds out? For the rest of their lives? Come on. The question is not "if". It's "when".
The whole show long people are coming close to finding our, or finding out. It's all about preserving their covers. And how far they'll go to do so. As far as necessary. Would they sacrifice their children? Good question! Watch and find out.
Does Stan ever find out? I mean, maybe not by the end of the show. But in life? Really? Idk maybe it's just me.
I was wondering how they're going to handle it and what they're going to do when he finds out. Presumably try to work him like they worked everybody else. 😊
This scene made me cry
As a viewer you really knew it was over when Phillip said "we had a job to do"....but then Stan let them walk and again I fellt tense as it wasnt over just yet for the Americans. Really thought they would get arrested
It was an insult that this show did not win more Awards. Getting to watch this and Vikings...those were the days.
I remember literally gasping the first time I watched this when Phillip said "we had a job to do"
It's been years since I watched this but what about that line was so shocking to you?
@@SpookyTranit’s a good line but yeah there isn’t anything shocking about it 😂it’s not like it was some big plot twist/reveal or something.
This is THE BEST SCENE in the whole series. Stan's realization is so heartbreaking and at the same time, the love between these guys is so amazing.
This was by FAR the most incredible show I’ve ever seen. I wish the6 would make a sequel and show their lives in Russia after they left America.
or a prequel about them building their lives in America, wouldn't be the same though it would be made now so it would be a mess.
I'd like to see what happened to Paige and Henry.
They can't do a sequel because they are probably dead.
They could do a prequel though of their training, etc.
@@normancarter5419a one season miniseries would be pretty interesting imo
@@raymondsims7042 Yes, that would be a good alternative.
this was one of the best shows of all time. and the ending was actually totally satisfying and tied everything up.
Truman's friend Marlon gets a dose of his own medicine.
Unreal comment.
I came here to make this comment. well done.
In all honesty this was so sad. Stan really was a lonely man who made his job his life and the one person he actually thought he could open up with and be friends with turned out to be the man he was after the whole time
Rewatched this tonight. Still a punch to the gut as when I first saw it.
I still cannot get out of my head that if Paige said that she was pregnant, this entire situation would have been averted. Would have been off the wall, for sure
Literally popped into my head the minute the "you're going home for a stomach ache" was said. D'oh!
The train scene following devastated me. I felt I needed counseling.
The look on Elizabeth’s face as the train pulled away. She deserved an Emmy for that moment alone.
Over the years, several US intelligence officers that have some internet visibility either thru book releases, or podcasts, or youtube videos, have stated that this show is the most realistic tv depiction of how intelligence operations actually work and life as a spy really was. None of that Jason Bourne, James Bond bullshit, this is what the cold war looked like between the officers of the CIA/NSA/DIA and the GRU/KGB/FSB and their assets looked like.
The brilliant thing about this scene is that what saves the Jennings isn't their KGB training, it's the emotional intelligence and sensitivity Philip learned from EST.
He manages to get Stan to shift from FBI agent mode ("get down on the ground, hands where I can see them...) to the man who was their friend and neighbor ("...and Matthew?").
FBI Special Agent Beeman wanted to bust two KGB illegals but Stan wanted to know why his best friend had betrayed him. Philip revealing himself to Stan basically neutralized his desire to do his job, which is why he let them go. He was dumbstruck by hearing Philip being emotionally honest about how sad his life was and that Stan was his only true friend.
Nice analysis. Definitely hurts for Stan and even the stoic KGB agents themselves.
It shows that even the ruthless KGB are humans and are not blindly loyal to the CPSU.
Exactly!
This is what the whole EST subplot leads up to, but it was very subtle.
And Stan would've poked through it if he'd stayed in EST and did the follow up courses too.
@@Gillan1220 Elizabeth kinda is
"You were my best friend."
"You were mine, too."
Phenomenal. Simply phenomenal.
One of the best scenes in one of the best shows ever
My heart broke watching this
Phillip and Elizabeth were guilty of espionage, but Paige was an American citizen, which made her guilty of treason. She was toast, If she was smart she fled to Argentina to live with Pastor Tim's family.
If she'd come clean about EVERYTHING, her time to be served would be reduced, if the Intel gained led to the arrest of other Russian agents.
@@neilpemberton5523 And her life wouldn't be worth a plugged nickel. Nor would her parents' lives, if only to send a message to other spies.about their family's safety. She would have been better off if she had fled to Russia with her folks.
That's IF Stan tells about how she knew, which he didn't, because he let them go and Paige, as far as he knew, hadn't actually DONE anything.
Treason is only applicable in wartime, and the US was not at war with the USSR, so Paige would not be guilty of treason. A famous real world example is the Rosenbergs (US citizens caught spying for the Soviets in the 50’s). They were executed for espionage, not treason.
Also, regardless of her citizenship, the daughter of spies would not be punished more severely than the spies themselves, obviously.
I'm STILL devastated from not having been able to see the final series!! Brilliant, tense acting, addictive and intriguing storyline and authentic pathos - the yin & yang of life in a relentless pressure cooker!
Love the plot armor of how Stan suspected his neighbors but never, ever thought of simply showing the driver of the car a PICTURE of his neighbors....after the FBI agents were killed in Chicago.
Imagine being an Emmy voter and not nominating Noah Emmerich for this performance. Maybe the greatest snub in awards history
he had to do something after Truman found out the truth
great show
Coming back to this after the prison swap between the US and Russia
"...we had a job to do." You can feel the relief in Phillip's voice with being able to finally let go and be honest, after years of secrecy.
The Americans is a Top 5 TV Drama. One of the best shows I have seen outside of Breaking Bad and Six Feet Under.
Nice choices! I'd add Madmen and Rome.
It took me a full year before I could bear to hear what the dialogue was in this scene. It was just TOO gut wrenching a situation. I muted the sound to see the result, but hearing Stan FINALLY realize and confront the betrayal was just too overwhelming in the moment. I never experienced anything like that (just can't bear to hear it) before or since. One of the best EVER TV series right up there with "Breaking Bad" .
We don’t kill people, Jesus! lmao
Noah Emmerich say's "It's over" very well. If that doesn't come across as a game changer the whole premise is lost. And it's only two short words. Grant you it has to be the environment (the stillness, the carpark) and the reaction of Phillip and Elizabeth as well. But a critical moment dependant on the delivery of those two clicheed words. Kudos.
This is the saddest scene in the series, and it delivered fully.
The saddest thing about betrayal is that it never comes from your enemies.
Nothing hurts more knowing your best friend is against what you work and stand for.
Isso vale para os dois lados hahaha 😅
You notice how Eliizabeth says were not doing that and then no one does it.
One of the great shows ever! I was disappointed that he let them go at the end!
Might be the best drama show ever. Up there with The Wire and The Sopranos
Definitely the Americans is in my top ten shows ever. I’d say the wire is clear cut number 1 though.
honorable mention to homeland imo
At the center of every great TV show is a friendship between two men. This one is a heartbreaker
It was so eerie watching this after Breaking Bad and the parallels between Walt and Hank versus Phillip and Stan and the heartbreak and betrayal felt by both cops. You can feel it.
I can see it too. I think the biggest difference between the two is one is self sacrifice, the other is self sabotage. The Jennings were born into this life, that was their job. Walt was a guy with cancer that eventually became a cancer to everyone. He did it for shits and giggles, telling himself he was doing it for his family.
Heartbreaking. Stan was such a good guy and he thought he finally had a best friend.
I always thought Philip had a more significant relationship with Stan than with Elizabeth. I would have written the ending differently, with Elizabeth siding with Claudia against Gorbachev, and Philip working with Stan. One of them would have no choice but to kill Elizabeth in the end.
Will Fx bring this show back? I want to know what happened to Paige, Henry & Martha. 🙏
And Stan
No. No reason to risk it
And Misha Jr.
@@srinikethkrishnan8878 Yes, thank you! “Phillips” son!
@@srinikethkrishnan8878 *I'm disappointed they didn't really explore more into that story. He just sort of appeared and then never talked about again.*
This is what building a family business looks like.
The level of betrayal Stan must had felt.
Una delle più belle serie Tv che abbia mai visto !!!
This is what happens when you lie to TRUMAN, you were his best friend too! Karma exists!
Stan was such a nice guy. Also the most clueless FBI agent there ever was, but still a nice guy. He put Oleg Burov behind bars for the rest of his life, but he lets them walk? Please.
Perfect
I so much wanted Stan to arrest them both.
8-13-2024. Good scene.
Why did Stan let them go??
This is the best way of ending the series is when he found out his neighbor were spies
*And IMO, I'm still a believer his mysterious gf is a planted spy as well.*
@@AzNightmare OH, I am watching this episode right now and I thought the same thing as you immediately. She was too eager and willing to date Beeman and move in. The way they trained the camera on her at the end as she looks on and then goes into the house...says it all. That look on her face says "My turn"
How about a revisit where we find out what happened to them all after Elizabth and Michael went back to Russia - "Where are they now?"
I was hoping Stan was going to shoot them both but alas, not to be.
If Paige hadn’t been there it likely ended differently. But I would imagine one of the couple would survive while Stan got the other.
This was the only way it could have ended. It would have been such a copout if the series ended with a shootout. For as intense and high-body count the series has been up until this point, the big climax was an emotional appeal.
Now imagine this as the ending of Spy x Family
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now this is one of the best shows ever and imo possibly the finest final episode/conclusion that's ever been done. it all made sense. it was powerful, and it left you wondering about characters futures. i draw a parallel to this show and the west wing in their handling of opposition. the west wing showed republicans and democrats as true believers that loved their country. most times at odds, but not always. the americans does that with the soviets and the fbi. neither are villains, they just believe and have a job to do in service of that belief. the central plot of the series is this couples dilemma and personal struggle of originally being soviet believers, but slowly becoming american. being the parents of born and raised americans, who know nothing of their parents true selves.
I too appreciate the parallel between FIBBIES and KGB, now FSB, and between US and USSR, but instead of perceiving neither as villainous, both are villains.
The way things are going now, you gotta wonder who's out there from Russia.
The way things are going now, you gotta wonder who's out there from The United States.
You mean from Israel?
Stan, "maybe you got this backstopped but I'm not some traffic cop."
Philip should have replied, "That's funny, because maybe a traffic cop having lived opposite a KGB agent for 5yrs would have figured something was up."
I don't know if that would have been the right reply in that situation hahaha. Funny one brother!
Why would you spoil this in the title?
I'm actually so mad. I'm still in the second season and this just showed up on my home page. Is it really necessary to ruin season's long build up for a cheap click on a RUclips clip? Whoever manages this RUclips account should be fired. This is just idiotic.
when your the sopranos but you didn't run out off ideas
Lol huh?😂😂why do you think the sopranos ran out of ideas? What gave you that impression?
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