The Americans
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Pros
- The Americans has the best series finale I’ve ever seen. The whole show I kept thinking “how can this possibly end in a satisfactory way??” and then the way it did was just so phenomenally perfect and avoided every cliche I worried it mi...
- Genuinely the best series finale I’ve ever seen. The whole show I kept thinking, how can this possibly end?? And then it ends in a way that is both completely unexpected and somehow inevitable. So, so good.
- You definitely should! Both he and Keri Russell are phenomenal.
- Matthew Rhys is such a great actor. In both this and The Americans, he’s so good at the “nice guy quickly turned terrifying.”
- The Americans. Best series finale I’ve ever seen, somehow resolving the build up of six years of tension in a way that felt both surprising and inevitable.
Cons
- Some people will recommend shows like Slow Horses and the Americans because the enjoy them but this is despite them being utterly unrealistic.
- The Americans — tried it recently but it hasn’t clicked for me.
- Although I could tell they were good quality shows, I had trouble getting into The Americans and Homeland.
- The Americans
- Other good ones: Slow Horses ofcourse, Berlin Station, Spooks (BBC), The Americans.
Sentiment
66 positive (86%) · 7 mixed (9%) · 4 negative (5%)
Trust + time weighted score: +80% · raw score 81%
What redditors said (10 of 77)
Some people will recommend shows like Slow Horses and the Americans because the enjoy them but this is despite them being utterly unrealistic.
The Americans has the best series finale I’ve ever seen. The whole show I kept thinking “how can this possibly end in a satisfactory way??” and then the way it did was just so phenomenally perfect and avoided every cliche I worried it might fall into. Every character had an ending that felt completely necessary, even if it was inevitably heartbreaking.
Genuinely the best series finale I’ve ever seen. The whole show I kept thinking, how can this possibly end?? And then it ends in a way that is both completely unexpected and somehow inevitable. So, so good.
You definitely should! Both he and Keri Russell are phenomenal.
Matthew Rhys is such a great actor. In both this and The Americans, he’s so good at the “nice guy quickly turned terrifying.”
The Americans. Best series finale I’ve ever seen, somehow resolving the build up of six years of tension in a way that felt both surprising and inevitable.
The Americans. Hands down the best series finale I've ever seen. There were so many ways that ending could have gone wrong. Instead it went amazingly, breathtakingly, exactly right.
The Americans had a few spots where it dragged a bit. But overall, it's top tier. And it had the best series finale I have ever seen. It stuck the landing like nothing else. THAT was a masterpiece and totally worth the ride.
Here’s a list of shows I’ve loved in the past to give you an idea of my taste: * The Americans
The Americans and the Diplomat were outstanding shows
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