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Originally posted by TMats:
... I can’t believe Philip and Elizabeth will be welcomed by the KGB.

Indeed. I was prepared to see them shot in their car at the crossing.

I don't think they would be welcomed in Russia after killing the KGB agent who tried to assasinate the START team member. Refusing the job might have been enough to get you killed, but killing the agent would have nixed any chance for a happy return to mother russia.

I understand leaving the boy and hoping he'll make it. Paige getting off the train was stupid and fits in perfectly with the stupid way she acted through most of the series.

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Originally posted by rusbro:

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Originally posted by TMats:
... I can’t believe Philip and Elizabeth will be welcomed by the KGB.

Indeed. I was prepared to see them shot in their car at the crossing.

I was expecting this after they crossed the border.

When he asked for the car to stop and they stepped out, I couldn’t make out the place they were looking at. I didn’t think it was Lenin’s square; so I thought it might have been a gulag that they knew they were coming to.

Paige might be all right. I don't think they have any evidence she was involved. Stan is the only one who knows for sure, and he can't exactly explain how he knows without getting himself in trouble.

I was also waiting for Philip and Elizabeth to be shot by a less than friendly KGB. I kept expecting the car to pull over in an empty field with Claudia and a few other agents standing there. Or maybe he pulls up to a gulag and we see them being hauled inside. I guess it depends on whether the hard-liners or the Gorbachev supporters get to them first.

It seems to me the writers didn't want to piss anybody off, so they left it so you could write your own ending. They also left a lot of room for a spin-off series or some movies.

Best series ever. Loved the ending.

There may be some confusion. They were met in Russia by Ivanovich, the head of the KGB. In an earlier show, he was the one who was pro Gorbachev and wanted to stop any attacks on the summit. The man who met Elizabeth in Mexico was military not KGB.

Claudia had said something to the effect that some in the KGB were opposed to Gorbachev, but not all.

Seems to me the KGB would be very pleased with their actions.

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Originally posted by maxwayne:
There may be some confusion. They were met in Russia by Ivanovich, the head of the KGB. In an earlier show, he was the one who was pro Gorbachev and wanted to stop any attacks on the summit. The man who met Elizabeth in Mexico was military not KGB.

Claudia had said something to the effect that some in the KGB were opposed to Gorbachev, but not all.

Seems to me the KGB would be very pleased with their actions.

Important point for those thinking about P&E's future. They've lost their kids, their new old country faces nothing but trouble but they should be part of the in-crowd and do o.k. If there were to be a follow-up of some sort, the groundwork has been laid.

I feel like they didn't pay enough of a price, particularly Elizabeth. Leaving their kids behind to a better life was not punishment enough. WOuld have been better had their innocent child, Henry, gotten caught up in their activities despite their efforts to insulate him, and died as a direct result. Missed opportunity, IMO.