(Spoiler alert: Spoilers for Episode 12, Season 3 of The Americans here and in my complete snarky recap over on HNTP.)

That final scene was in its own way as scary as the reveal pictured on your left from the cult hit series V, which first aired in 1983 and was also a metaphor for something. You can read my complete and detailed recap of that episode and of every season 3 episode over at Happy Nice Time People — the place for those of us who can’t get enough — television, and where you can also find my recaps of Homeland, Better Call Saul and the last few episodes of Mad Men. There’s lots of other fine reading there as well, so have fun.

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If you haven’t seen it yet, SHE’S BACK — and apparently isn’t going to be killed by a bunch of crazed hippies.

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Paige has entered that awkward stage where you really want to slap her upside the head if she keeps asking annoying questions. Elizabeth and Philip are being EXTREMELY tolerant to the point of even allowing her into their inner sanctum, but this new “open door” policy has got to feel very, very weird. What else is happening on The Americans as season 3 edges towards a close? Lots and lots! And you can read my entire snarky (but loving) recap over on Happy Nice Time People — the blog for those who may or may not actually watch these shows but love to talk about them. (Then come on back y’hear? And buy a book or something.)

Is this the death of little Jimmy McGill? And the birth of the chimpanzee with a machine gun known as Saul Goodman? Has Jimmy decided to follow Mike’s ungiven (to him) advice and be a good criminal lawyer rather than an unhappy legit attorney who will never feel authentically legit?  Maybe. We won’t know anything for sure about Saul’s road to Perdition (Perdition being a suburb of Omaha) until next season, but for now you can go over to Happy Nice Time People to read my thorough and insightful recap on the season finale.

Never have I felt such pity for rich white people. Gajeez, that was a downer. Did you notice how all the major players desired something but substituted something else?

Don wanted to  fill the hole in his soul — but all he did was seduce, fuck, repeat.

Ken said he wanted to “live the life not lived” but chose to continue his pissing contest from a new vantage point.

Peggy wanted romance so bad she manufactured a madcap love story out of one not awful date.

Joan wanted to burn the place down, but channelled her anger into shop therapy.

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