I rewound that to watch it a second time. And I think I'll watch it a third time (along with that ending) before deleting the episode. That was fucking priceless.

"The best things in life are free!"

It is well beyond "basic decency" to expect every discussion of every work of fiction that has ever existed to have some stupid warning. Sorry.

Apparently the "walkthrough" with the creators also on this website states explicitly that Nina will be back.

Because "protecting" people from spoilers is asinine, because it means that every piece of fiction in the world, ever, must be "protected" because some special snowflake somewhere might get mad after finding out that Hamlet dies in the end.

No, that's how they all work. Tony Soprano remained a mobster until the end. Walter White remained a meth kingpin until the end.

Exactly, how the hell do they explain that scene to the cops? If Jared lived he'd have gone to the same back alley doctor that they used for Liz in Season 1.

Read about Christian communism in the fourth and fifth chapters of Acts. And Paige is already going to anti nuke protests, which is explicitly leftist.

Not very?

your first idea is the right one

too bad everyone isn't as smart as you

Not true. At least two of the moles that Robert Hanssen exposed to the KGB in the 1980s were executed. Serial killer Andrei Chikatilo was executed in 1994. A moratorium on the death penalty went into effect in 1996 (per Wikipedia).

no

They knew a homicidal Navy SEAL was after them, really didn't have a lot of choices other than that bullshit story.

SHUT IT!

The most morally "pure" character on the show is Arkady. He's never lied to or betrayed anyone, never killed an innocent bystander. Went the extra mile to save Phil and Liz at the end of Season 1. Was willing to give Nina a second chance, even though he was apparently overruled.

Wonder if this might be a way for Phil to get out of the relationship? Divorce Martha over the kids thing. She goes on with her life as a civil servant, never knowing that she was actually a KGB mole for a while.

Exactly. Well done, Agent Beeman.

First, she was smuggling consumer goods to Russia. Then, she agreed to betray her country rather than, say, going to Vasili and spilling the beans after she was approached by Stan. She framed Vasili for espionage, which could have gotten him executed. Then, she betrayed the Americans by flipping back to the KGB and…

Exactly. Agent Beeman's moment of redemption.