# Series you've recently watched, are now watching or have given up on **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [July 9, 2021, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108 "2021-07-09T17:50:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 5244
**Author:** ![zbuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zbuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zbuzz)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2024, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5244 "2024-12-08T05:16:42Z")
Some The Americans comments… > [@JohnT](#): > > not having a good cover story for Paige when she has the inevitable questions about their bizarre behavior is just the tip of it. I haven’t rewatched it since it was new, so my memory isn’t too fresh, but I thought the plan all along had been to develop Paige and the other one as assets, to basically make them legal illegals. So they were going to take them into the real family business at some point anyway and Paige just sort of forced the issue. I mean, if they lied to her when they confronted her (Boeing/mafia), that would just be compounding the lie they were already living. That’s not a great way to establish her trust. > [@JohnT](#): > > Poor Stan. His life in tatters, the damned KGB ‘illegals’ who were responsible for his bosses downfall and death AND Stan’s own professional embarrassment, literally lived across the street from him for 5 years. His career will never recover, and the parting shot about his (Stan’s) wife will haunt him forever. I hate quoting myself, but this is from the Season Six thread from like 5-6 years ago: > [@The Americans: Season 6](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-americans-season-6/811379/670): > > Stan’s best friend was a KGB spy. > > Stan’s officemate was a KGB spy. > > Stan’s mail robot was a KGB spy. > > Stan’s wife is a KGB spy? > > The KGB really does not like Stan. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108)._