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WARNING: This podcast contains unrestrained spoilers and references to future episodes and events - listen ONLY if you are completely caught up on the ENTIRE SERIES! Wherein EndGame hosts Jambone and Tsar Misha seek some degree of solace for themselves and for all fans of the show, now that The Americans has ended by looking back and exploring the many character arcs and themes that resonate throughout the entire series, noting how events in each season both echo and foreshadow events to come in subsequent seasons, from the pilot to the Series Finale. This week they look at one of Misha's favorite episodes (Nina's situation aside), Season 3, Episode 2 - Baggage.

Wherein the boys from Q/A are once again joined by Lady Jen of House Sharp to loop back for a second look at Episode 8, then dive deep in analyzing the penultimate episode, in which everyone's forearm gets a little itchy, the MIB's parenting skills are on full display, Dolores knocks on the Door, Teddy knocks himself out of the game, Elsie gets stranded, Bernard asks to be decommissioned, and we learn that Ford did play favorites after all...

WARNING: This podcast contains unrestrained spoilers and references to future episodes and events - listen ONLY if you are completely caught up on the ENTIRE SERIES! Wherein EndGame hosts Jambone and Tsar Misha seek some degree of solace for themselves and for all fans of the show, now that The Americans has ended by looking back and exploring the many character arcs and themes that resonate throughout the entire series, noting how events in each season both echo and foreshadow events to come in subsequent seasons, from the pilot to the Series Finale. This week they look at the Season 3, Episode 1 - EST Men.

Wherein we are taken on a big detour from the main plot(s) to delve into the origins of the Ghost Nation featuring Akecheta, perhaps one of the oldest hosts in the park besides Dolores, as he rescues the Man in Black in the current timeline only to surrender him back to the custody of Emily, then begins to tell his tale of love and loss, the origin of the ubiquitous Maze image, and big-ass holes in the ground (oh, and Logan, too!) to Maeve's "daughter", but also to Maeve herself via the Mesh  Network, and we learn that the results were mixed...

Wherein Bernard's little secret is discovered by Charlotte and Stubs, a whole lot more Bernards are discovered (a shame Theresa didn't discover that room!), Dolores and crew attack the Mesa, Abernathy remains stapled to the table, Stubbs continues to get shit from everyone, Sizemore begins to show a bit of compassion, maybe, for Maeve, the Man in Black has a very bad day, Ghost Nation once again makes off with Maeve's "daughter", Dolores and Maeve cross paths yet again, Angela rocks the Cradle,  Bernard channels his now-inner Ford,  while Ford channels his inner Christian Slater, Dolores makes off with her daddy's brain, and we learn that everyone's headed to the Valley Beyond...

Wherein, Jambone and Tsar Misha are joined by special guest listeners  @dysonsphere and @ironsteph to begin the long, slow healing process after the end of The Americans, reviewing the Finale and the series overall...

Wherein your hosts Tsar Misha and Jambone are joined once again by the one and only Kelly AuCoin, aka Pastor Tim, for a wide ranging interview followed by a beat-by-beat recap and analysis of the devastating, agonizing, amazing, heartbreaking, sad and stunning series finale of the greatest show in television history.

Wherein, Jambone and Tsar Misha are joined by the Tsarina to give instant reaction, feels, and thoughts about the very last episode of The Americans ever... CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR EPISODE 10!!

Wherein Bernard freezes all motor functions at the behest of Dolores, Maeve watches a heart-wrenching scene, Elsie and Bernard rock the CR4-DL, Stubbs gets name-shamed, Teddy now wants to be called Ted and has become all-business, Peter Abernathy develops something of a Jesus complex, Maeve finally, finally is reunited with her daughter, only to be rudely interrupted by the Ghost Nation, again, and we learn that Robert Ford is one tricky, slippery, and apparently genious son of a bitch...

Wherein, a mere 2 days before the series finale, EndGame hosts Tsar Misha and Jambone read the best tweets, comments and emails from our podcast listeners and explore the ideas, theories and predictions within...

Wherein shit really starts getting real, as Elizabeth plays guardian angel to Nestorenko, Stan phones a tan, rested, but not quite ready Pastor Tim down Buenos Aires way, Phillip leaves the information from Elizabeth at the dead drop for Oleg, Stan pays a visit to the Travel Agency, Father Viktor narcs out his fellow priest to the feds, Tatiana makes her final move for her particular cause, Jackson drinks, pukes, and spills, the FBI nabs Oleg and offers a chance for him to rekindle his bromance with Stan as he confides what he's really doing in the USA to him, Phillip makes a narrow escape, Elizabeth finally confronts Claudia, Paige finally confronts Elizabeth, and we learn that Henry may indeed be the smartest one of the whole bunch...

Wherein we catch a brief glimpse of Bernard during the cleanup after the post-host-pool-party at the lake, Maeve and her merry band plunge deep into Shogun World, Dolores takes Teddy for a ride in more ways than one, Maeve bonds with Akane over host-motherhood, Dolores learns where they're taking her daddy, Felix and Sylvester haul a load, Delos forces suffer a big defeat, Sizemore becomes Mr. Exposition, Maeve starts to discover the mesh network, Dolores becomes a Black Widow and has her way with Teddy before ordering her version of Felix to upload new info to his brain, and we learn that when you've learned to rely on guns your hand-to-hand combat really suffers...

Wherein EndGame hosts Tsar Misha and Jambone read the best tweets, comments and emails from our podcast listeners and explore the ideas, theories and predictions within... 

Wherein EndGame hosts Tsar Misha and Jambone are joined by special guest Dysonsphere as the Reagan-Gorbachev summit gets underway, Phillip finally is able to get a word in edgewise to tell Elizabeth that he's been working with Oleg, sending the Jennings' relationship to yet another all-time low, Liz continues to work Jackson both literally and figuratively, the FBI begins targeting garages and Russian Orthodox Priests, Elizabeth, Paige and Claudia watch Gorbachev on TV, Erica meets her demise as Elizabeth displays a tiny bit of compassion at last, the FBI gets the sketches it wanted but still can't put it together, Renee gets a job interview, Jackson gets his life, Phillip visits Stavos, Stan visits a Roy Rogers not in Franconia, Phillip buys a new suit and rents a movie, Elizabeth confronts Claudia, Nysenko lives at least another day, and we finally learn which side of things Claudia is on...

Wherein your hosts Misha and Jambone, along with special guest Lady Jenn of House Stark revel in the reveals that just keen on rollin' as we learn what is perhaps the Park's and Delos' most nefarious non-western themed plan in the 149 bodies of James Delos, Elsie (yes, that Elsie)  is found, in a cave, by a Clementine-dragged and delivered Bernard (though we're not shipping Clemnard quite yet) who gains them entrance into the very lab where JD is still being held, the Man in Black and Lawrence get waylaid by the remaining Confederados, The Ghost Nation lets a bunch of captured guests go, Dolores must have done something but they didn't show us, things blow up, Mave's nowhere to be seen, and we learn that it actually does rain in Westworld...

Wherein EndGame hosts Tsar Misha and Jambone are joined by special guest Iron Stef as all roads lead to Chicago as  Phillip decides to actually help Elizabeth, leaving Henry behind on his vacation and awaking some long-dormant suspicion in Stan, where the spies pull off a very Gregory-like operation to rescue Harvest but end up losing both him and Marilyn, a heart-to-heart talk between Henry and Stan only stokes Stan's suspicions further, the FBI loses two agents but edges closer to the Big Reveal as "the sketches are on their way", Phillip does a little woodshedding and shows he hasn't lost his Directorate S edge, Elizabeth tells Phillip that she's on the pill but not why she is, Phillip strikes perhaps his saddest face ever, and we learn that Paige is on her way to the Department of State...

Wherein everyone's favorite host Peter Abernathy is finally located by #Charnard only to lose him, and the Bernard half of Charnard, to Dolores who then gets to spend a little quality time with her dad, Maeve's relentless search for her daughter by a previous loop leads her to reunite with not one, not two, but three old friends, Delos attacks, Dolores double-crosses the Confederados in a big, big way, Sizemore whines, Clementine fetches, Abernathy has to find the train, Maeve begins to lose control, Teddy gets cold feet, as do Maeve and Company but theirs are because of the snow, and we learn that Endgame host Misha was correct when he predicted that one of the parks would be Yoga World...

Wherein the Cold War at the Jennings house gets colder as each side retreats to its own bedroom, Stan is made an offer he can't refuse, Henry comes home for Thanksgiving, Chicago suddenly becomes a hot spot for Directorate S and the FBI, Elizabeth becomes a foreign film buff with ulterior motives, Stavros comes to regret not learning to line-dance better, Henry pimps the biz for Phillip, Stan delivers a rousing Reaganesque Thanksgiving message, Elizabeth's team member doubts their success, Oleg gets a message from Phillip, Elizabeth phones Henry, we get not one but two "fucks" in this episode, and we learn that MailRobot can use the elevators...

Wherein we get our first cold-open ever, showing a flashback to Dolores and Arnold (and Ford's voice) in the Real World with Arnold showing Dolores the site of his under-construction home for his family and Dolores getting her circuits blow by the sight of a glittering cityscape at night,  a relatively present-day Dolores and her crew capture and question some lab workers, more backstory is revealed as we see Logan Delos (full name) meeting for the original Westworld pitch and demo, The Man in Black reunites with an old friend and admits to a bit of cheating in the game he intends to burn down, even more backstory is revealed as we meet James Delos at two crucial, William-accompanied junctures in his life, the said reunion occurs as Maeve and Dolores finally cross paths weirdly, the Man in Black pursues The Door and witnesses the an impressive albeit modified Mexican Standoff, Dolores continues to seek her revenge, Teddy gets woke, William built a weapon(?) and we learn to not get any of the white goo in the

Wherein Stan is followed by Elizabeth's team seeking the location of the Teacups and ultimately finding them, Paige gets schooled about what really happened in "World War Two", Oleg encounters a less-than-happy-to-see-him Tatiana, Phillip and Elizabeth become Phillizabeth once again, albeit briefly and with overtones of her honeypoting him into what may be the worst plan since they decided to send all the main characters north of the Wall - uh, different show - Paige shows she's learned a thing or two in those martial arts lessons with Mom, though Elizabeth is less than thrilled with the circumstances and Phillip shows up at her apartment to give her another test, Kimmy finally gets that little piece of Jimbo she's been after all these years, though it looks to be a one-and-done situation as Phillip - upon learning from Stan about the brutal murders of the Teacups and the traumatized child they left behind - knows at once it was Elizabeth's doing, decides against her Midnight Run plan and cuts Kimmy lose, and