HARRIS: First of all, you can just hear the way he says, you made my life a joke. For all these years, my life was the joke, not yours. MATTHEW RHYS: (As Philip Jennings) You were my only friend in my whole life. NOAH EMMERICH: (As Stan Beeman) You made my life a joke. And this scene is just heartbreaking, and I want to just play a little brief moment here where Stan just kind of breaks down. They become really good friends, but Stan has finally figured it out, and he confronts them at gunpoint. And there is an 11-minute sequence where they are confronted by Stan Beeman, who was an FBI agent who lived right next door to them. And this was a show that always took its time. What I love about the finale is that it has everything that we've loved about the rest of the series. You know, they have that - on the surface - perfect, idyllic suburban life in the '80s, but they are, of course, undercover spies. Matthew Rhys and Keri Russell play Philip and Elizabeth Jennings. So here are the co-hosts, Stephen Thompson, Linda Holmes and Aisha Harris sharing their favorite finales.ĪISHA HARRIS, BYLINE: So I came down to a couple picks, and I finally landed upon a show that I've only watched from beginning to end once but has stuck with me even a few years later and is something I will definitely go back and rewatch at some point, which is "The Americans," the very slow-burn FX series about a couple of KGB agents who are living undercover in Virginia. So what are the best ever TV finales? And what makes a finale great anyways? Well, these are the kinds of questions the crew at NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast like to tackle. But sometimes a show will get it just right. You have to wrap up the story, leave the characters somewhere satisfying, give the fans what they want, you know, up to a point. And, you know, ending a TV series is not easy. Maisel" and "Succession" are all wrapping up this month. The TV shows "Barry," "The Marvelous Mrs.
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