You’re now working on the show’s final season, yes? How far are you into the process?
FIELDS We have 10 outlines written scene-by-scene in detail, and we are in the process of doing what we call our season review now, where we take all of our stories and define every storyline and rewrite and rewrite. Soon, we’ll start turning in the scripts.
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Finally, the end of the series is coming up next season. Is the ending something you’ve had in mind from the beginning, or has it evolved over the past five seasons?
WEISBERG | It’s funny, because almost every idea we’ve ever had evolved, and evolved considerably. But in this case, the idea for the ending was, I think, something we came up with in Year 2 of the show… and we’re actually using it! At this point, I think it’s safe to say we’re using it. It could still change, but I don’t think it will. It was always an idea that had a couple of variations, and we toggled back and forth between the variations. But it’s still the same fundamental idea. It’s been a real surprise to us that it’s stuck this long
Source and more: TVLine
Are you looking forward to the sixth and final season of The Americans in 2018? What are your hopes for the series finale? Stay tuned as we oversee the passing of The Americans into the TV afterlife…
Lynn Riordan says
I will hate it if this next year (2017-2018) is the last. I have enjoyed this series so very much.