Why was Nina shot in The Americans?

At the conclusion of the fourth season's fourth episode, former spy Nina Sergeevna (Annet Mahendru) was abruptly executed by her Soviet captors after her former lover Oleg Burov (Costa Ronin) tried to convince his high-ranking Russian official father Igor Burov to improve her predicament.
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Why was Nina executed in the Americans?

Charged with treason for giving the FBI information, she was sent back to the Soviet Union and was convicted. Up until her death, she was working with scientist Anton Baklanov in a Soviet research facility.
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Was Nina executed on the Americans?

Nina is brought to an innocuous looking room and told that her appeal has been denied. She has been sentenced to death, a sentence that will be carried out “shortly.” She begins to gasp, and then, almost as unexpected to the audience as it is to her, she is executed, with a shot to the back of the head.
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What did Nina do to her cellmate in the Americans?

Evi's prison cellmate is Nina, who tricks her into confessing to her crime. It is unclear what becomes of Evi after this; she is last shown being dragged, screaming, from her cell. It is likely she was executed.
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Does Nina love Stan the Americans?

She is tasked to try and turn Stan but starts to fall in love with him instead. Agent Frank Gaad is Stan's FBI supervisor, gives him the keys to a safe house and tells him to take Nina there which then becomes their "love nest."
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Is Stan Beeman's wife KGB?

Fans have been suspicious that the character Renee, the wife of F.B.I. agent Stan Beeman, might be a Russian KGB agent after she was introduced last year in season five. But the finale doesn't answer whether she is or not, and lets the audience draw its own conclusion.
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Is Stan's wife a spy?

Stan meets Renee (Season 5, Episode 2)

When Philip asks Stan if he knows what she does, Stan scrunches his face and admits he doesn't know. She's a spy!
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What happens to Oleg Burov in the Americans?

Oleg is ultimately arrested by the FBI while picking up a dead drop. As he was not in the US on official KGB business, he lacked diplomatic immunity, and was imprisoned. The series ends with Oleg still in jail; his ultimate fate is not revealed.
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What happens to Sofia in the Americans?

By 1987, Sofia has married Gennadi Bystov, but she is deeply unsatisfied with their marriage. Sofia's throat is slit by Elizabeth, when she inadvertently walks in on her murder of Gennadi.
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What happens to Martha in the Americans?

Martha appears briefly towards the beginning of Season Five, in a grocery store being investigated by Oleg Burov. Although she is neither seen nor mentioned in the final season, it can be assumed that she adopted the orphaned girl and continued to reside in the Soviet Union.
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Does Phillip sleep with Kimberly in the Americans?

But the show twisted its knife toward a delicate, internal drama. The stab wounds were merely psychological. Philip finally slept with Kimmy — years after the statutory deadline passed, but given the subterfuge, you wouldn't quite call this a fun night between two consenting adults.
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Who is Nina's husband on the Americans?

Boris Ivanovich Krilov is Nina's husband.
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What did Evi do in the Americans?

A peace activist who traveled to the USSR on a student visa, Evi was caught leaving a package for a spy. Evi claims she didn't know the contents and was just doing a favor for her boyfriend. Now Nina opens up about herself, hoping Evi will do the same. “I betrayed my country.
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What happens to William in the Americans?

But in keeping with the troubled lassitude that marked the whole season, the consequences were muted, and more depressing than violent. William, trapped by the Feds, infected himself with the Lassa virus and surrendered peacefully.
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Is Zinaida a spy?

Zinaida Nikolaievna Preobrazhenskaya (Russian: Зинаида Николаевна Пребраженская; сode name "Willow"), is a mid-ranking official at the US-Canada Institute who defects to America. She is later determined to be a spy by Stan and Oleg, who want to trade her in a prisoner exchange for Nina.
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Who is Renee in the Americans?

The Americans (TV Series 2013–2018) - Laurie Holden as Renee - IMDb.
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What happens to Paige in The Americans?

Spoilers ahead for the series finale of The Americans.

In The Americans series finale, Paige Jennings got off a train, ditched her parents, and ultimately went to an abandoned apartment in D.C. to drink one last shot of vodka — minus the pre-shot of olive oil — as a tribute to her foray in Russian spy games.
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How many years passed between season 5 and 6 of The Americans?

The events of the sixth season begin in late September 1987, three years after the conclusion of season five.
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Who does Paige sleep with The Americans?

Elizabeth warns her not to date this guy just to pump him for information, but later, we see Paige flirting with Brian, and eventually going home with him. After they sleep together, she sits up in bed while he snoozes, eyeing his congressional ID badge.
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What happens to Paige after The Americans ends?

But in the end, Paige chose to stay behind in America, the only country she and her brother had ever known. The most crucial moment of the finale — possibly of the series — comes when Paige surprises her parents by getting off the train that will take them out of the United States.
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Who did Oleg marry in The Americans?

Elina Burova is the wife of Oleg Burov. They have a son named Alexander (Sasha).
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Is Martha a spy in The Americans?

last season after learning that her "husband" was actually an undercover KGB officer named Philip Jennings (Matthew Rhys), who used her to spy on the FBI's counterintelligence department, where she worked as a secretary. After the FBI caught wind of her duplicity, she was flown to Moscow for her own protection.
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Is there a sequel to The Americans?

The Americans Co-Creators Have No Interest in a Spinoff or Revival.
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What happens to Gabriel on The Americans?

Exhausted with the work, Gabriel returns to Moscow and Claudia is reinstated as the Jennings' handler. ("The Committee on Human Rights") Gabriel was born Semyon Andreivich and is likely from Sergach, where he retired the first time. He never married, but did have a few distant relatives.
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What happens to Philip and Elizabeth Jennings?

His marriage to Elizabeth Jennings was initially only part of their KGB cover, but they later officially marry on their own terms. ("Darkroom") Together they had two children, Paige and Henry Jennings.
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