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End of season 3 thoughts on the rezidentura staff

Just on Oleg actually, but wanted to keep the title generic. Oleg is totally screwed. The director tells Stan to keep working on Oleg, Stan says he needs Nina for leverage, but the director tells Stan he'll figure something else out. Well, what more does Stan need for leverage than proof and knowledge that Oleg helped him uncover a Russian spy! Stan risked his career with that move, but now that he's in the clear (somewhat, I guess we'll have to see how things play out with Gaad) he owns Oleg. Which is also bad news for Arkady since he didn't send Oleg home like his father wanted. At this point it looks like his father was right to be worried.

Posted Mar 6, 2016, 4:43 AM UTC

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ZombieSymmetry•

I thoroughly enjoy the character of Oleg. How hard will it be to completely turn him? He seems very patriotic, but at the same time he seems to really enjoy the U.S. and the decadent American lifestyle.

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Bojangles1987•

He always confuses me a bit in that regard. It's hard to get an accurate read on how his patriotism and love of American culture compare to each other. Especially with Nina's imprisonment. Would he flip if he was guaranteed Nina's freedom?

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30recOP•

Don't think it matters because the US can't help Nina.

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aManHasSaid•

Oleg knows the cold war is lost. But he has a part to play until the end is acknowledged by all and so he plays it, but he knows it's just a game.

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robkellismith•

I agree with you & is what makes me think that Stan might actually be able to flip him for real. No leverage, just convince Oleg that staying in the States & trying to be a citizen would suit him way better than whatever life his father has planned for him in Russia.

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30recOP•

Maybe, but with his family ties I'm not sure Oleg can just plan on defecting. And it's still dangerous for him to work with the FBI, he has seen first hand what happened to Nina.

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robkellismith•

True. He would prolly be one if the highest ranking defectors ever, were he to actually do it. Just another reason why I love this show so much.

So well written, you just never know what direction they are going to go.

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Inkus•

I don't see Oleg as likely to defect. I see him as wanting to "modernize" Russia, and so, potentially aligning himself with the democracy movements (or whatever you call them) popping up in the east block. He'll be a Gorbachev man

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