Stan continues to investigate the Jenningses, searching their names and Dupont Circle Travel on an FBI database (with no matches for Elizabeth and an obvious false positive for Philip), dropping in on Philip at work (and noting Elizabeth's absence), calling Pastor Tim in Buenos Aires (who does not reveal the Jennings' secret despite the aggressive nature of his questioning), and telling a skeptical Dennis about his suspicions, including William Crandall's dying comments describing the Jennings family and how Gregory Thomas had a girlfriend with beautiful hair who smoked heavily.
In an FBI interview room, Oleg refuses to respond when Stan accuses him of being part of a wave of Soviet spying related to the summit.
Alarmed, Philip tersely tells Father Andrei to flee America as soon as possible, and immediately walks out of the park at normal speed, then begins running, closely followed by two FBI agents.
Through a rapid change of clothes and removal of his disguise props, Philip barely avoids capture and escapes in a taxicab.
Philip calls home to say that things are "topsy-turvy at the office," and Elizabeth promptly cleans out the hidden basement compartments into a "go bag" and flees the house.
In April 2018, FX confirmed that the ninth episode of the season would be titled "Jennings, Elizabeth", and that it would be written by executive producer Joel Fields and series creator Joe Weisberg, and directed by Chris Long.
Even with the closing cliffhanger of Elizabeth readying their escape materials following Philip's coded phone call home, even with what may well have been Claudia's final appearance, quietly eating her meal in the face of all her life's work in tatters, even with Elizabeth burning her entire network to do the right thing, it doesn't feel like we're at the end of the story.
"[5] Alan Sepinwall of Uproxx wrote, "So much of 'Jennings, Elizabeth' is so thrilling that it's easy to overlook some of the more frustrating aspects of the episode, and by extension, this final season.