My husband and I found this incredible mini-series on Netflix last night and watched 7 of the nine episodes, saving the last two for "desert" today. I kept wondering why we had never heard of it until I looked it up and found it had been canceled after 2 episodes. Shame on ABC!! We knew the story but the suspense is just as intense as if we had never heard of Aldritch Ames. The acting is top-notch and Paul Rhys would have received a nomination at the very least if the show had been given a chance. I intend to tell everyone I know to check it out on Netflix, etc. I assure them they will not be disappointed. It's billed as "based on a true story" but when I researched Ames I was impressed that the series did indeed stick to the facts and didn't try to embellish history.

I by chance saw this on Amazon Prime. Was just going through the titles looking for something to watch. I am totally aware this show was canceled after just 2 shows, with at the time the lowest rating ever.I speak only for myself, but I honestly find that impossible to understand. I felt this series was outstanding. Good acting, great pretrial of those actually involved.I found it so interesting and compelling.Somehow, someway the timing on it's release was somehow not right.I just want all those involved in the making of this series, you did a great job and there is at least one individual that takes his hat off to you.

We don't watch enough TV to have known about the flap over this show getting canceled. Just stumbled across it on Netflix. Wow. Nearly everything about this effort is really done well. They really went the extra yard concerning production details. I don't pretend to really know why it was canceled except to say it was not because its a bad or boring production. Even though we all know the outcome (more or less) the story is told so well it still qualifies as a mystery or thriller and sorta-kinda has you on the edge of your seat as they start getting closer and closer to 'the mole'. I didn't pay any real close attention when all this actually occurred. After watching this show I am now compelled to read books like "Sell Out: Aldrich Ames and the Corruption of the CIA.

....Thanks for 3 episodes !!! I am old enough to remember a TV drama called " Espionage " and later the "Professionals" U.K.. Now when I saw the TV trailers for the Assets ; I was so trilled to see a TV show that was cerebral driven... and not a whimsy satirical comedy dramas like "leverage" which if they staged seriously could have had all the makings of a good gritty drama. Even the old TV series of Mission Impossible had you glued to the TV set. Also in that time was " The Man from Uncle ". I still enjoy the re-runs after all this time. We have to ask why was "24" was so popular all around the world. And after 5 series all the major U.S. TV networks secretly tried to get it off the air. Even getting the director "fired". Because of its vast popularity and it was taking away viewer ship from boring programs. Over the the years I found TV both here and U.K. have channeled T.V. programs to the point of actually turning away thinking viewers. Just to list a few personal movies, "Telephon ; Numbers Station, Tinker ,Tailor, Soldier, Spy; The International; Erasure, The Fourth Protocol ; The Good German; Torn Curtain; Brass Target, which I can't find any where again; Carlos foreign series, and many more.