This spy TV show was filmed 2014, but it seems like it was done in 1954. It so slow, melodramatic, over the top and old fashioned. Jodie Whittaker as Sandy Grimes is an outdated stereotype (and quite unlikable) character. The show just doesn't live up to its potential. As a concept, it should work quite well. In execution, it fails miserably. Extremely disappointing. 3/10

There were many things I liked about this series..but two of the most notable are..1. the female leads are near appropriate age for the characters..I am SO TIRED of female characters in movies who are hot, great bods, have PHD's in whatever and at the age of 25 save the world! Every TV show - every movie seems to do this and i am so tired of it.2. The motivation for the antagonist was realistic and I enjoyed knowing who it was from the first few minutes of the series with the suspense being how long it would be before he would get caught. o many series and movies these days after 20 car chases and 10 explosions catch the bad guy and their motivation was typical or didn't really logically make senseGood series - glad to have watched - hope there are more

SPOILERS AHEAD Wow...so I started watching this under-promoted show back in January when ABC was airing it in prime-time before they quickly shelved it and buried it in the summer on Sunday afternoons (thank god for DVR's). At first, I thought this was excellent, interesting and downright shocking that it was airing on a non-cable network as it seemed much more likely to be on AMC or HBO.But then as time went on, it quickly devolved into tripe and relied on typical made up BS to enhance the 'drama' such as: the plucky investigator that no one believes at first, the husband that doesn't fully understand why his wife never comes home from work, the 'enemy' at first co-worker who eventually gains trust, admiration and then friendship, etc. And don't get me started on the snidely whiplash super creepy over the top performance by Paul Rhys as Alrich Ames. Jeez, they should have arrested him immediately just for looking creepily guilty And it closes on one of the most unintentionally funny scenes I have ever seen (the bookstore signing hug)...wow. Hello Lifetime! Now, I also have a huge issue on how they treated the subject matter. The assets in question are Russian KGB, generals, officials, that decided, for whatever reason INCLUDING greed to sell their countries secrets to the US. Aldrich Ames sells the names of these 'assets' to the Russians who then interrogate and execute them. Aldrich Ames is a traitor and deserved to be tried and convicted but SO ARE THE ASSETS HE SOLD OUT!!! They were traitors to their own country and rather than portraying them as such, they are practically treated as saints.In life there are never clear cut black and white issues and this mini series could have shown that but instead took the easy formulaic way out. And the shame is that they were close on the execution

As a fan of "The Americans," I really enjoyed this show. It is very different, yet similar. Different in that it is not only historical, but the flash we often see in shows is not there. Not every show needs to be flashy. I liked seeing the history of this event as I recall when it happened. I think the actors did a fine job and I didn't hear many slips in their accents considering they were Brits playing Americans. I thought Paul Rhys was excellent casting and did a fine job - I liked when he was interrogating the Russian spy and almost bite down on the cyanide. I am disappointed that it was canceled after only two episodes only to put on another "Reality" show. I already have my own reality to live in, I want to see shows that affected us (history), or sitcoms in the evening. I am tired of endless magazine shows and reality shows, this was a nice break. Networks are going to start losing viewers if they keep it up.