A Made-For-Cable Mini-Series that is a sprawling, stagy peek into the Espionage World of the Cold War. A Spy (CIA) vs Spy (KGB) bundle of nerves that went on for Decades and anyone intimately involved needed the "patience of a Saint" to endure.
Many did last it out with failures and successes as the lines were constantly being blurred as to what was the right thing to do and what was not. It all seems like a lot of guesswork and best guesswork with a make it up as you go play-book. The consequences were Deadly and it was all in the hands of some barely stable People.
But that's what there was and this long TV affair captures some of the dark and gloomy proceedings with some authentic feel, but some of it seems clunky and artificial. The Bay of Pigs and the Hungarian Revolution while providing the "Action" for the Series are the weakest parts and drag the thing down from what it does best and that is the up close and personal one on one matches and battles of Wits.
Overall, worth a watch but it is an uneven Event that misfires as much as it doesn't and there is more Stagecraft than Trade Craft.
Many did last it out with failures and successes as the lines were constantly being blurred as to what was the right thing to do and what was not. It all seems like a lot of guesswork and best guesswork with a make it up as you go play-book. The consequences were Deadly and it was all in the hands of some barely stable People.
But that's what there was and this long TV affair captures some of the dark and gloomy proceedings with some authentic feel, but some of it seems clunky and artificial. The Bay of Pigs and the Hungarian Revolution while providing the "Action" for the Series are the weakest parts and drag the thing down from what it does best and that is the up close and personal one on one matches and battles of Wits.
Overall, worth a watch but it is an uneven Event that misfires as much as it doesn't and there is more Stagecraft than Trade Craft.