Brilliant and touching

This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

I won't repeat what others already wrote and I won't tell anything about the story as everyone can read all facts on wiki, if interested. This series had me 100%. Well scripted, well played, well filmed. First I was surprised by the "quality" of the pictures but then I realised that even that was meant to portray the 80ies. As I was a teenager in the 80ies I know what the cold war meant. And this story is a well told and real part of it. It may be a bit strange to native speakers that the main parts were played my British actors. For me it was no problem as it is more important to understand every word - and I did. Thanks to the actors for that. Wow! I am really overwhelmed by this mini-series and I am absolutely baffled that it had to be stopped after only 2 episodes on American TV because of a lack of audience. That's a shame. For those who like well told stories and don't need lots of special effects and flying bullets, I can absolutely recommend to watch this 8 episodes. It is worth every minute.

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.

First of all, I would like to say that we started watching this series in 2013. When it was time for the third episode, we were totally hooked. But the third episode was nowhere to be found. Looking online we found that there wasn't enough interest in this program? We couldn't believe it, so very happy that it was being shown this season.The acting, the presentation of each episode had us eagerly waiting for the next episode. This was a story about a regular human being who chose to do the wrong thing and this continued for years. It was heart wrenching to see the results of his behavior, the loss of life which ensued.There were many characters in this story who were anxious the get to the truth, but only two who worked many days, years of long hours, despite the time away from family and friends. Again this person was leading a regular life, married with a young child, but was unable to change his ways. Watching the evolution of the case against this person was a lesson in the workings of bureaucracy. It was unclear what the outcome would be. Great series, worth watching