I've been watching the first episode of "The Assets" and it's OK. Unfortunately, whoever set all this up didn't do their homework on 1985 Moscow...
In the scene where the US spy is leaving Moscow at the airport, there is a Doppler radar tower in the background, behind the old Gaz Volga he is getting out of to go to the plane. There was no Doppler radar towers in the U.S. in 1985, much less in Moscow...
In one of the scenes in Moscow, Christ the Savior Cathedral is in the background. In 1985, it did not exist. It was blown up in the early 1930's by Stalin and not rebuilt until the mid-late 1990's after the fall of the Soviet Union.
Also, I don't know much about spy protocol, but walking around Moscow or any city for that manner, at night, alone in wide open spaces, is raw stupidity. Crowds help individuals blend. Being out alone is just the way to get caught. i would like to think our spies weren't that obvious.
Otherwise, it was decent television...
In the scene where the US spy is leaving Moscow at the airport, there is a Doppler radar tower in the background, behind the old Gaz Volga he is getting out of to go to the plane. There was no Doppler radar towers in the U.S. in 1985, much less in Moscow...
In one of the scenes in Moscow, Christ the Savior Cathedral is in the background. In 1985, it did not exist. It was blown up in the early 1930's by Stalin and not rebuilt until the mid-late 1990's after the fall of the Soviet Union.
Also, I don't know much about spy protocol, but walking around Moscow or any city for that manner, at night, alone in wide open spaces, is raw stupidity. Crowds help individuals blend. Being out alone is just the way to get caught. i would like to think our spies weren't that obvious.
Otherwise, it was decent television...