Review of The Spy

It was already obvious early into the series that this is intended to be a glorified tribute instead of a documentary. Although the overall production quality was good, many parts of the series are not believable even as a fictional story. Obviously details of how Cohen managed to penetrate the Syrian circle may never be made public, but what was presented was simply not convincing enough. The desire to create dramatic effects and portrait Cohen and Mossad in a patriotic and purely positive way ruined much of the potential to make it a great series instead of a great series for Israelis. It is nonetheless very entertaining as a fictional thriller drama, if you are able and willing to look pass the likely deviation from reality.