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I love this show. It took me three years to even start watching it, so reluctant I was to give it a chance... I come from these parts of the world, and was born at the peak of the Cold War in the family of a high-ranking naval aviation officer. I lived in the former USSR through the Gorbachev's era, before immigrating in the early 90s. I'm usually very skeptical about Hollywood's attempts to depict the period, but this show is an exception. Apart from some rare minuscular "oopses," the show is true to the period and sentiment of the era.
I wish they wrapped the show differently, though. I would like to see Elizabeth and Phillip being "sold" by some former KGB high-upper turned a nouveau riche (as many had), to the FBI/CIA, and see them running for their lives and being sort of trapped between two worlds, not truly belonging to either, maybe...
March 2018 · Movies and TV · verified purchase