The Assets 

CIA counter-intelligence officer Sandy Grimes works to save Soviet intelligence officers from being exposed by a mole inside her organization.

Stars:

Jodie Whittaker, Paul Rhys, Harriet Walter

Cast

Series cast summary:
Jodie Whittaker	...	Sandy Grimes 8 episodes, 2014
Paul Rhys	...	Aldrich Ames 8 episodes, 2014
Harriet Walter	...	Jeanne Vertefeuille 8 episodes, 2014
Ralph Brown	...	Wallace Austin 8 episodes, 2014
Stuart Milligan	...	Arthur O'Neill 8 episodes, 2014
Christina Cole	...	Louisa Tilton 7 episodes, 2014
Catalina Denis	...	Rosario Ames 7 episodes, 2014
Lex Shrapnel	...	Mitch Weaver 7 episodes, 2014
Julian Ovenden	...	Gary Grimes 5 episodes, 2014
Goran Kostic	...	Cherkashin / ... 5 episodes, 2014
John Lynch	...	Vitaly Yurchenko 4 episodes, 2014
Amelia Clarkson	...	Kelly Grimes 4 episodes, 2014
Akie Kotabe	...	Eric 4 episodes, 2014

Storyline

Two veteran CIA officers Sandra Grimes and Jeanne Vertefeuille who hunted down CIA officer Aldrich Ames, a mole who fed information to the Soviet Union that contributed to the deaths of at least ten Soviet intelligence officers who had spied for the United States.

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Plot Keywords:

espionage | russia | spy | tv mini series | 

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Genres:

Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

2014 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Assets

Company Credits

Production Co:

Baltic Film Services, Lincoln Square Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Trivia

Despite most of the characters being American or Russian, very few of the cast are actually of those nationalities.

User Reviews

Oh ABC, you had me, then...

ABC, just go on back to the mental junk food of half hour long strings of juvenile sexual innuendos peppered with near-continuous canned laughter. Based on a mere 2 episodes, I give The Assets an "8" for the potential of what might have been as compared to what the major networks are more comfortably determined to feed us. I was hopeful it would continue to hold my attention.

A couple of criticisms; the flashbacks seemed a little too frequent and hard to tell when they ended. And regarding Grimes' home life scenes; I didn't care for the stereotypical sullen teen, and Grimes' repeated line to her husband "you know I can't talk about that", I wondered how soon that would get tiresome. Those minor annoyances might have smoothed out in future episodes, BUT WE'LL NEVER KNOW! Hey Netflix, HBO, somebody, anybody!

The Ames spy scandal is worthy of quality dramatization, in spite of the fact that, yes, we know how it turned out (Titanic, Lincoln, any WWII movie - we knew in advance how those turned out). There are so many true stories out there so worthy of being dramatized; read about Douglas McKiernan, the first CIA agent killed in the line of duty - an incredible story!