From the start this looked superior to most British TV series which are light on budget and lazy in direction. A John Le Carré novel adapted at great cost seemed like a perfect mix for a short series. Very quickly I found that it wasn't quite short enough and they really dragged out some episodes. They could have told the story in four episodes and told it better. I haven't read the novel but the story just wasn't clever enough at times. The book probably explained things much better as was the case in The Little Drummer Girl which was the best spy novel I have ever read and incredibly intelligent.
The ending made little sense and I came away wondering just what in the heck happened. I also thought that the pregnant station chief was the weakest link in the acting chain but I always blame acting faults on the director and I happen to think that British TV suffers from bad direction. I also thought the love interest was just stupid. Why, why, why would he go after the girlfriend of the man he was trying to bring down? It was artificial, unbelievable, and just not very interesting.
The ending made little sense and I came away wondering just what in the heck happened. I also thought that the pregnant station chief was the weakest link in the acting chain but I always blame acting faults on the director and I happen to think that British TV suffers from bad direction. I also thought the love interest was just stupid. Why, why, why would he go after the girlfriend of the man he was trying to bring down? It was artificial, unbelievable, and just not very interesting.