The Assets - Season 1 - Eps 2: Jewel in the Crown

2014-01-0942 min⭐ 6.9/10

The CIA scores a major break when Vitaly Yurchenko, a high-ranking KGB officer, defects to the US. Assigned as the lead in the debriefing, Aldrich Ames engages in a verbal cat-and-mouse game to determine whether he is in danger of being ratted out. Ames considers taking drastic measures when Yurchenko reveals that he knows of a mole in the CIA. Meanwhile, Sandy frets over the safety of a beloved and esteemed asset, General Dmitri Polyakov.

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About The Assets

The Assets

Title: The Assets

First Air Date: 2014-01-02

Last Air Date: 2014-08-03

Status: Ended

Rating: 6.9/10 (from 23 votes)

Language: EN

Seasons: 1

Total Episodes: 8

Network: ABC

Genres: Drama, War & Politics

Production Companies: Lincoln Square Productions, Baltic Film Services

Synopsis

1985 serves as the backdrop to the final showdown of the Cold War when Sandy and her partner Jeanne Vertefeuille vowed to find the mole that would turn out to be the most notorious traitor in US history, Aldrich Ames. Sandy is in a race against time to save the Soviet intelligence officers from being caught and killed. Living her own double life at home, this beautiful wife and mother vowed to stop at nothing until she uncovered the truth.

Cast

Jodie Whittaker

Jodie Whittaker

Sandy Grimes

Paul Rhys

Paul Rhys

Aldrich Ames

Harriet Walter

Harriet Walter

Jeanne Vertefeuille

Ralph Brown

Ralph Brown

Wallace Austin

Christina Cole

Christina Cole

Louisa Tilton

Stuart Milligan

Stuart Milligan

Arthur O'Neill

Lex Shrapnel

Lex Shrapnel

Mitch Weaver

Catalina Denis

Catalina Denis

Rosario Ames

John Lynch

John Lynch

Vitaly Yurchenko

Akie Kotabe

Akie Kotabe

Eric D'Amaro

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