TV Series2020 · 1 season · 6 episodes · Ended

Spy City

Name: Spy City
Genre: Drama, War & Politics
Cast: Dominic Cooper, Johanna Wokalek, Leonie Benesch, Ben Münchow, Romane Portail

Taste attributes: dramawar & politicshistoricalpoliticalespionagethrillerheavyimaginaryintricatelinearbig & variedall consuming questcomplex relationshipdeep rivalryrescue/escape/jeopardyunderdog triumphs

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Boxlist takeAn intricate, weighty war and politics series, big and varied rather than confined. Best if you like puzzles over plain sailing.

Taste details

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: balanced · Story: intricate · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

Quality rating

6.9 /10

TMDB · 65 votes

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Where to watch

Streaming data: JustWatch

Seasons

Season 1

· 2020 · 6 episodes

Episodes (6)

1Operation Beethoven3 Dec 2020
1961. Disgraced British spy, Fielding Scott, is given a chance to redeem himself in Berlin. He has to organise the defection of an East German scientist. Everything goes disastrously wrong.
2Out Of The Past3 Dec 2020
The fatal fiasco of the "Beethoven" defection has consequences. Fielding is tasked with finding and eliminating the traitor. Fielding begins to recruit his own private army.
3My Enemy's Enemy3 Dec 2020
Fielding's Berlin life is unraveling; he decides to "go rogue" and provoke the Russians into retaliating. At the same time he is now being blackmailed over his affair with Severine.
4The Flower Market3 Dec 2020
Fielding's clever plan seems to be working. The Russians are agitated, running scared. A date is mentioned for the first time - Sunday, August 13th. What will happen in Berlin on that day?
5Dark Imaginings3 Dec 2020
Fielding feels threatened and drops out of sight. Three urgent questions preoccupy him - the Beirut photograph; Severine's obsession with Udo Hoff; and the date - Sunday, August 13th.
6The Wall3 Dec 2020
Fielding, reeling from the death of Severine, knows he has more to do—he must avenge Severine's death. Fielding unmasks the traitor and all the Berlin mysteries are explained.

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What lines up

Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
Intricacy: Smart / intricate, just how this profile likes it
Wholesomeness: Balanced wholesomeness, just how this profile likes it

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Emotional punch: Balanced emotional punch, where this profile leans emotive / stirring
Setting / scale: Big / varied, where this profile leans small / confined

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Synopsis

After a defector is murdered, British agent Fielding Scott is assigned to track down a mole in his own ranks in 1961 Berlin. His investigation leads him into a deadly web of crime, betrayal and paranoia. Who can Scott trust in the city of spies?

Synopsis: TMDB