Unlike in most series, in Berlin Station, we saw troubles and rivalry between the agencies of otherwise friendly NATO allies - US and Germany - with disclosure of state secrets in the background. refers to Season 1/ This decade has produced a number of spy series dealing with the post Cold War period, mostly from UK or US, with new technology elements both facilitating and complicating intelligence activities in the foreign soil. If you like a complex plot executed well by talented actors, then you will enjoy this show. There are more bad-guys than good guys in this one. Superficially anti-CIA, I think the story is more about moral relativism, and the evil that men do. There is no James Bond or Jason Bourne here, just people doing routine spy work and trying to cope with moral ramifications and amoral counterparts. The main spy story weaves its way through enough twists and turns to keep one interested, like a Le Carre spy novel, the angst and motivations of the main characters, and their regrets at past mistakes gives them the beat-down feeling of Smiley. Some of that is too 1,2,3 check off the box plot devices that just aren't adding anything to the story. Oh.she's in an interracial relationship, and he's having an affair with his secretary, and he's disgruntled and uses hookers because his kid back in the USA is disgruntled.etc. The weakest part of the show may be the somewhat contrived and clichéd nature of one or two of the backstories that are supposed to add depth to the characters. ![]() Even Homeland, which is similar in setting, seems very American, where this show just looks and feels different. The European setting gives the show a different feel from most American TV fare, and that in itself is very effective in making the show unique. ![]() There are a number of good performances in this show. The story has requisite twists and turns, a complex plot centered around the War on Terror and a Julian Assange style leaker who wrecks havoc with the American spy agency and it's relationship with it's counterparts from other countries. Berlin Station is a very John Le Carre type of spy story, but centered around the American CIA rather than the Brits.
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