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

Name: Eps 2: Jewel in the Crown
Released: 2014-01-09
Rating: 3.5

2014-01-09 • 42 min • ⭐ 7/10

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

Title: The Assets

First Air Date: 2014-01-02

Last Air Date: 2014-08-03

Status: Ended

Rating: 7/10 (from 24 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.