The Assets - Season 1 - Eps 5: Check Mate
As Sandy conducts her review of the agency's spycraft, she and Jeanne continue to clash. When a potential asset contacts the CIA claiming to have vital information about a communications breach, Sandy has her doubts about the man known as GTPROLOGUE. Could this be part of a larger campaign by the Soviets to obfuscate the truth? Meanwhile, Ames learns that his request for a transfer to Rome has been approved.
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.
Cast
Jodie Whittaker
Sandy Grimes
Paul Rhys
Aldrich Ames
Harriet Walter
Jeanne Vertefeuille
Ralph Brown
Wallace Austin
Christina Cole
Louisa Tilton
Stuart Milligan
Arthur O'Neill
Lex Shrapnel
Mitch Weaver
Catalina Denis
Rosario Ames
John Lynch
Vitaly Yurchenko
Akie Kotabe
Eric D'Amaro
