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      Season 1 – The Game

      2014 Drama Mystery & Thriller List
      95% 22 Reviews Tomatometer 88% 250+ Ratings Audience Score Tensions are high in 1972 London when the Soviets devise Operation Glass, a plot to bring down Britain, while the world's superpowers engage in a war fought mainly by spies. A defecting KGB officer contacts MI5 with details of the plan. In response, MI5's leader assembles a secret team, including enigmatic agent Joe Lambe, to investigate and stop the threat to Britain and the rest of the world. Among its tasks is to locate enemy sleeper agents across the U.K. before they can carry out their roles in the conspiracy. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Nov 06 Buy Now

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      Tense, fast-paced, and rich in atmosphere, The Game is a gripping spy drama with more than one kind of intelligence.

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      martin y I watched 2 episodes but can't take any more. At times the plot is totally implausible and shallow; and the script is dull and lacks depth. Characters are not developed and fail to evoke any feelings in the viewer, beyond a yawn. It is hard to care about any of them. The actors look like they are just going through the motions, having a hard time taking any of it seriously and speaking their lines as if reading them off a sheet of paper. Direction fails to build suspense and at times is just laugh out loud silly. Endless flashbacks to the same events become irritating. It is almost as if the director thinks viewers are too stupid to remember the events unless they are re-shown over and over again. The MI-5/Spooks series was vastly superior in every respect. And there is no comparison to Le Carre or the Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy productions. Alec Guinness would not have accepted a role in this very lightweight effort. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review martijn t loved it. Sort of the mini-series version of the movie Tinker Tailer Soldier Spy – same period, same atmosphere, same kind of game, same production design, even the score seems the same. But The Game certainly has its own merits in the form of a solid story and terrific acting. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Oh yeah well this was bad Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Audience Member I really dont like this Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Audience Member This was really bad ☹ Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Audience Member Absolutely loved "THE GAME"..while it was on. Why not more than just one season, I'll never know. I love this genre and the writing drips in espionage as if it was from the pen of John le Carré’s monozygotic identical twin. It has a certified fresh rating of 95% for a reason. I suggest you watch it in closed captions with your DVD so you can understand it a little better (if American) and so you can rewind parts that might confuse you too much. It is a first rate production of the Cold War terror that we all feared at times growing up in the 60's and 70's. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Episode 1 Aired Nov 5, 2014 A defecting KGB officer reveals a devastating Soviet plot; Daddy assembles an investigation team; Joe becomes obsessed with the reappearance of his nemesis. Details Episode 2 Aired Nov 12, 2014 A prisoner must be freed so he can aid MI5 with their campaign; Daddy has a choice to make; Joe struggles with his personal issues, but makes a deadly decision. Details Episode 3 Aired Nov 19, 2014 The team discovers a sleeper agent with connections to the U.S. military; Daddy wants to secure the safe defection of a Chinese dancer; Bobby tries to gain information on Daddy's life. Details Episode 4 Aired Nov 26, 2014 Joe tries to convince the team to run a double scheme; the team wonders if Arkady will risk his life for them; Alan struggles with a discovery that could jeopardize his marriage; Bobby's world unravels. Details Episode 5 Aired Dec 3, 2014 The team reels over the news about the mole; the Soviet plot continues; Wendy gives the team a much-needed break; Alan makes a tough decision when Sarah is in danger; leaked information threatens the investigation. Details Episode 6 Aired Dec 10, 2014 The team is bewildered over the mole's confession and a KGB bombing; MI5 is running out of time to stop the plot; Bobby and Wendy make a discovery. Details

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      Rachel Cooke New Statesman The threat from Russia will seem overdone to some, but I remember that icy fear of cold war all too well, and entirely buy it in this instance. May 14, 2015 Full Review Lucy Mangan Guardian Suddenly the whole thing starts to thicken with intrigue and deepen into a compelling story that convinces on its own terms, even if in real life you aren't sure whether the KGB were real or just something Ian Fleming had to invent. May 1, 2015 Full Review Terry Ramsey Daily Telegraph (UK) We are, of course, deep in le Carr country here, and the production already has something of the look and feel of the classic 1973-set Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. There is little higher praise. Rated: 4/5 Apr 30, 2015 Full Review Merrill Barr Forbes There are things to love about The Game, there are things to shrug at about The Game, but at the very least, there's nothing to truly hate about The Game. Dec 8, 2014 Full Review Roger Catlin rogercatlin.com Like an earlier BBC America series this year, Intruders, it's a little dense and hard to follow. Everybody seems to be calling everybody else a traitor. Nov 6, 2014 Full Review Joyce Slaton Common Sense Media The pacing is quick, the motives murky, the characterizations deft. Rated: 4/5 Nov 5, 2014 Full Review Read all reviews

      Season Info

      Director
      Daniel O'Hara, Niall MacCormick
      Executive Producer
      Hilary Salmon, Toby Whithouse
      Screenwriter
      Sarah Dollard, Toby Whithouse
      Network
      BBC America
      Rating
      TV-14
      Genre
      Drama, Mystery & Thriller
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date
      Nov 5, 2014