Making a cold war series about a specific country is a terribly difficult task. Yes, people may remember Nicolae Ceausescu, but anything else about pre-1989 Romania is probably hardly attractive. The Spy/Master team attempted the impossible and unfortunately failed in many ways. For those familiar with Budapest many sets will look awkwardly recognizable to be taken for Bonn or any German city. But you just have to deal with it. But the story and characters... First, Godeanu. We are expected to see him rather a victim of the regime and a loving father and not the ruthless Communist secret service head who destroyed many lives getting to the top. Second, the American embassy and its security. It was just painful to see the Romanian agents roaming freely on the hallways, nobody asking them what the hell they were doing there. Yeah, disguised in catering personnel, but still?? And how on Earth can a terrorist enter the embassy with a huge briefcase fully packed with a bomb, nobody asking him to open it? How a CIA operative lets someone toss him away and search a CIA SAFEHOUSE??? Come on!! And at the end we are told that the whole story was about Carter and the Camp David agreement... err, what?? This could have been a so much better series. Ana Ularu was chilling as a Romanian bulldog-style agent, but that's about it.
Review of Spy/Master
