Prolecenter

This is an awesome show that displays real espionage trade craft, but in reality most of the shenanigans could probably be attributed to the CIA rather than the KGB. At any rate, this story comes out of the head of a former CIA operative. Riveting performances by the two KGB leads, but I have to take away one star for their annoying, morose and melodramatic whiny daughter Paige who almost ruins the show. I also have to take away one star for anti-communist propaganda. It's done very cleverly and with nuance, but totally reinforces false stereotypes about the Soviet Union. On the positive side, it does an excellent job of recreating the 80s. If you lived during that time it will be a very nostalgic and thrilling journey. Overall, a very entertaining and well-produced show.

Interesting documentary. Liberals will be angered at the way these women were treated and inspired by their courage. Far right wing conservatives will be angry because they are knuckle-dragging reactionary maniacs. My takeaway is quite different from both American camps. I can't understand why these women continued to be patriotic to a society that treated them so badly and why they were somewhat disappointed when the first woman in space was Soviet and not American. I also question the sincerity and inclusiveness of the American bourgeois feminist movement. Documentaries like this point out the injustices of the American capitalist system, but they do not question the fundamental injustice of capitalism itself and of America's backward and reactionary nature. The Americans only did anything remotely progressive because the Soviets embarrassed them and they were forced to by their example as well as by burgeoning social movements and organized labor in the US.

This was entertaining, informative and even disturbing, but it is something that you MUST watch. LSD and mind control experiments are just the tip of the iceberg. The CIA was willing to go to any lengths in its desperate fight against communism and this documentary proves it. Most Americans, I'm afraid, will be in denial about these things or simply not care, but it looks like the communists were right all along.