The Game
The Game Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 7.7 | 7.3 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 8.1 | 8.2 |
Download Infographic
About
"Cold War paranoia played as a quiet chess match"
Set in 1970s London during the Cold War, this British spy drama follows an MI5 officer drawn into a tense counter-espionage operation against a suspected Soviet plot. It's a slow-burn, moody thriller built on paranoia, betrayal, and shifting loyalties rather than action set pieces. The pacing is deliberate, almost theatrical, with period detail and clipped dialogue doing a lot of the atmospheric work. It rewards patience and attention to who's manipulating whom, more cerebral than thrilling in the conventional sense, closer to a chess match than a chase.
the slow-building tension between MI5 operatives who trust no one, least of all each other.
you want fast-paced action rather than measured, dialogue-heavy espionage plotting.
Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.
All Seasons
| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ | 1 | Episode 1 | 7.3 | 216 | 59 min | |
| ▶ | 2 | Episode 2 | 7.6 | 179 | 60 min | |
| ▶ | 3 | Episode 3 | 7.8 | 178 | 59 min | |
| ▶ | 4 | Episode 4 | 7.6 | 163 | 59 min | |
| ▶ | 5 | Episode 5 | 8.1 | 160 | 59 min | |
| ▶ | 6 | Episode 6 | 8.2 | 172 | 59 min |