Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 8.1 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 8.4 |
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About
"Espionage as a patient, cerebral chess match"
George Smiley, a retired British intelligence officer, is quietly pulled back into service to expose a Soviet mole buried deep inside the Circus, his old spy agency. This is not a shootout thriller; it is a patient, methodical unraveling told through interrogations, memories and half-lit rooms. The pace is deliberate, almost glacial, but every glance and pause carries weight. What carries it is atmosphere and precision: understated performances, dense plotting, and the sense that betrayal hides in plain sight among ordinary, tired men.
Alec Guinness's quietly devastating performance as the spy hunting his own service's traitor.
the deliberately slow, talk-heavy pacing demands close attention and offers little action.
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All Seasons
| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ | 1 | Return to the Circus | 7.9 | 440 | 49 min | |
| ▶ | 2 | Tarr Tells His Story | 8.0 | 378 | 49 min | |
| ▶ | 3 | Smiley Tracks the Mole | 8.1 | 364 | 60 min | |
| ▶ | 4 | How It All Fits Together | 8.1 | 348 | 50 min | |
| ▶ | 5 | Tinker Tailor | 8.3 | 394 | 60 min | |
| ▶ | 6 | Smiley Sets a Trap | 8.2 | 329 | 60 min | |
| ▶ | 7 | Flushing Out the Mole | 8.4 | 333 | 60 min |