First show as premise for the series
I thought it was well edited, building into action relatively quickly. The money transfers and how they could trace them were not for layman's following but it's the CIA so that can be expected. According to trivia, the film crew was granted new access to CIA headquarters for shooting some scenes.
The storyline played into the ideological grounds for fomenting opposition to American intervention. Without really aligning to political ties they keep a tradition of lending commentary towards wider culture.