that they showed he gets captured in the first scene. I liked it as I think it builds tension throughout the series. my wife did not like it as she would have rather been surprised.
shareI did like it and knowing his fate made me dread episode 3. Great show!
shareI don't like, in general, stories that play games with the audience. It is so prevalent these days that people seem to think it is normal, OK, or boring without it ... but, I don't like it.
In general though I am really impressed with this series and the subject and the way it is treated, plus - it gives a real background to what is going on in this region today, and how messed up Syria is, and how festeringly corrupt the whole Muslim world is.
I also like that Sascha Baron Cohen is not the handsome dashing leading man, he is a normal guy, in fact kind of hard to look at or relate to. He does a great job in this, and he was perfectly cast, and acts the hell out of this roll. He is 10/10 in comedy, but with "The Spy" he shows he can really act and do a great job, and not that but he can pick roles and properties.
Also, Noah Emmerich is great too. I really noticed him in the series "The Americans" but he is also great here as well.
Since it was based on a true story which is very well known in Israel (although not so much outside of that country) there would not have been much point aiming for a cliffhanger ending. Though I did hope that somehow he would be saved at the end (or at least shout out something like 'Long live Israel' as he went to the gallows).
shareI didn't think of that. if you know what happened is any real life story there are no major spoilers.
share