7.961 minSeason 2 • Episode 6
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Former British soldier Jonathan Pine navigates the shadowy recesses of Whitehall and Washington where an unholy alliance operates between the intelligence community and the secret arms trade. To infiltrate the inner circle of lethal arms dealer Richard Onslow Roper, Pine must himself become a criminal.
Acting
Hiddleston's trembling restraint vs Laurie's terrifying charm
Direction
Slick luxury porn masking genuine rot
Cinematography
Cairo sunsets and Swiss alpine perfection
Creator
David Farr
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Le Carré wrote Roper as a response to post-Cold War arms proliferation—Laurie's performance channels real dealers like Adnan Khashoggi who lived exactly this life of yachts and plausible deniability.
The Cairo hotel is actually the Old Cataract in Aswan—Agatha Christie wrote 'Death on the Nile' there, which production absolutely knew when they chose it for a spy thriller.
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