The Assets (2014)
7.9/10
Thriller

Quick Facts
- Premiered
- Jan 2014
- Runtime
- 60 mins
- Language
- English
- Status
- Ended
Networks
ABC
Storyline
The Assets is an eight-part limited series based on the real life events of CIA counter-intelligence officer Sandy Grimes. The year 1985 serves as the backdrop to the final showdown of the Cold War when Sandy and her partner Jeanne Vertefeuille vowed to find the mole who would turn out to be the most notorious traitor in US History, Aldrich Ames. Sandy is in a race against time to save the Soviet intelligence officers from being caught and killed. Living her own double life at home, this beautiful wife and mother vowed to stop at nothing until she uncovered the truth.
Episodes
Cast

Jodie Whittaker
Sandy Grimes

Paul Rhys
Aldrich Ames

Stuart Milligan
Arthur O'Neill

Christina Cole
Louisa Tilton

Lex Shrapnel
Mitch Weaver

Julian Ovenden
Gary Grimes

Harriet Walter
Jeanne Vertefeuile

Ralph Brown
Lawrence Winston

Amelia Clarkson
Kelly Grimes

Trystan Gravelle
John P

Nicholas Woodeson
Volkov