![]() ![]() She reveals (a) that she’s sympathetic to Shaw, and (b) that her company will be providing secure computer services to the Berliner Zeitung. Next, Daniel meets “Joker”/Lana (Antje Trauer) in a well-appointed sushi bar, where she’s apparently called him. In a movie theater, Julian de Vos (formerly “thin white dude”) listens as Hector tells him that Daniel has his file. In digging for information, Frost reveals that the initial scene took place in Chechnya and Langley (CIA HQ) thinks Daniel is a war hero. Richard Armitage reveals himself the master of the insincere smile: Daniel is non-commital, and Frost is frustrated by his unwillingness to make friends. They’re meeting up so Frost can give Daniel some more information about Julian de Vos, specifically his file (Frost says he’s better at his job than Gemma Jones was) and the information about the person who was supposed to have killed him, Frank Dupont, who’s now living on a houseboat in the Netherlands. They’re in one of those CIA safe houses from 1986. Then, switch to “present day” so we know all of that was past. Then Hector (Rhys Ifans) and Daniel together in the snowy place (no identification of time or place): This episode was most interested in Steven and Hector and since I find Steven babyish and Hector tedious, it was kind of a loss for me.Įpisode opens with Daniel (Richard Armitage), nose in the snow. And Armitage’s skills are really under-utilized whenever you don’t allow him to show what his character is thinking or feeling. We learn things about their past but not really what those things mean. However, with the except of possibly Steven, very little effort is being made to flesh the actors out as people with emotional lives. IMDB Berlin Station Soundtrack Season 1 – Songs List – Tracklist – Listen to the playlist of all of the songs played in the tv show, who sings them, including end credits and scene descriptions.The TL DR judgment - it took me hours just to summarize what happened in this episode. As he dives deeper into the German capital’s hall of mirrors and uncovers the threads of a conspiracy that leads back to Washington, Daniel wonders: Can anyone ever be the same after a posting to Berlin?Ĭast: Richard Armitage as Daniel Miller, the cerebral, newly anointed CIA officer who goes from being an analyst at Langley to an undercover officer in Berlin tasked with finding a leak, Richard Jenkins as Steven Frost, a veteran of the Cold War who serves as the CIA’s Chief of the Berlin Station, Rhys Ifans as Case Officer Hector DeJean, Michelle Forbes as Valerie Edwards, the no-nonsense administrator who serves as a Berlin Station Internal Branch Chief, Tamlyn Tomita as Sandra Abe, a quiet presence lording over the efficient operation of Berlin Station while having an affair with her boss, Steven Frost, Leland Orser as Robert Kirsch, a devoted and successful Deputy Chief who digs intelligence out of the capital through a mix of force, diligence and cleverness, Richard Dillane as Deputy Liaison Gerald Ellman, a gentle, reserved man who plans his transfer to Budapest, but finds himself in a position of being collateral damage, Bernhard Schütz as Hans Richter, an old-world spy who has risen, against all odds, to the highest ranks of the BfV. Miller has a clandestine mission: to determine the identity of a now-famous whistleblower masquerading as “Thomas Shaw.” Guided by jaded veteran Hector DeJean (Rhys Ifans) Daniel learns to contend with the rough-and-tumble world of the field officer – agent-running, deception, danger and moral compromises. The EPIX Original Series Berlin Station, a contemporary spy series consisting of 10, one-hour episodes, follows Daniel Miller, (Richard Armitage), who has just arrived at the CIA station in Berlin, Germany. Original network: Epix Genre: Espionage drama Created by: Olen Steinhauer ![]()
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