First Principles

I am not planning on watching more episodes of "The Sandbaggers", as although it has an overall score of 8.6, which is VERY high, I was not particularly enamored with episode one.

The Norwegians have come to the British secret service asking for a favor...to sneak into the Soviet Union to rescue the members of a team which crashed there. Considering if the British would potentially provoke a diplomatic crisis if the team would be caught, the head of the Sandbaggers refuses to help. Later, however, he's overruled...and in the end it turns out his initial concerns were dead on..they should just let the Norwegians fend for themselves.

I like spy shows, though the energy level of this one is pretty low and the production values are not especially impressive. Overall, I was shocked how slow the show was....and I'm not inclined to see more even though it might get better.