‘The name’s Pine, Jonathan Pine.
How many room keys would you like?’
Beginning withThe Tailor of Panamain 2001, John le Carre adaptations have slowly come back into fashion.
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The miniseries also returns the business of spy stories to the medium that has served them best.
And if that doesnt sound appealing to you, I just dont know what to tell you.
Pine has a history to him.
Theres a reason hes found himself working the night shift in a hotel call far from his native England.
Makes you feel like youre not a very good writer, huh?
Sophie has dirt on Freddie, the kind of dirt that would be of interest to the British government.
Sure, its a bad plan, but its the plan that involves Tom Hiddlestons butt.
Her office is freezing cold, and her department is all but forgotten, and shes brilliant.
Its here that we see the kind of spycraft that separated le Carre from his sexier contemporaries.
One of the premieres dramatic high points happens because Burr isnt given Pines intel until the very last moment.
Roper is Burrs white whale, her Karla for the le Carre heads out there.
), butThe Night Manageris off to a very promising, very exciting start.
