The setting is great, it's what I imagine Berlin looked like after the war. The audience knows who the characters are and we have a plot. I think the writers had enough with the fish out of water in Max, the corruption in Berlin, the politics of the sectors and an ugly American profiting from ex-Nazis. What doesn't work is Max, the American cop's backstory of a mentally ill brother killing off Nazis and Nazi sympathizers because of a very complicated family history. It isn't necessary. The other unnecessary element is the way Michael C. Hall plays the state department official. Way, wy over the top and out of another show.
The 8th episode ended on a cliffhanger of sorts. A second season could be interesting. I'm not sure it was necessary.
The 8th episode ended on a cliffhanger of sorts. A second season could be interesting. I'm not sure it was necessary.