I dunno, there's a pretty big twist at the end of the book that might be spoiled.

I've read (and loved) the novel and am generally satisfied with the premiere. Clearly, the ambiguity of Shadow's appearance in the book, other than 'big', won't work on screen, but Whittle does a fine job of portraying a man who is striving to remain calm at all times.

I'm late to this, obviously, but thought the contrast between the high minded ideals they're selling to Paige (and themselves) and Elizabeth's mission was beautifully constructed.

I've come to this late obviously, it's interesting that noone (in the post of comments) has made the connection that the Peter Schilling song featured so prominently in the episode is also the theme song to Deutschland 83. Possibly a coincidence, but given the theme of nuclear war which featured heavily in that…