Return to the Circus

September 10, 1979

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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - S1 - E1

George Smiley's quiet retirement is interrupted when messengers arrive from London Station and call upon George Smiley to come back into the game. Smiley is brought to Sir Oliver and it is revealed that a highly influential mole has been operating out of the Circus for quite some time.

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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy: Season 1 - 7 Episode s

1x1 - Return to the Circus
September 10, 1979
George Smiley's quiet retirement is interrupted when messengers arrive from London Station and call upon George Smiley to come back into the game. Smiley is brought to Sir Oliver and it is revealed that a highly influential mole has been operating out of the Circus for quite some time.
1x2 - Tarr Tells His Story
September 17, 1979
Ricki Tarr, an active agent, recounts a tale to the spy masters that sways Smiley in favour of returning to the Circus to secretly ferret out the mole. Tarr's tale is of The Sandmann, the KGB counterpart and nemesis of Smiley, and of his network in the Circus.
1x3 - Smiley Tracks the Mole
September 24, 1979
Now that Smiley has rejoined the game he must secretly procure the information and files needed to conduct his investigation. While Peter breaks into the Circus' archives and finds files that bring a whole new perspective to consider, Smiley goes to interview an old friend.
1x4 - How It All Fits Together
October 1, 1979
Ricki Tarr becomes unstable and George Smiley must examine his past to find answers. He must examine his personal life as well as his past with the Circus, especially in regard to Control. He also reflects on his meeting with Karla, 'The Sandman'.
1x5 - Tinker Tailor
October 8, 1979
Smiley, now fortified with new information, goes to confront Jim Prideaux, an old spy who long since came in from the cold and is now a school teacher. Control, in his last days, seemed to have confided in him and sent him on a mission behind the Iron Curtain to find out who exactly the mole in the Circus was, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Rich man, or Poor man.
1x6 - Smiley Sets a Trap
October 15, 1979
Smiley now has the information he needs and starts to stir things up with the men of which Control suspected one to be the mole. He is able to eliminate two, himself and one other. The waiting begins, when suddenly the message arrives that Prideaux has disappeared.
1x7 - Flushing Out the Mole
October 22, 1979
The waiting has paid off and the traps closes on Karla's mole. It is agreed to trade him against several English spies who were captured by the KGB, but Prideaux is still not found and he has an open account to settle with the mole. With the command structure of the Circus hollowed out and containment in progress, Smiley cannot come in from the cold but remains to pick up the pieces.

Return to the Circus

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - S1 - E1

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy: Season 1 - 7 Episode s

1x1 - Return to the Circus

1x2 - Tarr Tells His Story

1x3 - Smiley Tracks the Mole

1x4 - How It All Fits Together

1x5 - Tinker Tailor

1x6 - Smiley Sets a Trap

1x7 - Flushing Out the Mole

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