The Assets: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The Assets is an eight-part limited series based on the real life events of CIA counter-intelligence officer Sandy Grimes. The year 1985 serves as the backdrop to the final showdown of the Cold War when Sandy and her partner Jeanne Vertefeuille vowed to find the mole who would turn out to be the most notorious traitor in US History, Aldrich Ames. Sandy is in a race against time to save the Soviet intelligence officers from being caught and killed. Living her own double life at home, this beautiful wife and mother vowed to stop at nothing until she uncovered the truth.

Series details

• Title: The Assets
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Thriller
• Premiere date: 2014-01-02
• Final broadcast date listed: 2014-08-03
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ABC
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.9/10
• TVMaze ID: 1057

Cast and credited roles

• Jodie Whittaker — Sandy Grimes
• Paul Rhys — Aldrich Ames
• Stuart Milligan — Arthur O'Neill
• Christina Cole — Louisa Tilton
• Lex Shrapnel — Mitch Weaver
• Julian Ovenden — Gary Grimes
• Harriet Walter — Jeanne Vertefeuile
• Ralph Brown — Lawrence Winston
• Amelia Clarkson — Kelly Grimes
• Trystan Gravelle — John P
• Nicholas Woodeson — Volkov

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2014-01-02; final listed air date 2014-08-03; episode order: 8.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Assets on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.