3) The person who was convinced from beginning to end that SMILEY WAS THE MOLE and this was a Boileau-Narcejac style exercise in watching the criminal carry off a successful cover-up (I forget the details but it was a super-impressive analysis for a TOTALLY WRONG theory they came up with on first watch XD;).

2) The person whose mom glanced at the screen for 30 seconds and was like, “It is definitely THAT GUY and he is [redacted for eerily accurate character relationship spoilers].” In the discussion thread it was generally agreed that Chinese moms who watch a lot of endless TV historical dramas about palace intrigue are the scariest audience. This is true. Thinking about it, my mom would also have figured it out in 30 seconds.

1) “Wait, is this a sequel to Another Country?”**

** clearly not it would have A LOT MORE LESTRADE if so