The OptimistsSeries 1Episodes Episode guide

Back up to: The Optimists

1. Episode 13

   13/13Ruta suspects Birukov of treason.
2. Episode 12

   12/13Chernykh’s family suffers a blow while the plot against Khrushchev gathers pace.
3. Episode 11

   11/13Arkady helps a scientist travel abroad not knowing he’s seeking political asylum.
4. Episode 10

   10/13With Ruta out of town and Alyosha alone, things come to a head.
5. Episode 9

   9/13Arkady makes his mark at a meeting with a delegation from China.
6. Episode 8

   8/13Vareinikov asks Grigory to influence his former lover, German journalist Gaby Gotz.
7. Episode 7

   7/13Ruta is waiting for Alexei to come round from his operation.
8. Episode 6

   6/13Ruta sets up an interview between her husband Alexei and a journalist.
9. Episode 5

   5/13The Americans rescue Soviet sailors who have been lost at sea for 49 days.
10. Episode 4

    4/13Grigory and Ruta are in Paris as part of the Soviet delegation.
11. Episode 3

    3/13At the cinema Muratov secretly meets a French producer.
12. Episode 2

    2/13Grigory is trying to find support from his patron, Vareinikov.
13. Episode 1

    1/13Russian drama set in the 60s during the Khrushchev era and at the height of the Cold War.