The UK allowed filming in the Foreign Secretary’s office, a rare distinction for any film or screen production, especially an American one
Narrative
In the midst of an international crisis, Kate Wyler, a career diplomat, lands a prestigious job for which she is ill-equipped, with tectonic consequences for her marriage and political future. The producers convinced the American and British governments to allow them to use real locations as filming locations for the series, including the still-new American embassy (at Nine Elms), which opened in 2018.
Appeared in the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards (2024)
The only location that was off-limits was Winfield House, the real residence of the American ambassador. Although it is aptly described as occupying the largest residential plot (11 acres) in London outside Buckingham Palace, the producers used a country house outside the city for filming purposes.
Production and acting are top-notch
The script is imaginative and interesting, engaging and well-paced. The character development is pretty solid, and the players aren’t simple caricatures.
The work situations that suddenly turn into “I’m just a girl standing in front of a guy” seemingly out of nowhere
Time and again, a character starts out feeling one-dimensional, but then the story develops and they’re actually much more complex than they first appear. My only complaint is that some of the “romance” subplots thrown in are so clunky and out of place that they’re incoherent and jarring.
