Having watched a good portion of the first season myself, I can understand why those ratings were so high. The series is smart, entertaining and packed with strong performances. If anything, its biggest challenge may have been visibility.
Set in Moscow in 1977, Ponies follows two women known as “PONIES,” or “persons of no interest” in intelligence terminology. Working as secretaries at the American Embassy, they largely go unnoticed until their husbands die under mysterious circumstances in the Soviet Union. Suddenly, they’re pulled into the world of CIA operations and international espionage.
Emilia Clarke plays Bea Grant, a highly educated Russian speaker and the daughter of Russian immigrants who finds herself grappling with a life that hasn’t unfolded as planned. Haley Lu Richardson stars as Twila Hasbeck, a bold, outspoken small-town woman whose fearlessness often gets the better of her. Brought together by tragedy, the pair begin investigating the conspiracy their husbands died trying to uncover.
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