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A fact from The Game (British TV series) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 25 November 2013 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the "character-driven storylines" of The Game "capture the intense feeling of the cold war period"?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2013/November. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/The Game (British TV series).

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Does this article need to tell the entire story?

A few things. 1, I think that this entire article tells an overly-detailed retelling of the story. 2, Even if it's acceptable to tell all these details, the decision on what to tell pr focus on is based on a personal viewer, and thus it's open to personal focus. 3, in its discussion and focus on plot it ignores societal pressures which impact how characters behave.

I don't think Wikipedia is intended to be a Cliff Notes substitute for watching the series, but that seems to be how this page has been written. This is a page about a six-episode series, and IMO it goes into excruciating detail. I think it could be 25% of the length it is.

Putting this out, because it really could be much shorter.Frank Lynch (talk) 03:01, 31 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Plot discussion

Having just seen the series, I think the plot discussion is too suspect to an individual's interpretation of what actually occurred in the series, and should be removed or revamped. For instance, it suggests that in a park bench discussion Sarah, known to be a mole to viewers at the stage of the scene, is known to be a mole to Joe Lambe. This is subject to discussion. A show like this benefits from crowd-sourced water-cooler discussions, but this discussion of the plot seems too driven by a single individual's interpretation. Frank Lynch (talk) 03:04, 3 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2 needed Corrections, 2'nd not yet implemented: 1. A sleeper is already a KGB agent, so is activated, not "recruited" when turned-on. 2. When sleeper 'turns himself in', to work for MI5 instead, he becomes a "double agent". If he is none-the-less actually still working for KGB, then he is a triple agent, not a "double agent" as erroneously stated and linked. Both of these points are not arguable against by anyone seriously informed about the spy game Tommster1 (talk) 09:30, 4 December 2020 (UTC) .[reply]