Parker Sawyers and Alec Secăreanu in "Spy/Master." Credit: Courtesy of HBO Max With its Cold War paranoia and tangled web of secrets, HBO Max's Spy/Master makes for a solid entry into the canon ...

but Birkett and Parker were convinced that a conspiracy had taken place and feared that a rejection of the count would cause the entire case to unravel. "If you say this dreadful war isn't planned ...