All eight episodes of the first season will be available on Thursday, January 15.
Moscow, 1977. Two "PONIES" ("persons of no interest" in intelligence speak) work anonymously as secretaries in the American Embassy. That is until their husbands are killed under mysterious circumstances in the USSR, and the pair become CIA operatives. Bea (Clarke) is an over-educated, Russian-speaking child of Soviet immigrants. Her cohort, Twila (Richardson), is a small-town girl who is as abrasive as she is fearless. Together, they work to uncover a vast Cold War conspiracy and solve the mystery that made them widows in the first place.
In addition to Clarke and Richardson, the drama stars Adrian Lester, Artjom Gilz, Nicholas Podany, Petro Ninovskyi and Vic Michaelis.
David Iserson and Susanna Fogel co-created the series. Iserson serves as co-showrunner alongside Mike Daniels, while Fogel also directs. All three executive produce with Clarke and Jessica Rhoades. Universal Television produces.
