خلاصه داستان : چند دوست قدیمی مدرسه ای در یک املاک روستایی وسیع همدیگر را ملاقات می کنند، جایی که یک مرد شروع به دیدن چشم اندازهای نگران کننده ای می کند که عقل او را به هم می زند...

Several old college friends converge at a mansion, ostensibly for a pleasant reunion. Larry Dann, the most easygoing of the bunch, comes to the conclusion that all is not well in the old dark house. For one thing, he's run across several people whom he's never met. For another, they all seem to be of a different time and place.

خلاصه داستان : در روزهای تاریک جنگ سرد، جورج اسمایلی کهنه کار جاسوسی مجبور به بازنشستگی می شود تا یک مامور شوروی را در رده های MI6 کشف کند.

George Smiley, the aging master spy of the Cold War and once heir apparent to Control, is brought back out of retirement to flush out a top level mole within the Circus. Smiley must travel back through his life and murky workings of the Circus to unravel the net spun by his nemesis Karla 'The Sandman' of the KGB and reveal the identity of the mole before he disappears.