The abrupt end of the series generated enough talk among fans here in NYC that the local PBS station that broadcast it (WLIW) issued a release that the driving force behind the series, Ian MacIntosh, died suddenly and the production company decided not to carry on with it- MacIntosh had written 17 of 20 episodes. One seemingly reliable web source says MacIntosh was lost on a plane flight in Alaska, but I have also heard it was a heart attack.
BTW, one point in the series simply does not ring true- the fate of Laura Dickens, played by Diane Keen. Intell services that go around killing their own non-defecting agents don't have agents for very long. There might be rare exceptions, but this wasn't one of them. Witness the extreme efforts even the Russians made to get back their own, such as George Blake. it is one thing to lose people in the field- that is expected (although the CIA, in fifty-plus years, has lost about 80, and a number of these to accident); it is quite another for an agent to go out there thinking his own people may be gunning for him. Until I see documented cases, its pure Hollywood.
BTW, one point in the series simply does not ring true- the fate of Laura Dickens, played by Diane Keen. Intell services that go around killing their own non-defecting agents don't have agents for very long. There might be rare exceptions, but this wasn't one of them. Witness the extreme efforts even the Russians made to get back their own, such as George Blake. it is one thing to lose people in the field- that is expected (although the CIA, in fifty-plus years, has lost about 80, and a number of these to accident); it is quite another for an agent to go out there thinking his own people may be gunning for him. Until I see documented cases, its pure Hollywood.