Note sull'episodio
It’s the end of the second World War and things are looking up! The Nazis have been defeated and their leaders are on trial for unspeakable war crimes, China is recovering from the brutal Japanese invasion while the Japanese are entering a period of national introspection and revitalization, and the long conflict has made the world powers of America, the U.K., and the Soviet Union into fast friends. I foresee a long, sunny period of cultural exchange, peaceable de-militarization, and . . . oh. Oh, the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. are discovering that sad fact of all brief but fiery romances: that relationships built on shared traumatic experiences are rarely built to go the distance. The breakup is messy to say the least, with Europe broken up and divided between them and both sides preparing to spend the next few decades trying to act like they’re too ...