Yes and no. They aren't showing life in the Soviet Union, of course, but they're getting little things right so far. I want to see how they do flashbacks to life back in the USSR. I'm mostly going on my parents' opinions on things (one thing the show is not accurate about is having the head Russian diplomat with a Polish accent, because they never would have been trusted to hold a position like that), but they seem to be impressed, which is really rare when they see America-made Russian shows or movies.

(Both my parents were incredibly impressed by how plausible they felt the Nina-caviar-smuggling thing was, for some reason. But also I showed my mother a scene or two and she got one look at Elizabeth and said, "Oh yeah, that's the face of a fanatic.")