There are little things in this series that just takes the sheen off Tom Clancys legacy and just increases that sense of dumbing it down for American audiences, when the series is already a simple join the dots.
Why do American Police forces need to identify which city they come from? If you're in New York or San Fransico, saying "NYPD" or "SFPD" rather than just Police may be quicker, but would you ignore them if they just shouted "Police". Shouting "London Police", while stood in London, just seems redundant.
Same with "Midterms". Tom Clancy was an expert at deciphering tech speak - which is sadly missed in this series - but I had to pause the episode to find out what they were, and why a student at an English school wouldn't just say after their exams?
Of course the British Intelligence officer has the code name "Mother", as though he should be in a wheel chair, directing Steed and Mrs Peel, who probably would have done a better job in this situation.
And the producers have already spoiled the episode in the trailer for the series, with the roof top jump into an unusually quiet Thames.
This all detracts from the main story in Venezuela. Cristina Umaña shines as the opposition leader, as we get more connections about what might be going on in the jungle through both conversations and the feet on the ground that Clancy style stories require.
Tom Wlaschiha, as the one eyed assassin, gives an amazing example for people who can't make it into work because they feel a little under the weather. Frankly, the characters in this series are all pretty indestructible; up until it makes sense that they are expendable and then they just go down!
It still has a way to go to get to the inevitable conclusion, but it is beginning to look pretty obvious where it's all going.