Such a smart comment! I'm sorry I haven't responded until now--it's been a busy time.

I think you're right that the emotional aspects are hard to convey in a summary, and yet more than anything those are the parts that make the show what it is. There's a new German show called "Deutschland 83" that has a very similar summary, but the shows couldn't end up being more different, as a result of the comparative absence of those emotional/interpersonal bits in "Deutschland 83."

-J