Watch The Optimists Episode 1 HD Full Free on SolarMovie. Watch The Optimists tv series online free. The Optimists is a Russian spy drama series that brings a 1960's "Mad Men" aesthetic to the Nikita K...The Optimists is a Russian spy drama series that brings a 1960's "Mad Men" aesthetic to the Nikita Khrushchev-era, set during peak Cold War. The show opens during the 1959 American National Exhibition in Sokolniki and continues to unravel the Russian and American acts of espionage and the personal lives affected by the fragile geopolitical picture.