CIA

STREAM IT if you like FBI or are a big Tom Ellis fan; CIA should scratch the itch of both sets of viewers. If you’re looking for an interesting procedural, SKIP IT.

With his James Bond 1990 vibe, Colin is the partner one instinctively prefers, unless one has a natural liking for Eagle Scout types. .... The trick the good guys play to bring the bad to heel makes no real sense, only TV spy sense. But this is, after all, television, and “CIA” knows what some of us want, or will settle for, from our spies.

So far, “CIA” works well as an average New York City-set law-enforcement procedural. Perhaps that will be enough.

Not every show needs to be genre-pushing, thought-provoking art. But if you’re not going to make something new, you do at least need to make something quality. And an important part of quality is understanding the audience, moment, and subject matter. “CIA” does none of that.

It’s classic buddy cop stuff, a “Lethal Weapon” without the jokes, which is part of the problem. You can predict everything both Colin and Bill are going to say or do, and while both are credible actors with no shortage of charm, they’re bogged down by perfunctory writing.

I love this series. It starts with a weaker episode – though I still thought it was good – and gets better with every episode. Please do keep watching and don’t judge it after just one episode. I think the cast is brilliant. I particularly like the dynamic between Colin and Bill. I’m keen to see how their partnership develops.

I liked this one right from the pilot and stuck with the full season. 7.5/10. Tom Ellis brings strong swagger and charm as the loose-cannon CIA guy, while Nick Gehlfuss is the perfect grounded counter as the straight-arrow FBI partner. Their evolving buddy chemistry becomes the best part of the **** weekly cases are mostly entertaining and well-paced (classic **** Wolf style), even if a couple felt like standard filler with average twists. The mole arc adds decent long-term intrigue without killing the episodic vibe I enjoy. It has some familiar tropes and the finale doesn't quite deliver the big knockout punch I hoped for, but as a whole it's a fun, reliable spy procedural with good balance of action, tension, and character moments. Solid first season that makes me want to see where Season 2 goes.

A CIA agent that speaks like he's British?? Really? And when compared to the Marshals from Yellowstone they might as well be wearing **** and painting their nails for as much testosterone that they have between them, although Mr. Ginger is slightly better than beans on toast but it might just be the suit he wears. The show is WEAK, forgettable and embarrassing.

The show is a frustrating waste of two actors I actually enjoy—Tom Ellis, who was magnetic as Lucifer, and Nick Gehlfuss, who carried plenty of tension as Dr. Halstead in Chicago Med. Instead of giving them anything sharp or stylish, this CIA series feels like a stitched‑together nothing‑burger: glossy on the surface, empty once you bite in. The main plot drifts from one recycled espionage beat to another, never building momentum, never earning any real payoff, and telegraphing every twist so far ahead that any suspense and interest have flatlined to zero.