SummaryHoward Silk (J.K. Simmons) works as a low-level employee at a Berlin-based spy agency when he discovers his employers protect an opening to a parallel dimension. In the other dimension, he meets his counterpart named Prime (J.K. Simmons) in this sci-fi thriller created by Justin Marks.
Created By:Justin Marks
Counterpart
Season 1 Premiere:
Dec 10, 2017
Metascore
Generally Favorable
76
User score
Generally Favorable
7.6
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Metascore
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76
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Jan 25, 2018
91
Counterpart blooms and grows as an absorbing sci-fi/spy thriller with elemental questions about how identities can be forged and changed by environments and circumstances.
Dec 6, 2018
80
The show is so good at grounding its drama that somehow the idea of second, parallel reality just seems like a very normal, possible thing.
User score
Generally Favorable
7.6
81% Positive
154 Ratings
154 Ratings
10% Mixed
19 Ratings
19 Ratings
9% Negative
18 Ratings
18 Ratings
Apr 1, 2021
8
I just watched this series from Prime, and i totally loved it.
The story is fascinating, it might be kind of lesson of life on what the science could really be, to balance between the legality or the morality ??
A great question that a think a lot of spectators want to know after the end of the S2. The movie made me cry, it bring a real sensation because the script is very well-writed.
The suspense and action are perfect, the characters are well-build as well, same if i found the Spy's interchange a bit a lack of coordinated action.
Aug 4, 2020
8
This show is great. A mystery that takes place in Berlin and has to do with two worlds that are similar, the only way to access each other world is to cross under some sort of Brandenburg gate or Berlin wall. There was a flu pandemic too to make things more visceral. JK Simmons is one of top actors of ever or something. He's fantastic. Part Bourne, part cold war espionage, part Black Mirror....
Jan 19, 2018
80
Through six episodes, Mr. Marks doesn’t do anything especially interesting with that premise, but luckily for him and us, Mr. Simmons, an Oscar winner in 2015 for “Whiplash,” does. ... In Counterpart, Mr. Simmons works so subtly, and seemingly effortlessly, that you always know which Howard you’re watching, but you’re never aware of how you know.
Jan 16, 2018
75
Counterpart moves at a deliberate pace in the early episodes, punctuated with moments of violence and surprise. It takes time for us to acclimate ourselves to the show’s concept, but once it sinks in, we’re hooked. The performances are superb, especially Simmons, who is so good as both Howard and Other Howard, he should be nominated for two best actor Emmys.
Jan 18, 2018
70
But just as there are two Howard Silks, there are essentially two Counterparts: the spy drama with science fiction trappings, and the character study with same. Spy Howard often has to carry bureaucrat Howard through the latest crisis, and the character version of Counterpart can more than carry the spy story when it starts to feel too pokey.
Jan 17, 2018
60
Counterpart is built on a rather unwieldy premise that will either support seasons of absorbing brain-teasing or tumble over and scatter like a colossal Jenga tower. ... Throughout all the setup of this riven world, imagined by show creator Justin Marks, Simmons shines. His performance as both Howards is endlessly entertaining, and it kept me engaged in the story even when I wasn’t certain exactly what was happening.
Nov 8, 2023
6
While It's a good series it has problems with people doing dumb things just to keep the series going
Production Company:
- Gilbert Films
- Anonymous Content
- Gate 34 Productions
- Media Rights Capital (MRC)
- Starz Originals
Initial Release Date:Dec 10, 2017
Number of seasons:2 Seasons
Rating:TV-MA
Awards
IGN Summer Movie Awards
• 3 Nominations
Satellite Awards
• 2 Nominations
SXSW Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
