The Agency (2024)

The Agency season 2 opens the door for the show's next chapter to be its grittiest and darkest yet, which is saying something, and that is what makes the spy series must-watch TV.

The more episodes I watched, the more I started to grasp and comprehend the show’s pace and framework and came to appreciate its intentionality. This is a world I want to understand because it feels like I’m watching an intricate puzzle being put together. It’s a unique world I enjoy being in so I’m looking forward to seeing where The Agency goes after a strong start.

Deeply engrossing (in the three episodes made available to critics), the espionage thriller explores the human cost of covert work.

Stylish and solidly built, “The Agency” is genre-fare elevated by its impressive cast and polished presentation. If you don’t mind a committed cover song — and aren’t too attached to whatever echoes from the past this version brings up — then you might just get hooked all over again. Hooked enough, anyway.

If Fassbender is watchable, Turner-Smith is the opposite. Her character is mysterious – we’re supposed to wonder if she is also a spy – but she conveys this in a frustratingly one-note way. The Agency gives us much to think about, but there are too many unwelcome distractions.

The script is smart, if not exactly sharp. There’s occasional humor. .... Of the large cast, Jeffrey Wright stands out. .... He [Michael Fassbender] fails to ignite the necessary chemistry with Sami, despite obligatory explicit sex scenes.

“The Agency” [is] the one thing a spy show should never be: boring. It’s a hurdle the show never clears through its opening stretch and makes it a tough one to recommend on any level (except, perhaps, as a way into the better French version).

I just finished watching Season 1 of The Agency on Paramount. Loved it! I thought the whole series was amazing. A little slow at times, but for me personally, that built up and added to the suspense. The characters are really well written and the performances were outstanding. The locations in and around London were spectacular to see. The story is very powerful. Overall, the series is really enjoyable and I’m looking forward to season two. All episodes are available now on paramount plus.

It is good but not as good as Le bureau des légendes t, thé french séries it inspirée by.

This show has more tension than others and isn't as slow as others. It's multiple story lines are a bit confusing but we'll have to see if they work out logically. Characters are interesting enough but diverse (in the perception sense). All in all we'd say: "give a chance and it may turn out to be good. In the meantime it is interesting."

Solid spy thriller with a stellar cast. I know this kind of thing has been done before, and the plot doesn't seem overly original, but everyone and everything is operating at peak levels so it makes it enjoyable.

Oh look! More CIA slopganda! Hard pass. We are done with your BS social engineering.