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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9794044/
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spy shows
All posts tagged spy shows
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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5052460/
A military guy is recruited as a rescuer.
It's okay I guess, but it's not my thing.
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A prequel to Taken - (2008 movie)
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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2364582/
https://www.marvel.com/tv-shows/marvel-s-agents-of-s-h-i-e-l-d/5
Agents with a formerly-secret worldwide law-enforcement organization work to safeguard the world from the lesser challenges now too-frequent for superheroes alone.
Good enough, although so far it's one of these episodic shows which has a new problem every episode.
I watched three episodes and liked it, but I took a long break and watched a fourth and couldn't figure anything out or get interested again. I can't recommend this except for those who are heavily hooked on those first few episodes and who intend to properly binge-watch it all.
- S.H.I.E.L.D. - Strategic Homeland Intervention Enforcement and Logistics Division
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Abandoned? The ABC URL does not work and it cannot be found there.
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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2149175/
was https://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/the-americans
Set during the Cold War, a Soviet spy husband and wife do spy stuff in the United States.
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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1399664/
https://web.archive.org/web/20210721174231/www.amc.com/shows/the-night-manager--108
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03g13rt
A dude begins his career as a night manager for some place somewhere but gets used by British intelligence to act against an arms dealer.
Fairly decent, but I suspect it's only because this is another show with a British accent being thrown around carelessly.
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Based on The Night Manager (1993 book), by John le Carré
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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1486217/
https://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/archer
A spy does spy stuff, drinks, hits on women and makes a jackass of himself while being surprisingly competent.
A fun, light, series which has a whole lot of laugh-out-loud moments.
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Though I've seen it all, I didn't begin taking notes until later on.
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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2741602/
https://www.nbc.com/the-blacklist
A bad guy blackmails the good guys because he likes this one good girl.
My impression from the first few episodes was:
Seems "ok". Unless this has a more interesting story-arc, I won't consider this particularly good. The predictable and episodic nature of television bores the shit out of me. It makes a series only valuable only the course of multiple episodes and individual episodes become the shit I have to slog through.
My later impression, from the end of the second season:
Characters were slow and stiff until they were developed more fully. When they were, a broader story arc took hold, making this show quite a bit more interesting.
My final impression:
It gets repetitive and annoying.
Avoid cliffhangers: Watch more when it's part way into the next season.
TODO - There are other media related to this universe, and I'm not sure what order to watch them in.
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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057765/
A pair of secret agents do secret agenty-stuff.
Seems great so far.
- Alternately called The Man From Uncle.
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United Network Command for Law and Enforcement
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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3499120/
Article Two, "section five" of the United States Constitution is unveiled to the vice president, who keeps it secret and uses it as a leverage for extrajudicial power using one agent and a dude in her basement.
A mediocre show. It started episodic with no story arc, but then grew a weak one.
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This show was cancelled after one season. I can see why.
If I ever get around to finding this, I'll check it out.
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(on the French Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4063800/
https://www.canalplus.com/series/le-bureau-des-legendes/h/4954400_50001
