Posted on 06/15/2019 11:40:40 AM PDT by Captain Peter Blood
Of late I have been watching what I consider to be some pretty good spy shows. So I am going to list them.
I have ROKU and most of these I found available on streaming channels.
Epix Channel:
Here is found two really good shows worth watching:
"Berlin Station" series set in modern Berlin of the CIA station there.
"Deep State": Modern day spy series set in the U.S., England, and the Middle East. The plot is pretty believable and concerns the Military Industrial Complex.
On Showtime I have been binge watching "Homeland". Great show and plot, I have just finished watching the first two seasons and have been riveted. It is my understanding the last couple of seasons got a little to PC and such.
On Amazon I found a real jewel called "The Game". It is a period spy series set in the 1970's England and concerns a hunt for a mole in MI5. The actors are great and story very well done.
There is another one I found on Amazon to buy called "Counterpart" that is on the Starz channel. It's about a hapless UN employee who discovers the agency he works for is hiding a gateway to a parallel dimension that's in Cold War with our own, and where his other self is a top spy. The war slowly heats up thanks to spies from both sides.
Anyone who has any really good recommendations let me know what they are and I will put them on my list.
Pine Gap.
Wanted.
Secret City.
I would recommend “The Americans”. The full series is available on Amazon Prime.
It is about a couple who are deep cover Soviet spies in Washington D.C. in the eighties. It is one of my favorite series that I have watched streaming. Great acting, great characters, and really riveting stories.
Burn Notice.
Missed it by this much
Archer!
Perhaps the only vanity post I have found worthwhile. Thanks.
I don’t know whether it ranks as “best”, but I watched Rubicon which was so convoluted that I wanted to watch it again... and I can’t find it anywhere. https://couchpop.com/tv/rubicon/ says it is not available on Amazon, Hulu or Netflix.
Don’t tell HG
LOL
That was a great show.
MI5 on Netflix is pretty good.
In typical British fashion, they knock off the main character(s) after about 8 episodes. We were shocked. Not like 24hrs, where you know that whatever happens, Jack Bauer ain’t dyin’.
The Bodyguard (British 6-part series on Netflix)
Versailles (period piece, 3rd season, Netflix)
Counterpart was very good. My wife and I kept referring to the two worlds as “East Berlin” and “West Berlin.”
Does Orphan Black count as a spy series? If so, it was fantastic!
“The Americans,” is excellent. Right now I’m hooked on “Turn: Washington’s Spies” on Netflix, a dramatization of the Culper spy ring during the American Revolution. It’s very well done, and has several quite overt references to the confiscation of private firearms and the consequences thereof.
I also love the spy genre. Counterpart was good. I loved MI5. Oldie but goodie...La Femme Nikita. Homeland got boring after a bit. Love your post as I’m always looking for new ones to watch.
The Punisher, though it’s Marvel comics, is entertaining.
On Netflix.
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