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.
The show also becomes vehemently anti-Israel.
[I think the best TV spy dramas ever were the early 80s BBC produced Smileys People and Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. Both of these masterpieces were 6 part miniseries staring Sir Alec Guiness as George Smiley.]
SOME HOW EVEREONE MISSED “JOHN LE CARRE A GREAT SPY STORY
“ THE NIGHT MANAGER” THE BEST IN ABOUT 2 years
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ralph rotten
Season 1 of Prime’s Jack Ryan was good.
Looking forward to season 2.
Also liked The Widow with Kate Beckensale.
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