S01.E02: A Little Black Dove

[Snazzy Daisy]

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After reaching a dead end in the search for Jason's killer, Helen has to fight for her own life, while Sam receives a threat from his former employer.

Air Date: Dec 05, 2024

 

 

Edited December 6 by Snazzy Daisy

[Cementhead]

I really like this so far.  This show is exactly what I was expecting The Agency to be but was not.  A stealth moving plot and a stellar cast all set in a slick setting with visually appealing production value. 

[dancingdreamer]

I knew this would be good, when I saw Sarah Lancashire  was in it. We have only watched two episodes, I'm already  hooked.

[Snazzy Daisy]

Did Helen kill her stepfather and let her stepsister, Bonnie took the blame while she fled the country? 👀

It’s obvious how rusty Sam is when he easily falls into a trap set by Jason’s killer, Elmore Fitch.

For a spy and a triggerman, I don’t expect to see Helen and Sam as the sentimental type who wear their emotions on their sleeves.

The use of “Santa Baby” song for the warehouse scene is perfect. The way it’s being played (from a background noise to a sharper focus) totally feels eerie.   
 

[SeanBug]

I'm loving this so far. 

But I adore Ben Wishaw. He was in a BBC series that aired on IFC I think a few years ago called "This is Going to Hurt". Based on a doctor's memoir working in NHS hospital.  

He was always great in the Daniel Craig Bond movies too. 

[MissLucas]

Well, we got an explanation why Sam knew the names of the two killers from the first episode. And it definitely sounds as if Daisy/Helen let her stepsister take the fall for her stepfather's murder. So far so good.

The warehouse scene was eerie but the coincidences in this show are really getting a tad much. So the guy Sam failed to kill has  Kai-Ming, while Wallace's colleague seems to be on the mysterious video.

The micro that was able to pick up one single conversation in a pub full of people was ridiculous and completely unnecessary. Helen could have waited for her hubby outside the pub under some pretense, and have him bugged while giving him a hug. Her entering the pub in her Carmen Sandiego getup - without knowing if he was already in there - and risking some of his co-workers recognizing her was stupid. It was just done to give us another scene of Helen pining over her lost love - and those are already the show's weak spot. We know she loved him, the bullet to his killer's head made the point better than all those Chiaroscuro flashbacks.