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FAVORITE CABLE & TV SPY SERIES SHOWS
Vanity | 06-15-2019 | Captain Peter Blood

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.


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To: Doctor DNA

Myerson had the best explanation for what FBI stands for....


61 posted on 06/15/2019 3:12:08 PM PDT by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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To: Perseverando

I saw that one also and it was pretty good. Hope there is a second season.


62 posted on 06/15/2019 3:15:50 PM PDT by Captain Peter Blood
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To: Captain Peter Blood

The early seasons of Homeland were outstanding but the show has taken a far-left turn in recent years.


63 posted on 06/15/2019 3:18:15 PM PDT by Kazan
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To: Captain Peter Blood

Man In The High Castle (what life would be like in post-WWII America had the Nazis and Japanese had won the war) is one of the best shows on Amazon Prime.


64 posted on 06/15/2019 3:19:32 PM PDT by Kazan
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To: Captain Peter Blood
Not "spy" exactly but close - the original British "The Avengers" is one of a kind. The ones with Mrs. Peel, of course...a box set is available.


65 posted on 06/15/2019 3:26:22 PM PDT by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
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To: bigbob

The only “Avengers” that matter.


66 posted on 06/15/2019 3:27:53 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Big Red Clay

It’s excellent.


67 posted on 06/15/2019 3:28:48 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Captain Peter Blood

You will like “Traitors.” It’s about the post-WW II world with the Cold War and spy craft just getting started.

Wiki...”Traitors is a British television drama miniseries created by Bathsheba Doran and broadcast by Channel 4 and Netflix in 2019. Set in 1945 London after the end of World War Two, Traitors follows on a young woman recruited by the American Office of Strategic Services to identify a Soviet spy in the Cabinet Office.”

I really enjoyed Season 1. You aren’t quite sure who the good guys and bad guys are until the end of the season. It’s quite fascinating watching the young woman getting recruited and her learning it’s a one-way street.


68 posted on 06/15/2019 3:53:02 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Eccl 10:2

I don’t watch much network TV or many series, but I really liked ‘Person of Interest’.


69 posted on 06/15/2019 3:55:26 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it")
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To: redfreedom

She had very nice clothes...


70 posted on 06/15/2019 3:56:10 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it")
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To: Dave W
Maybe you missed The Best War Movies Ever Made (vote 'em up or down) just over a month ago. There were 253 posts.
71 posted on 06/15/2019 4:00:54 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: bigbob

I liked that when I was a kid.

I think the first film that got me interested in stuff that ‘spies’ do was ‘Three Days of the Condor.’


72 posted on 06/15/2019 4:01:58 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it")
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To: Captain Peter Blood; Perseverando

NBC cancelled The Enemy Within at the end of season 1.

It is doubtful that any other venue will pick up extending it beyond the original 13 episodes. It never seemed to attract much of a viewership.

I watched it, also. The final episode did sort of have closure and the BIG cliff-hanger.


73 posted on 06/15/2019 4:05:25 PM PDT by TomGuy
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To: Captain Peter Blood

“Reilly, Ace of Spies”, Sam Neill as Sidney Reilly, early-mid ‘80s on PBS.

Ian Fleming said something like he was a real James Bond, nearly brought down thw Bolsheviks single handed.


74 posted on 06/15/2019 4:08:52 PM PDT by skepsel
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To: Kazan

That is my understanding/ I am getting ready to start season 3. What seasons do you think are not worth watching?


75 posted on 06/15/2019 4:32:31 PM PDT by Captain Peter Blood
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To: Captain Peter Blood

Watch ‘em all. Her sojourn into Muzzie love is a turnoff, but you shouldn’t skip a season.


76 posted on 06/15/2019 4:33:56 PM PDT by sparklite2 (Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
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To: mylife

Simcoe......the best bad guy ever!


77 posted on 06/15/2019 4:33:59 PM PDT by Donkey Odious ( Adapt, improvise, and overcome - now a motto for us all.)
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To: Donkey Odious

And he was real!
Though doubtful he was the SOB as portrayed in the show.

Founder of Toronto I think.

Also an early anti-slavery activist!

Again I wish TV & movie script writers would not “improve on history”, history is far more dramatic the anything those asses can dream up! Think how much a deeper & more complex character he would have been if portrayed truthfully!


78 posted on 06/15/2019 4:40:37 PM PDT by Reily
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To: Captain Peter Blood

My all time favorite was The Man From UNCLE.


79 posted on 06/15/2019 4:41:07 PM PDT by marajade (Skywalker)
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To: Boiler Plate

A Touch of Cloth on Prime. A parody of A Touch of Frost, and police procedurals in general. Very dry humor.


80 posted on 06/15/2019 4:46:19 PM PDT by FrdmLvr (They never thought she would lose.)
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