
TV: The Bureau (Season 1)
There’s nothing top secret about my mission to watch every great spy show ever made. I’ve logged many, many…
April 20, 2020There’s nothing top secret about my mission to watch every great spy show ever made. I’ve logged many, many…
April 20, 2020To put it mildly, my reaction to the first season of Berlin Station was ardent. Created and co-written by…
March 18, 2018The Human Factor (1979) has cachet to burn in its creative lineup: Otto Preminger’s last directorial effort is based…
February 16, 2017Well, points for trying, anyway. British Cold War spy series The Game (2015) takes a stab at filling a…
June 13, 2015There are few shows I’ve watched more compulsively than the epic BBC spy series MI-5 (2002-2011). A few months…
October 29, 2014I’ve made no secret of my love for the classic British spy drama The Sandbaggers, an intelligent, powerful 20-episode…
August 16, 2012Recently I looked back over my blog and realized I haven’t reviewed much television lately, a casualty of being…
July 27, 2012Recently Jenn was out of town, and one bored and miserable Friday, to lift my mood and in anticipation…
May 22, 2012My recent rediscovery of comics inspired me to re-read Greg Rucka’s Queen & Country series from start to finish.…
August 23, 2011I’m a huge fan of Greg Rucka’s Queen & Country universe, a wicked fun combination of intrigue and adventure…
April 2, 2011It’s been a while since I’ve dumped a bunch of TV-viewing bulletpoints in this blog’s general direction. Some recent…
December 3, 2010In mourning the death of Rubicon, I’ve been coping by imagining a world where there’s a multibillionaire version of…
November 18, 2010I like to bring page-turners with me when I’m traveling, and based on my reaction to the first Greg…
June 12, 2009For the unindoctrinated, MI-5 (Spooks, in the UK) is a BBC spy series involving the domestic branch of the British Secret…
April 28, 2009There’s an excellent article over at the Onion AV Club about television spy shows. It’s like it was written…
March 13, 2009