CIA
"Two agents. One mission. Two methods."
Overview
When by-the-book FBI Special Agent Bill Goodman is loaned out to a clandestine CIA/FBI task force, he finds himself teamed up with secretive and roguish CIA case officer Colin Glass. Together they work covert operations in New York, uncovering international plots, terrorist cells, and geopolitical secrets.
The friction between institutional rigidity and tactical subversion carries the momentum here. Tom Ellis plays a CIA case officer whose operational style exists entirely outside the reach of formal oversight. This approach creates constant tension when paired with a disciplined federal agent obsessed with procedure and legal boundaries. The result is less a standard police procedural and more a study in how conflicting philosophies navigate the gray areas of intelligence work.
Set against the dense backdrop of New York City, the series focuses on the logistics of shifting alliances. The cooperation between the FBI and the CIA feels fragile, complicated by a hierarchy that prefers to keep these departments at arm’s length. By centering the narrative on two individuals forced to bridge that gap, the show moves away from broad action tropes to focus on the reality of managing international threats from behind a desk or within a safe house. It is a calculated look at how personal chemistry dictates the success of high-stakes covert missions.
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- First Aired
- February 23, 2026
- Status
- Returning Series
- Episode Runtime
- 43 minutes
- Origin
- US
- TMDB Votes
- 44