5/22/2023 0 Comments London Spy by Tom Rob Smith![]() ![]() We’ll get to that.)ĭanny (Ben Whishaw) meets Alex (Edward Holcroft) while jogging, and feels immediately, magnetically drawn to him as they cross paths. (And to an extent, it turns out, London Spy is a very loaded title. ![]() ![]() London Spy devotes its first 30 minutes to an impeccably developed love story - to the extent that viewers might find themselves wondering if the show’s title is merely symbolic. A great deal of this had to do with the series - by British novelist Tom Rob Smith - taking its time at the beginning. I was, to put it lightly, floored by the first two episodes made available to the American press in advance of Thursday’s US premiere. So when you hear that a show titled London Spy is coming to BBC America, you might assume that its straightforward title is a nod to Bond’s legacy of camp you might not expect an affecting, upsetting, nuanced series whose key act of espionage is less about getting to the bottom of an international affair than it is about getting to the bottom of a very personal one. James Bond is the archetypal British spy, the one name that description brings to mind. ![]()
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