https://deadline.com/2026/08/paramount-plus-jane-wiseman-interview-programming-strategy-1237040692/
After reading this whole article, she gushes about every project that P+ has in the works and goes on at length. Then gives The Agency all of 3 words - It's too early. Personally I don't think that sounds very promising.
tldr in the end.
I was looking for something to watch after finishing The Day of the Jackal, stumbled upon Slow Horses, and ended up binging all five seasons. Then I started looking for what to watch next.
Le Bureau was always on the list, but I wasn't sure I’d enjoy it with subtitles, so I decided to give The Agency a try instead. And honestly, I’m not disappointed at all.
I think the main reason this show gets viewed so negatively is simply because Le Bureau exists. If The Agency were an original series with nothing to compare it to, I think it would have been received a lot better. Imdb rating of 7.5 vs 8.7 is brutal, I don't expect the gap to be that big. The agency is at least 8 imo.
I keep seeing people say things like “The Agency is for the masses” and “Le Bureau is for finer tastes,” and I just don't buy that. I've watched a lot of shows and movies in this genre, and I don't think The Agency feels diluted at all. It's genuinely really good. Definitely not the shitty American remake some people make it out to be.
And if you liked Fassbender in The Killer and Black Bag, I think The Agency will feel right at home.
It just doesn't deserve to be dismissed simply because there's a “better” French version out there.
tldr
If you're coming to this as a first-time viewer with no Le Bureau comparison in your head, The Agency is just a really good spy thriller on its own. It’s far from a watered-down American remake
Could really just end the whole post on the title alone. He’s a tour de force of an actor. Fassbender, Gere, Waterston, Saura, John Magaro (loved him in The Big Short), all fantastic actors and actresses in their own respect. I just feel like Jeffrey steals every scene he’s in though. I think about that scene with Martian in his flat after he oversteps with Gremlin and redirects her to the asset even after Henry said no. The way he flipped from composed and trying to hold his emotions to finally letting it out and getting in Martians face with the threats, I don’t know, just had me take a moment to appreciate that level of convincing acting.
Probably will get some hate on this post because I’m picking a favorite of the series, but that’s just my opinion.
…at the end of S2? I swear I caught the faintest hint of a smirk at the very end when he’s laying naked in the cell.
About to start this series and was wondering if anyone here can give some contrast analysis of The Agency vs. Lioness? Thank you and pls do not share story lines.
I am curious more about the twists and turns of the story, character exploration, sex, guns, etc. Thank you.
How much is Martian earning? Appreciate the agency pays for his barbican flat but he seems to have a decent per diem for cavorting around town. How much would someone like him actually earn?
Interested in knowing if >!Martian!< escapes or stays in Africa and the other sub plots
Watched all of the Bureau a couple of years ago and loved it.
Watched the Agency S1 last year and was disappointed by how closely it stuck to the original. The original is obviously excellent but the new series just felt like a weaker imitation rather than its own thing.
I hear the new season is getting good reviews. Is it still just an exact remake or does it change things in any big way, beyond the superficial (Sudan civil war instead of Syria in the original etc)
I'm not finding answers online.
So the 3 man team were in Ukraine to take out Puti Is that right when he visits the clinic?
But the Deputy Defence Minister was sent instead? Or was it meant to be another member of the Russian cabinet?
I'm sure in season two they said it was meant to be someone else higher up that was meant to go.
The scene with Martian cutting matchsticks on a glass table - is it ever resolved?
I just binged the entire season 2 today. >!Why didn’t Martian just let Henry take the fall? He successfully framed him, got Henry taken by Bosko and then immediately leaves his written journal confession so they know it was actually him all along? !<I feel like he could’ve gotten away with it all. excellent season