Deep State

The writers of their show must hate their wives. The wife (Lynne Renee) is ever so annoying, continually to get Max (Mark Strong) into deeper troubles. Would have been much more pleasant to watch with the wife's role reduced.

Densely intricate, multi layered spy thriller. The pilot looks great, if they can keep this up it should be compelling tv.

Try to keep up with what's new , missed this one glad I found it by chance. If it keeps up to the standard of the 1st episode it could be a keeper . Mark Strong owns the character to the nines. Fingers crossed for the next instalment.

This initial episode does just about enough to get the audience hooked and wanting more. A good balance of back story and character building/relationship detailing to give enough knowledge around the theme with a good dose of action and suspense to keep you wanting more.

In typical short season (8 episode) fashion - we are left with a lot more questions than answers at the minute - but as the plot and story line develops over the coming episodes I'm sure these will be fleshed out for the viewer. So far the casting seems to be to be farily strong as well.. no complaints from me so far and looking forward to the next episodes!

If you like the thriller / spy / action genre i think you'll like this show.

Lots of characters to root for and lots to wish ill upon, international espionage, entangled allegiances and competing self interest.

Walter Goggins enters the scene as a primary character in Season 2 and gives a great performance.

Fans of Game of Thrones may recognize Gendry but Joe Dempsie (who plays Harry Clarke) shows he's got range. Karima McAdams plays another primary character from Season 1, Leyla Toumi, and her intensity echos in every scene she's in.

The rest of the supporting cast are thoroughly solid.

You can totally watch Season 2 even if you haven't seen Season 1.