The first episode showed promise, Moss' character is set up to be a much underestimated, but accomplished woman who is actually very competent. There are a lot of face close-ups, where she practically smirks with her cigarette. The problem is; we never get even a hint that she is actually is skillful, or resourceful, or intelligent, or, much of anything but ordinary.
Then in episode 2, there's a scene where an arrogant American agent, arriving at the airport, ends up playing "who is going to grab the phone with ongoing illicit intelligence". They are both cowed by a couple of French soldiers at the airport. "Nothing wrong here". Why the French agent backs down ,and pretends nothing's wrong, when it's his country's soldiers? He should be telling them to confiscate the agent's phone immediately! But he instead acts the chastened schoolboy. WTF? I don't expect realism, but I expect consistency. If a series is going to portray cloak and dagger espionage, they need to keep the stakes high. There are actually more similarly problematic scenes with Moss and her Arab compatriot, but I have no need for more complaining here. It just isn't good.
Then in episode 2, there's a scene where an arrogant American agent, arriving at the airport, ends up playing "who is going to grab the phone with ongoing illicit intelligence". They are both cowed by a couple of French soldiers at the airport. "Nothing wrong here". Why the French agent backs down ,and pretends nothing's wrong, when it's his country's soldiers? He should be telling them to confiscate the agent's phone immediately! But he instead acts the chastened schoolboy. WTF? I don't expect realism, but I expect consistency. If a series is going to portray cloak and dagger espionage, they need to keep the stakes high. There are actually more similarly problematic scenes with Moss and her Arab compatriot, but I have no need for more complaining here. It just isn't good.