Counterpart
DramaScience-Fiction2017Rated 8.1
Howard Silk is a low-level clerk at a Berlin spy agency, until he learns it guards a crossing to a parallel world, where a tougher, more confident version of himself works as a field operative.
Starring J.K. Simmons, Olivia Williams, Harry Lloyd
Status
Ended
2 seasons, last aired Sun, 17 Feb 2019
Is it for me?
Spy-thriller viewers who like identity puzzles more than shootouts will settle in. In one early scene the two men sit down together and compare childhoods, music, food and marriages, hunting for the point where their lives split. J.K. Simmons plays the meek Howard and the brusque one so distinctly that the cut between them needs no explaining.
Before you start
The opening hours are quiet and deliberate, laying out the world before the plot tightens in season two, so give them time.
2 seasons, 20 episodes, 60 min each, about 20 hours so far
This show
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Howard Silk is a low-level clerk at a Berlin spy agency, until he learns it guards a crossing to a parallel world, where a tougher, more confident version of himself works as a field operative.
Starring J.K. Simmons, Olivia Williams, Harry Lloyd
Is it for me?
Spy-thriller viewers who like identity puzzles more than shootouts will settle in. In one early scene the two men sit down together and compare childhoods, music, food and marriages, hunting for the point where their lives split. J.K. Simmons plays the meek Howard and the brusque one so distinctly that the cut between them needs no explaining.
Before you start
The opening hours are quiet and deliberate, laying out the world before the plot tightens in season two, so give them time.
2 seasons, 20 episodes, 60 min each, about 20 hours so far
- E01The CrossingAired Sun 10 Dec
- E02Birds of a FeatherAired Sun 28 Jan
- E03The Lost Art of DiplomacyAired Sun 4 Feb
- E04Both Sides NowAired Sun 11 Feb
- E05Shaking the TreeAired Sun 18 Feb
- E06Act Like You've Been Here BeforeAired Sun 25 Feb
- E07The Sincerest Form of FlatteryAired Sun 4 Mar
- E08Love the LieAired Sun 11 Mar
- E09No Man's Land, Part OneAired Sun 18 Mar
- E10No Man's Land, Part TwoAired Sun 1 Apr
- S01E01The Crossing10 Dec 2017
- S01E02Birds of a Feather28 Jan 2018
- S01E03The Lost Art of Diplomacy4 Feb 2018
- S01E04Both Sides Now11 Feb 2018
- S01E05Shaking the Tree18 Feb 2018
- S01E06Act Like You've Been Here Before25 Feb 2018
- S01E07The Sincerest Form of Flattery4 Mar 2018
- S01E08Love the Lie11 Mar 2018
- S01E09No Man's Land, Part One18 Mar 2018
- S01E10No Man's Land, Part Two1 Apr 2018