Black Doves is a spy show about a marriage: a woman passing her husband's secrets to her handlers, and the lie she lives at home. What makes it work is the mix of real danger and dry humor. These three spy shows have the same mix, and each one is about a relationship as much as a mission.
Number 1
Killing Eve
A bored intelligence officer is put on the trail of a stylish assassin, and each becomes obsessed with the other. Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer are both superb. The first season, written by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, is as good as spy television gets.
Streams on Paramount+
Number 2
The Night Agent
An FBI agent has the dullest job in the White House: sitting by an emergency phone that never rings. Then it rings. Pure plot from the first episode, built to be watched three at a time.
Streams on Netflix
Number 3
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Two strangers are given new names, a house and a marriage as their cover story, then a mission every episode. Donald Glover and Maya Erskine play it as a relationship show with gunfire. The closest of the three to Black Doves in tone.
Streams on Prime Video
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