First Images From Netflix Thriller 'Treason' Show Charlie Cox as An MI-6 Agent
The name James Bond is virtually synonymous with the idea of British entertainment, which is perhaps why the U.K. tends to produce so many twisty thrillers and gritty dramas centered around the idea of spies and espionage, regardless of who might be playing 007 at any given moment. From Slow Horses and The Ipcress File to Spy City and Freegard, there's basically a spy story to fit everyone's particular set of interests these days. Dark comedy? Check. 1960s realness? Check. Tortured relationship drama? Coming right at you.
The new five-part series Treason sounds like it's going to be for everyone whose intrigued by that latter category. Described as The Bodyguard meets John Le Carre, the drama is a product of Netflix’s U.K. division and stars (the objectively dreamy) actor Charlie Cox as an agent who begins questioning everything after a run-in with a Russian spy.
The once-and-future Daredevil star plays Adam Lawrence, a successful agent trained by MI-6, whose career path seems set. But when the past he shared with a Russian spy named Kara comes back to haunt him, he's forced to question everything he thought he knew about who he is and what he wants. And as he tries to navigate the shifting tensions that develop between himself, Kara, and his wife Maddy as a result of the former's reappearance in his life, he'll have to deal with the personal and political threats that result. Will his marriage survive? What is his history with Kara?
