2017 – 2019 · Series · 1h · TV-MA

Counterpart

Name: Counterpart
Director: Alik Sakharov, Charlotte Brändström, Hanelle M. Culpepper, Jennifer Getzinger, Lukas Ettlin, Morten Tyldum, Stephen Williams, Charles Martin, Justin Marks, Kyle Patrick Alvarez
Genre: Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller
Released: 2017
Cast: Eddie Perez, Harry Lloyd, J.K. Simmons, Jacqueline Antaramian, James Cromwell

Critics

Audience

A low-level worker at a UN agency is drawn into an unsettling secret: it safeguards a way to cross into a parallel dimension. As the realities on both sides start colliding, his carefully routine life is upended, turning a slow-burn job into a tense investigation.

My take

If you enjoy slow-burn, noir-leaning thrillers about parallel universes and espionage, Counterpart could hit the mark; Not for you if you want fast action or minimal politics, and you may prefer The Man in the High Castle or Colony instead.

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Where to watch

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Cast

Eddie PerezHarry LloydJ.K. SimmonsJacqueline AntaramianJames CromwellMarleen LohseMartin GladeNicholas Pinnock

Directors

Alik SakharovCharlotte BrändströmHanelle M. CulpepperJennifer GetzingerLukas EttlinMorten TyldumStephen WilliamsCharles MartinJustin MarksKyle Patrick Alvarez

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