Season 1 is quite decent, except for how the main characters are able to nearly instantly beam themselves all over the planet without apparent time loss for traveling, sitting around at the airports and going through security checks with all of their weapons, hurted faces etc. That part is very conveniently left out ;) Season 2 is a lot less strong. Individual motivations of people is less sensible and overal the whole story is just so much less smart. It's not terrible, just.. not that good. Season 1: 8,5 out of 10 (rounded down to 8 as I dont think it's worth a 9) Season 2 6,5 out of 10 (rounded up to a 7 as it's not as bad as a 6)

The first 5 episodes of the first seasons are really slow and boring, pushing you to give up. But give this show a chance and watch the other ones, the rhythm grows quickly, and it becomes a good geopolitical thriller worth viewing it. Even the second season.

Great show. Worthwhile to watch it.

Season 1: Mark Strong is great in these types of covert operator roles. The story was engaging and I thought the pacing was ok. What annoyed me was jumping between present day and multiple different previous days. To the writers this might have seemed like a genius plot device to explain how certain characters go all over the world on a whim. But for the viewer, this ends up becoming a challenge to stitch everything together in real-time. Then there are subtitles and flashbacks to deal with as well. No wonder some of the comments here are negative. Season 2: Was unnecessary, IMO.

I thought it was pretty good - kinda like Homeland.