Treason (2022)

Watchseries; I knew what I was getting into - another Netflix "special" which means, terrible plots, dialogue, and actors who have clearly not been given the time to rehearse. I've seen all of these actors in other things and they've all done well (I mean, Oona Chaplin and Ciarin Hinds are always wonderful), but Treason is just the worst.

Stupid plots - the pen that can record someone 10 metres away, and on the other end of a phone? And then, the MI6 Chief is in hospital having been poisoned, but the 2IC doesn't think being thanked for brining him a stack of books that have appeared is suspicious enough to get them dusted for Anthrax or something? He just leaves them there..... too infuriating! And that's just what I can remember - there's just too many silly scenarios, and I'm not even 10 mins into the second episode. I don't think I'll watch 11.... it's just too dumb!

I knew what I was getting into - another Netflix "special" which means, terrible plots, dialogue, and actors who have clearly not been given the time to rehearse. I've seen all of these actors in other things and they've all done well (I mean, Oona Chaplin and Ciarin Hinds are always wonderful), but Treason is just the worst.

Stupid plots - the pen that can record someone 10 metres away, and on the other end of a phone? And then, the MI6 Chief is in hospital having been poisoned, but the 2IC doesn't think being thanked for brining him a stack of books that have appeared is suspicious enough to get them dusted for Anthrax or something? He just leaves them there..... too infuriating! And that's just what I can remember - there's just too many silly scenarios, and I'm not even 10 mins into the second episode. I don't think I'll watch 11.... it's just too dumb!

Treason watchseries. From a magic pen that can hear caller's on a phone, to inept highly trained professionals that can't keep an eye on a boats hatch, there's all manner of idiocy in this show.

I will say, Charlie Cox plays a pretty good part. He's not an outstandingly brilliant actor by any stretch of the imagination, but he's well cast and does his best with the script etc.

Unfortunately, the rest.of the show is subpar spy nonsense with Deus Ex Machinas for every corner they wrote themselves into. It makes for a show you can only really enjoy if you turn logic and rational thought off for a while.

If it had run any longer than it does, I'd have not watched beyond episode 2 because spending 10 or 11 hours with this show would be way way too much.

Promising start with the casing of Ciaran Hinds, and Oona Cha[lin. Thought this would be worthwhile. Saw about 30 minutes of this. For some odd reason characters seem to tell other characters stuff they already know. Obviously to inform the audience. But really? Script Writing 101. 1 under "Bad writing techniques"; clumsy exposition.. It all had to end when the wife discloses the activity of her head of M15 (far rro young for the job) husband to a "friend" who is so obviously working for the CIA across a coffee table.

I'm puzzled if the "creator" who is associated with Bridge of Spies had bothered to read the script of whether he just passed it on the wet behind the ears subaltern to do the hard work??

Meh!

Find it difficult to believe MI6 boss needs to be and is expected to be home for dinner and to put his kids to bed every night. Ridiculous to see the wife overreacting & dishing to her long lost friend that her husband had to go to a record store at 10:00pm to get a gift for someone when she knows his job probably entails weird, secret behaviors and actions. He's a spy, he does spy stuff. You should know this and not get all upset and jealous when he's on his laptop in the middle of the night. I thought the show looked interesting, but shut it off before end of first episode because too far fetched.

I was looking forward to watching Charlie Cox in a spy thriller. Seemed promising with actors like Ciaran Hinds ad Olga Kurylenko attached to it. After watching the first episodes, it was underwhelming, to say the least.

From the get-go, the premise is not believable. Cox plays the deputy to the MI6 Control, who is thrust into heading up MI6 in a huff. Through horribly rapid pacing, everything is just a frantic, chaotic mess of storytelling, with ridiculously silly tropes that will make you eyes roll.

And it just continues from there-a lot of shouting, hysteria, and tense soundtrack to ramp up the sense of urgency and intrigue-pretty cheap theatrics. Maybe it'll settle down, but I won't make it that far.

Sadly the same guy (Matt Charman) who wrote the brilliant 'Bridge of Spies!'

It seems everything Netflix touches turns to dreck. They have the reverse Midas Touch.

I am a big fan of both Charley Cox and Ciarán Hinds, but the Sophomoric dialogue and film-school plot lines swamp them right out of the gate. A couple of bumblers manage to come up with a plan that involves walking right into a posh private club, putting on an apron, serving a drink to the Head of MI6 and no one asks: "Who the bloody Hell are you?" Then it goes straight downhill from there.

I was looking forward to a taught, intelligent, clever spy caper and instead I got 'Treason,' which is what this series should be charged with.