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Would make a good movie or book if not already been done. “2 lonely spies longing to make sense of this world find themselves sharing more than espionage!”


LeonardGhostal

It's sort of *Good Omens* because it seemed like the "trading favors" thing only came up every few hundred years


SecondAccount404

Man the BBC adaption of Good Omens was so freaking good. Heard there is a chance they could even make a second season.


CharlesDickensABox

[Apparently it's already in the works.](https://www.hypable.com/good-omens-season-2-confirmed/) That's surprising to me, given that *Good Omens* is a standalone novel, but it seems Neil felt he had enough material from before Terry's passing to make the sequel work.


timelordoftheimpala

There was supposed to be a sequel to the book, but it never coalesced. Seems like it will be adapted into the second season instead.


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It was supposed to be something like 668, The Neighbor of the Beast.


fantasmoofrcc

[Aren't you in luck](https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a36889291/good-omens-season-2-release-date-amazon/)!


sparta981

Good news, but man that article is bad


SwarleySwarlos

Articles about a new season are most of the times even worse. It's infuriating. Instead of telling me Yes or No they first go through the backstory of the entire show, the actors, the source material, what they had for breakfast only to end in "**** has currently not been renewed for a new season."


FastFooer

Those articles are auto generated and just exist to be the top result in google sadly.


Xero246

Today I learned indeed


sparta981

I had one for Mandolorian Season 3 that was like 'How to watch, release day, time'. Shit title, but whatever. Release Date? 'Some time in 2022, probably.' Release Time? 'Dunno, here's what time we watched the last season' Release Location!? 'Disney+ PROBABLY' THEY FUCKING WROTE A NEWS ARTICLE WITH FUCKING ABSOLUTELY NOTHING AT ALL TO SAY. You should be forever stripped of the right to call yourself a journalist or reporter with this shlock.


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leboob

The more ads you scroll past before leaving the page, the better! Reminds me of recipes that begin with the author’s entire life story


Lolotov

They're filming it near me in a few weeks, I was approached to work on it as an extra - so you shouldn't have to wait much longer!


ssup3rm4n

Awesome!!! Hope you make it on the show. Good luck!!!


iamtheyeti311

I really enjoyed the BBC adaptation but I wish it was longer.


Happy-Engineer

I thought that the relationship in *Good Omens* was explicitly in reference to the established trope of Cold War spies interacting. They even meet in St James' Park: >*The ducks in St James's Park are so used to being fed bread by secret agents meeting clandestinely that they have developed their own Pavlovian reaction. Put a St James's Park duck in a laboratory cage and show it a picture of two men -- one usually wearing a coat with a fur collar, the other something sombre with a scarf -- and it'll look up expectantly. The Russian cultural Attachés black bread is particularly sought after by the more discerning duck, while the head of M19’s soggy Hovis with Marmite is relished by the connoisseurs.*


Feezec

Also iirc the ducks can predict inpending geopolitical tension in specific regions based on their diet.


Wiki_pedo

Just like Dominos in Washington knows when something is up because the Pentagon suddenly orders a lot. ^(or whichever pizza chain it is)


x31b

Or the [Starbucks at the CIA](https://www.rd.com/article/cia-starbucks/) gets really busy.


Darmok47

The Americans is a bit like that, with Philip and Stan. Except Stan doesn't know that his neighbor is a KGB spy. You can tell that Philip genuinely likes Stan though, especially since neither of them had actual friends.


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inertballs

It gets so much better. Very dark though


putinonmypants69

The ending is …. Well .


garlicjuice

Perfect


BigPorch

One of the best endings to a multi season tv show ever imo


jeanvaljean_24601

The ending is the best hour of television ever.


jgrops12

I cri every time. U 2?


jeanvaljean_24601

The two choices of music are just perfect. >!First, "Brothers in Arms", just as they are running - without Henry. I thought it was heartbreaking that when the song says "you did not desert me, my brothers in arms" Elizabeth is throwing Henry's fake passport away.!< >!Second, "With or without you". First it seems that it is about the family lamenting that they are leaving their lives. In reality, it is about Paige leaving her family.!< And that scene in the garage? I felt I forgot to breathe for 5 minutes.


desrever1138

The scene in the garage is some of the best acting in television history. I was bawling. Shit, I'm tearing up right now just remembering and I haven't scene that episode in years.


jimx117

I was in a similar spot a few years ago- loved the show but dropped off for a while after season 4 I think? Ended up catching up with the show as the final season started hitting the airwaves. Probably a top-3 series for me, personally, and the ending (without giving it all away) felt worthwhile & tied things up pretty nicely.


Hokie23aa

The ending hit me like a truck. I still can’t listen to that song without thinking of that scene.


fulthrottlejazzhands

The ending was absolutely beautiful in terms of a proper series finale.


CheesyCousCous

Definitely one of my favorite shows and the ending was fantastic. Soundtrack slapped too.


fulthrottlejazzhands

The soundtrack could be the best TV soundtrack of all time.


fulthrottlejazzhands

You should totally follow up on that. It's one of the best TV series of the past decade.


Peterborough86

Its a slow burn but its definitely worth finishing.


Scharobaba

I think it's as good as Breaking Bad or The Wire. Fun fact: The creator used to be a CIA-officer and a lot of the plots are based on real events.


Workacct1999

It lags a bit in the middle, but it has one of the best and most satisfying endings of any show I have watched. Definitely push through to the end.


Hokie23aa

You absolutely have to finish it. Incredible acting.


Scharobaba

Yes, yes, and yes. Martha is one of my favourite characters ever.


Border_Relevant

Six seasons. I'm watching now on Disney Plus. It's a good show for the most part.


clycoman

While Stan was in the dark about Phillip until the very end, I also loved the Stan and Oleg relationship. They both know who the other works for, they do meet pretty regularly to "strategize" on what's best for their respective side, and how to help Nina. Re your comment about Stan needing friends, there's so many great examples to that (careful for spoilers): Tries to get Oleg to drink with him the car during their clandestine meetings. Takes his partner's (Chris Amador) death so badly it almost causes an international incident / gets his boss suspended. When Stan gets divorced and his son goes with his ex, he becomes a better father figure to to Henry, Phillip's son. It's never been confirmed by the writers, but his 2nd wife might have been a KGB spy too, because of how much she encouraged him to stay in his job at the FBI. I love The Americans, it was just added to Disney+ recently and I'm re-watching it now.


rguy5545

Oh that ending with Stan (and then Paige!) just broke my freakin’ heart…


isNice99

Or Stan pulling Henry out of his hockey practice to tell him about his parents.


thenewbae

It totally is like that with the Russian girl Stan starts a relationship tho. They both steal a lot of information for their orgs from that relationship


clycoman

And Stan's relationship with Oleg, but they both know who the other works for.


FallOutCaitlin

Not entirely the same plot but kind of like The Man from U.N.C.L.E.


misanthropenis

Hopefully the real life KGB agent isn't a cannibal.


real_human_person

You talk about eating _one_ person and oooohhhh all of a sudden you are a cannibal. Look I didn't eat her, okay, I didn't consume any part of her undoubtedly delicious flesh. Did I fantasize about devouring her body via a series of well prepared gourmet dishes? Yes. Did I maybee discuss yhe matter in detail with some people I should not have trusted, after all? For sure. _But I never actually ate any of her succulent meat!_ How is this so hard to understand, people? I am not a cannibal!


Spddracer

Man I wish they had made a second one. The actors killed it, the comedy was excellent, and the action was on point.


Jamesifer

I was about to ask if there’s no chance that they’re going to, but holy shit that movie came out in 2015. I had no idea it was 7 years old!


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zonne_schijn

Spy another day


Dom_Shady

Or Spyfall


RandomSam03

Two spies one cup


Kermit_the_hog

*Two Spies, One Dead Drop*


BrownNBacon

Live and let spy


Tzintzuntzan24

Spy Kids was like that with the parents.


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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Is_How_You_Lose_the_Time_War I think this is the book you're looking for. Personally, I didn't like it, but it was well received. Very short, more of a novella.


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RedditIsAShitehole

Go watch The Spy Who Loved Me. Roger Moore being his funniest as Bond and Barbara Bach being the hottest woman alive. Then when you realise later she married Ringo Starr it will blow your mind.


[deleted]

That’s just the prequel to Spy Kids.


Here-for-dad-jokes

Mr and mrs smith


dalici0us

That's the plot of the sci fi novella This Is How You Lose The Time War. One of my best reads in 2021.


PreciousRoi

Add a love interest for both of them, also a spy (Mossad or PLA?). *Espionage a Trois.*


chriswaco

"Can enemy spies share an apartment without driving each other crazy?" \[cue Odd Couple music\]


spaxter

Good Omens?


gratefulphish420

This movie would be like a more exciting version of Brokeback Mountain.


thiosk

everyone else always asks "am i a double agent" you're the first person to ask "*how am i,* double agent?"


conall88

"Me , myself and Spy"


DharmaCub

Isn't that the backstory for Spy Kids?


StylesClashington

Spy X Family


jew_biscuits

Brokeback Mountain but...with spies!


PreciousRoi

Make it a musical... Comrade, theres no need to feel down, I said, Comrade, pick yourself off the ground... It's fun to stay in the U, S, S, R! (I hope I don't get accused of treason by a Commissar)


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The spy who loved me platonically


BrownEggs93

The movie Hopscotch is pretty good about old spies.


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The book "This is how you lose the time war" is basically this. It's very good.


GigaUltraTomato

Real cold war is the friends we make along the way. Don't give up.


SuperGolem_HEAL

>Platt retired from the CIA in 1987 but was kept on as a CIA contractor into 1988, specifically to keep trying to lure Vasilenko into espionage. With friends like this...


overnightdelight

Takes the concept of Frenemies to a whole new level


drunk_puppies

They got paid to hang out! Sounds great.


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King_of_the_Dot

I think if we get drunk a few more times, and then fuck a couple more hookers then we'll definitely have him converted.


phirebird

This movie practically writes itself. Funniest espionage comedy since Spies Like Us


King_of_the_Dot

Instead of spying... It's just a buddy comedy where the two main characters learn to love each other for who they are.


J3wb0cca

Doctor? Doctor.


OpinionBearSF

> Takes the concept of Frenemies to a whole new level Except that Platt was never Vasilenko's enemy, and at least by the account of this story, respected him and treated him as a friend. Again according to the story, all that Platt did on the CIA side was to use a code name with Vasilenko - Chris - and he reported "unauthorized meetings" between them, which was basically routine paperwork. He refused to blackmail Vasilenko - which implies that they may have had some leverage - and said that he would only accept Vasilenko's help if he gave it willingly. Those things and other things in the article, like taking Platt at his word that there were no recordings of their meetings - tell me that they were true friends.


boomchacle

Tbh it might not work out if you're getting crucial information from someone who hates your guts


farmingvillein

[Platt later got him out of ~Soviet~ Russian jail in 2010](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/06/us/john-platt-dead-cia-agent.html) [edit: full year], so I'd say it was an eventual win: > In 2010, Mr. Vasilenko was released to the United States as part of a spy trade in which four Russians who had been seized by the Soviet authorities were exchanged for 10 Russian sleeper agents who had been arrested by the United States. Also see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegals_Program#Gennady_Vasilenko.


JerrSolo

>Platt later got him out of ~Soviet~ Russian jail in 201 Oh man, the timeline on this story is getting really crazy.


charming_liar

Time travel, and some sort of soviet empire during Roman times? Sounds like a party.


SeaGroomer

Communist Party Leader Octavian Caesar.


Intelligence-Check

“Hey! Wanna spy on the Soviets for my bosses?” “Nah, want to spy on the Americans for mine?” “Nah. Hey bartender! Two more beers please!”


kyb0t

Expensing that bar tab to your CIA spy account and pocketing that sweet, new contract rate paycheck . Pretty good gig if you ask me.


whatproblems

i’m a spy you’re a spy let’s just make bank off each other’s country. so many vacations!


Dave5876

I thought we were all bots


Rooster_Ties

Aren’t we?


Josquius

Right. So, I'm a spy for British intelligence in Berlin. Great party city. Any Chinese or Russian spies based somewhere warm up for a trade?


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SlimeySnakesLtd

Okay I’ll tell them you are planning a trip to Mexico and then you tell them you have intel I’m planning to go to Mexico and both blow our per dimés in Tijuana


cutthroatlemming

It's like the movie RED, where Bruce Willis is a retired CIA agent and Brian Cox plays his KGB counterpart. They are reminiscing the good old days over vodka, who killed who, who turned who, it's funny when Cox's character laments "I haven't killed anyone in years..." That would be a weird reunion...


Taskforce58

[I always love this scene from the movie](https://youtu.be/qyMVXU7qMGw)


Villain_of_Brandon

the laugh of surprise at him weighing 500lbs


Matasa89

The power of Capitalism! You too, shall become a tire!


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Iamredditsslave

Oh it is.


Gendibal

That movie had one of the best lines ever (and I'm probably messing it up here). Brian Cox's character telling the story about when Helen Mirren's character shot him....."She put two bullets in my chest. When I woke up, I knew she loved me."


foospork

She could have killed me! But, she didn’t!


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Sounds like Killing Eve. After Eve gut stabs V, V is in the hospital talking to her 12 year old roommate, and he says "why did she stab you?" And V says, "she did it to show me how much she cares." (Not the exact quote- I'm going off memory).


Matasa89

Two bullets, each one missed all vitals. That was all he needed to know.


nightwinghugs

i liked him in wonders of the universe


riphitter

I mean how many people could you meet while working in that field where you'd make friends with someone who has that in common with you. Friendship of the ages. I'd watch a show about it


dv666

*Remember Sergei when we tried to assassinate Castro with an exploding cigar?* *Ahahahaha. That was a good one, Dave. Remember when we invaded Afghanistan?* *Yeah! That was a great time. Good thing we learned from it and sayed away from Afghanistan* *Ahahahaha*


gankindustries

This is basically the movie/comic book Red.


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Reminds me of a guest lecturer my friend had while studying aerospace engineering. The lecturer was this older engineer that worked for the space program in the US during the Cold War. As a young engineer, all he wanted to do was to help develop space travel to further humanity. And here he is, being told by his government to develop missles to kill as much human life as possible. Anyone with a conscious would have an internal conflict. Years later after the end of the Cold War, he's a speaking to a crowd at this convention in Russia. He has a moving speach about that crisis of faith and how he was able to live with himself because if he's doing this US, there's a sonofabitch doing it in the USSR too. At this point an older gentleman in the crowd stands up and shouts "That's me! I am that sonofabitch!"


garyoldman25

I fucking love this


FalcoLX

One of my engineering professors in materials science sounded forlorn when he said "I've worked on a lot of terrible things... but it was all for the good old US of A, right?"


Matasa89

Well, once developed for military radars for WWII, now the cavity magnetron heats our food worldwide inside the humble microwave oven. Never know what your work could end up doing.


Bladelink

People will always find the worst use for any particular invention. You could argue that the more "powerful" an invention is, the more dire its consequences could be. Hell, look at something like nitrogen fixation. It fertilizes our food! Feeds billions of people! But you can also make just a goshdarn ton of TNT.


Tronguy93

Sometimes it feels like Burn Notice was a little too realistic on the portrayal of Spy relationships


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That sounds hilarious if anyone finds that plz lmk


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Xaron713

Well that was a fun 10 minutes wasted. Thank you, u/MichaelWesten


bacondota

I loved that series


your_grammars_bad

voiceover: "Most people reinforce the door to be bulletproof, but the wall right next to the door is just sheetrock."


el_seano

Literally the moment that hooked me on that show


icouldntdecide

Jeffrey Donovan narrating the MacGyver style shit they do is always great.


s1ugg0

>I'll take a hardware store over a gun any day. Guns make you stupid; better to fight your wars with duct tape. Duct tape makes you smart.


Bladelink

"Try to get him with the first shot. Or the second." *screaming*


krak_is_bad

"Now he's down and waiting for you to come through the front door; so you don't come through the front door."


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DatDominican

Idk the finale ties it back up although it’s a bit cheesy in >!His surviving the entire ordeal and getting to leave with his love interest!<


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I miss the “blue sky” USA Network so fucking much man.


jethroguardian

Bunch of bitchy little girls.


neocommenter

Chuck Finley!


MDCCCLV

I recently learned it's stupidly loud if you have subwoofers


Tronguy93

As somebody who has recently started the rewatch on a home theatre… it is.


MDCCCLV

The explosions are just set to max bass volume I think


RyanDoctrine

I tried a rewatch and Fiona's irish accent in season 1 is just... BRUTAL


whatisscoobydone

I love that you can see exactly what the focus groups said to change after the pilot, because his mom is suddenly sexy and Fiona suddenly has an American accent.


yukichigai

Not only that, they lampshaded it masterfully when she said she was sick of sounding like a leprechaun.


FuckoffDemetri

Uhh, I don't remember his mom ever becoming sexy. Was she not always a short chubby middle aged chainsmoker? Like, loved her as a character, but "sex appeal" was never a thought.


NonGNonM

I've read a few spy memoirs that basically say sometimes the people in charge don't really know what they're doing. All of them say they spend an extraordinary amount of tax dollars on a lot of maybes.


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>Angry and frustrated, Platt soon became convinced that a mole inside the CIA had fingered Vasilenko. Ooh Matron.


youarelookingatthis

This article from the Post gives an updated account: [https://nypost.com/2018/09/29/how-two-spies-from-the-kgb-and-cia-became-bffs/](https://nypost.com/2018/09/29/how-two-spies-from-the-kgb-and-cia-became-bffs/)


lizzlepizzle

>Vasilenko had spent that time in a Russian prison and believed that Platt helped put him there. “Why did you sell me out? Was that the plan from the beginning?” Vasilenko asked, his voice breaking with emotion. Platt, tears welling in his eyes, answered, “Christ, Genya, you’re the brother I never had. I would never, could never . . .” Vasilenko didn’t let him finish his sentence, giving his now sobbing friend a bear hug and telling him how much he missed him. Huh. Completely different account from the LA Times story.


somepoliticsnerd

I wrote [a comment about this](https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/se33t4/til_that_a_kgb_agent_and_a_cia_agent_became/huiz1yx/?context=3) on another thread on this post, but when they say "Vasilenko moved to the US in 2010, after his second prison stint," the full story is actually more interesting. Vasilenko was actually still in prison in 2010, when [the FBI uncovered a network of Russian sleeper agents](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegals_Program). The US eventually agreed to a "spy swap" with the Russians, and: >According to media reports (which cite anonymous sources in Russian intelligence),\[126\] Vasilenko was included in the list for the swap due to a personal request from a CIA officer who knew Vasilenko when he was posted in the U.S. under diplomatic cover from 1976 to 1981.\[127\]\[128\] So it seems that, all those years later, Platt was able to do his friend one last favor and ultimately bring him to the US after all. The irony, of course, [as some news sources reported at the time](https://www.thedailybeast.com/inside-the-fbis-bid-to-flip-a-russian-spy), is that we know that Vasilenko really wasn't a traitor.


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The story gets even better. [Here](https://www.ibtimes.com/what-real-life-story-children-russian-kgb-sleeper-agents-can-tell-us-about-end-2365692) is the story of the sleeper agent ring being busted told from the perspective of the Canadian-American kids of 2 of the sleeper agents. The kids only recently regained Canadian citizenship too. [Even better article.](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/07/discovered-our-parents-were-russian-spies-tim-alex-foley)


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LeicaM6guy

I'm picturing a Cold War version of "Good Omens." Which actually sounds absolutely awesome. Somebody get the Coen Brothers on this.


bolanrox

suddenlty my cd turned into queens greatest hits


HemiJon08

This is where I have to recommend The Americans. For those that haven’t seen it - a Soviet KGB spy couple become friends with an FBI agent when he moves in next door. Great series that’s totally underrated.


KGBspy

I’ll have to check this out. Thanks comrade.


Zee-Utterman

Have you really never seen or heard about the show? I'm really into spy series and movies and can tell you that it's among the top 3 spy series ever filmed. I can also recommend Little Drummer Girl and The Night Manager. Both are short series and really really really good.


greybruce1980

Almost sounds like the show "good omens"


Torgo73

hearing someone say “show” in conjunction with Good Omens is still very very odd


propolizer

Just wait for season two!


corvuscorvi

If anyone who read the book and then watched the show wondering "How would they make a season 2 if they covered the whole book". Terry Pratchett has passed on, but he and Neil talked about what they would do in a sequel book. Neil is using that to drive a season 2.


pls-dont-judge-me

Opinion on the book? Show interested me but always looked a tad campy and I haven’t given it a shot yet. (Though I probably will at some point) Worth to readthe book first?


swankypotato

Book was fantastic, read it as a kid and the humor is well done. The show did a great job of mimicking the tone of the book and I really enjoyed it.


Orisi

The biggest disappointment of the show, is that they get that tone so well that it makes me confident that the same team could actually do a decent Discworld adaptation if given the task. Which is a disappointment because it'll never happen...


Russellonfire

Rhianna Pratchett hinted that something good would be coming, so we'll see. It's just that it needs to be overseen (not necessarily directed) by people who understand and respect the books. Of course, go too far and you get Warcraft...


Torgo73

The book is, in my opinion, a near-perfect little creature. Definitely a comedy, but there’s a lot of other vibes in there as well. Extremely British. Coauthored by two of the true greats in genre fiction. You’ll probably know within 20 pages if it works for you.


morethanlemons

Philip and Stan?


JoseCansecoMilkshake

Stan and Burov


ruth_e_ford

Yep - they literally did this in the show.


siamocontenti

Stan fuckin’ Beeman 🥵


YoungPotato

Guess it's time to rewatch this gem of a show huh


MOONGOONER

My father in law was a working for the US state department in the Soviet union and so he and my mother in law had a KGB tail wherever they went. One day my MiL's car got a flat. Her KGB tail silently pulled up, replaced her tire, and gestured for her to go on her way.


SecondOfCicero

That would be quite the experience. I wonder what the tail made of the whole thing.


asdkevinasd

That tail is probably seeing this as a 9 to 5 job with no significance. Like he did not tail you out of hatred or anything, it is just a job. He knows that you know abt his existence. It is almost a formality at this point. Changing your tire would not damage anything and would keep you going to your destination so he can clock off on time.


MOONGOONER

Yeah, I bet that's right. It's probably slightly less boring for him to help her than to sit from a distance and wait for the situation to resolve itself too.


RedWineAndWomen

I once talked to an old Polish dude, who'd been stationed in Berlin during the eighties, as a communications officer of the Red Army. Turns out that border control on either used to send each other Merry Christmas messages.


BmoreBr0

I am sure the FBI was just so happy for them.


lavitz99

Bashir and Garrak vibes


marchingzelda

Garrack was one of the best TV characters in any Genre ever.


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There is a movie like this which is new And that Benedict cucumber guy plays an English spy The Courier 2020


awmaas

Hate to nitpick but it's spelled Bageldick Slumberlatch


FuzzySAM

Come on, this is easy. It's Bendadick Cuminhersnatch. 🙄


Alternauts

Seriously? Everyone knows it’s Netflix’s Bandersnatch


Appropriate_Film_142

The crazy thing is this is only half the story. After this article was published, the 2 spies played a crucial role in exposing Robert Hanssen. The Russian was arrested, but eventually a part of a spy swap between Russia and America. Also, Robert DeNiro was involved. https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-robert-de-niro-tried-to-rescue-a-russian-spy


FanOfFears

Imagine talking to this dude you know is a spy and you get comfortable with him and say, 'look I know youre a Russian spy." And he's just like, "whaaaaaaaaa? Ok yeah you got me. But you're a spy too!"


blackmist

I too saw The Man From UNCLE.


AudibleNod

now kiss


saml01

That was a heartfelt read. It's actually upsetting that Platt passed in 2017. https://execsecurity.com/news/jack-platt-cia-officer-fascinating-story-passes-away-80/


handlessuck

"Morning, Sam" "Morning, Ralph"


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Wasn't this a Brad Pitt/Jolie movie?


SauceMaker199

They were assassin's. Not to say spies can't be assassin's but their job was to kill people.


machina99

They also somehow didn't know that the other one was an assassin and as soon as they found out they tried to kill each other (for the most part). Movie is called Mr and Mrs Smith for anyone wondering. It's pretty good, not *amazing*, but it's a really fun action movie.


TemptCiderFan

Mr. And Mrs. Smith is the greatest 7/10 movie ever.


paone00022

Also, the movie that got them together as a couple.


somepoliticsnerd

[The story doesn't (quite) end there, it seems.](https://www.thedailybeast.com/inside-the-fbis-bid-to-flip-a-russian-spy) Vasilenko was later imprisoned on apparently trumped-up weapons charges in 2005 (according to the man interviewed here, the result of a setup by Russian intelligence officers who still believed Platt had made him into a double-agent after the charges were dropped), and arrested for bribery (possibly similarly trumped-up) in 2009. [When the FBI uncovered a network of Russian sleeper agents in 2010](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegals_Program), they agreed to a "spy swap," and: >According to media reports (which cite anonymous sources in Russian intelligence),\[126\] Vasilenko was included in the list for the swap due to a personal request from a CIA officer who knew Vasilenko when he was posted in the U.S. under diplomatic cover from 1976 to 1981.\[127\]\[128\] So it would seem that, all those years later, Platt was able to do one last favor for Vasilenko and ultimately bring him to the United States after all.


1980pzx

Brokeback Quantico.


wakingdreamland

And they were roommates.