COUNTERPART: Alternate History w/ Creepy Cold War Vibe

posh English
Wait, who?

I thought he was the same actor who played the little annoying English prick in later seasons of Mad Men. And I don't mean the great Jared Harris obv! But I'm probably wrong. There is a certain type of posh English actor that all look the same to me.

it's Ryan Cartwright I'm getting him mixed up with, ignore me!

this is everything Line Of Duty could have been with decent writers!

it is seriously good though

You are making this Fringe show sound pretty good.

lots of early Fringe was quite forgettable, but the dual universe storyline - which had very similar themes to this series - was an absolute blast. It was much dafter I suppose though, like they were just making it up as they went along. Like for instance in the alt world aeroplanes never got invented and giganto airships still rule the skies.

Wonder if anyone else laughed when a Perl prompt appeared on one of the outdated technology screens.

Watched Season 1, enjoyed it, never quite felt motivated to watch Season 2. But it's still there if I ever change my mind.

the vaccine subplot ended up being pretty fuckin prescient

Yeah, it was crazy when that popped up.. I had to check to see when it was made. That pre-film commercial in the movie theater about making sure to wear your mask and narking on those who don't..

Second season was just as good as the first, which was a little surprising tbh.

Nearly finished with this and really digging it, although for such a secure and paranoid agency, these folks sure love to leave their valuable sources/suspects unguarded, with only one other person, free of observation or recordings. Fun to see one or two folks from Babylon Berlin pop up. I completed the video game Control just prior to starting the series, and the two complemented each other nicely.

How the hell did late 80s East Germany afford to set up that massive agency, though? Must have had a hell of a research grant writer.

Lol. Thought exactly the same thing

Only two episodes in but it's immediately engaging and very polished.

Every time someone re-ups this thread I hope against hope they found a way to bring back this great show.

I still have trouble seeing JK Simmons in something and not thinking of him as Schillinger, the evil neo-Nazi in OZ

the only solution is to watch a lot more JK Simmons imo

Same, eephus. I so want another season of this show

It was very well done. I think I saw it recommended in the 10 favorite shows thread so cheers to whomever did that.

The implausible premise seems to be mainly a tool to mine German Cold War nostalgia, in somewhat the same vein as Dark and Deutschland 83. There’s also some similarity there with The City & The City by China Mieville.

I'm through 5 episodes and have more thoughts but suffice to say I was very disoriented to see people wearing masks in public in the first episode.

Found another show that seems link a non-sf version of this set in the Middle East.

???

Tehran, on Apple TV+.

SEVERANCE too.