This isn’t a spoiler, but the series finale for US espionage drama Counterpart is called Better Angels, a nod to something the high-concept show has been asking all along: is there a best version of ourselves?
Across the two seasons of Justin Marks’s series (which ran from 2017-2019), Counterpart explores questions about who we are and how we became that person. Not just as individuals shaped by tiny decisions, but also as a people, where whole worlds change because someone turned left instead of right. It’s nature versus nurture.
