Nobody trusts anybody in spy stories. Whether it's John le Carré or Ian Fleming, the point of a great spy story is to make you wonder if everyone is about to double-cross everyone. And because most characters in spy stories can’t read each other's minds, the true motive of all intelligence leaks can sometimes never be known. But what if a John le Carré-style spy story, something in the mode of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, had a cyberpunk element? What if the notion of constant surveillance were taken to the next logical sci-fi step? What if the spy’s brain itself could be hacked?
This is the basic premise of the new slick Peacock series, The Copenhagen Test, which drops all eight of its episodes on December 27. The show stars Simu Liu like you’ve never seen him before, and it is one of the coolest new spy shows in a slightly overcrowded field.
