Agent X | |
---|---|
Genre | Action drama |
Created by | William Blake Herron |
Starring | |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 10 ( list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producers |
|
Producer |
|
Production location | NA |
Production companies |
|
Original release | |
Network | TNT |
Release | November 8 December 27, 2015 | –
Agent X is an American action drama television series which aired from November 8 to December 27, 2015 on TNT. [1] It stars Sharon Stone, Jeff Hephner, Jamey Sheridan, John Shea and Mike Colter.
On December 15, 2015, TNT canceled the series after one season. [2] [3] The show was also broadcast on Bravo (Canada) days after.
After becoming United States Vice President, Natalie Maccabee ( Sharon Stone) is informed that there is a secret paragraph in the U.S. Constitution creating a special agent to help protect the country in times of crisis, under instruction of the Vice President. John Case ( Jeff Hephner), former Special Forces operator, is the current operative "Agent X", who handles sensitive cases that the CIA and the FBI cannot.
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | US viewers (millions) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | "Pilot" | Peter O'Fallon | William Blake Herron | November 8, 2015 | 1.28 [4] | |
The Vice President of the United States discovers her true responsibilities: to oversee an agent (John Case) with a license to kill. | ||||||
2 | "The Enemy of My Enemy" | Peter O'Fallon | William Blake Herron | November 8, 2015 | 1.01 [5] | |
John and Olga (Olga Fonda) work together to stop nuclear weapons from ending up in the wrong hands. | ||||||
3 | "Back in Your Arms" | Peter O'Fallon | Robert Port | November 15, 2015 | 1.03 [6] | |
John uncovers a secret conspiracy involving a shadow government subverting Executive authority. | ||||||
4 | "The Devil and John Case" | Félix Enríquez Alcalá | Steven Kriozere & Mark A. Altman | November 22, 2015 | 1.03 [7] | |
John travels to Mexico to demolish (the myth of) El Diablo. | ||||||
5 | "Truth, Lies, and Consequences" | Kevin Bray | Jesse Alexander | November 29, 2015 | 0.98 [8] | |
John cuts short a bioterrorism plot seconds before it explodes over the National Mall, almost losing his own life. | ||||||
6 | "The Sacrifice" | Ute Briesewitz | Samantha Stratton | December 6, 2015 | 0.99 [9] | |
A former Agent X thought to be dead threatens the lives of John, the Vice President, and a treaty that she is trying to facilitate. | ||||||
7 | "The Long Walk Home" | Jeff Wadlow | Robert Port | December 13, 2015 | 1.15 [10] | |
John manages to gain the upper hand, as he uncovers a few skeletons from the Agent X program that culminates in the POTUS being shot. | ||||||
8 | "Angels & Demons" | John Terlesky | Steven Kriozere & Mark A. Altman and Anslem Richardson | December 20, 2015 | 1.21 [11] | |
As the POTUS struggles to stay alive and ward off further attacks, Agent X and his colleagues continue to be played by the Cabal. | ||||||
9 | "Penultimatum" | Rod Holcomb | Jesse Alexander | December 27, 2015 | 1.22 [12] | |
John's fiancée Pamela is kidnapped by Ray to coerce John but ends up being rescued by Malcolm, John's handler. | ||||||
10 | "Fidelity" | Peter O'Fallon | William Blake Herron | December 27, 2015 | 1.12 [12] | |
Ray orchestrates a prisoner's dilemma-scenario between the world leaders, but John, Olga, and Malcolm work together to bring him down. |
Agent X was produced by TNT Originals in association with Beacon Pictures. Armyan Bernstein and Sharon Stone are executive producers. William Blake Herron, who also executive-produced, wrote the pilot, which was directed by Peter O'Fallon. [13]
On Metacritic, the show holds a rating of 43/100, based on 15 reviews. [14] On Rotten Tomatoes, it has a 28% approval rating based on 18 reviews, with an average rating of 5.8/10. The critics' consensus reads: "Unintentionally hilarious, poorly paced, and overall redundant, Agent X is a secret agent drama that should have remained secret." [15]
The New York Times said in a review of the series "Without the jokey bravado (or high production values) of Strike Back or the charming wonkiness of Warehouse 13, the only claim Agent X has on our attention is Ms. Stone. Even that is tenuous — while her performance loosens up a bit across the first four episodes, her screen time appears to shrink." [16]
Variety wrote in their review "Possessing some of the flavor of National Treasure, Agent X takes the amusing step of investing the Vice President's office with secret constitutional powers, all for the purpose of concocting a Yankee version of James Bond. And wonder of wonders, it mostly works, at least initially, combining a sense of playfulness with bountiful action and, less successfully, a sweeping conspiracy. [17]
The Wall Street Journal called Agent X an "improbable but high-action thriller." Also saying "This light and fast-moving version of an America-in-peril espionage thriller doesn't really deal in moral ambiguity and shades of gray." [18]