"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?"
"Why? Well, although The Copenhagen Test later reveals that, as an agent of the Orphanage, Hale's brain has been hacked by an enemy group, the psychological test he was put through with the hostage situation five years earlier was entirely analog, no cyberpunk required. This is crucial because it grounds the series in the possible before slapping you with the incredulous premise that Hale has a hidden wifi signal in his brain, transmitting everything he sees and hears."
Simu Liu plays Alexander Hale, a low-key, likable secret agent working for a watchdog intelligence agency called The Orphanage. Hale was once a special forces soldier who, during a mission, was ordered to rescue only one hostage and prioritize an American citizen; he instead rescues a non-American child. As an Orphanage agent, Hale's brain is later hacked by an enemy group, transmitting everything he sees and hears via a hidden wifi signal. The series grounds its premise by revealing Hale's earlier psychological, analog test, making the sci-fi brain-hack premise more plausible while raising questions about surveillance limitations.
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