LIAISON SEASON 1 REVIEW

There was a break in espionage drama after the gripping "Homeland," but with Liaison's first episode, it seems the creators have a chance to make up for it. The upcoming episodes of the series, which was created on a massive scale and features episodes set in Syria, Turkey, France, and the UK, promise to be an interesting ride. Even though there is plenty of tension and excitement, something seems odd. The absurd plot of this series may not be able to maintain viewers' interest in later episodes, but based on the pilot, it appears that the talented cast will go above and beyond to make this one enjoyable.

The series' plot begins in Syria when two hackers are seeking to flee the nation after infiltrating Bashar al-Assad's secret police servers, and it ends in the UK following Brexit. The hackers seek asylum at the French Embassy in Syria because they consider the data and findings from the servers to be "gold." Before they can enter the embassy, they are attacked, so they must flee for their lives to Turkey before making their way to England to live with their uncle. Between these two instances, there were already two large hacking incidences in the UK, which prompts Alison and her supervisor Richard from the UK Home Office to take action. 

French authorities assign Gabriel, a private contractor who frequently performs work for the French government, the duty of locating the pen drive that has the damaging information from the two hackers. The first episode contributes to the development of the story and ends with Gabriel announcing his arrival at Alison's house and making a passing reference to their previous relationship.

Although it would be tough to judge a series based on a single episode, Liaison does an excellent job at mounting a'slightly unbelievable plot' in a hurried manner. You can see the series' future path more clearly after seeing the first episode, which has a lot of development.

Vincent Cassel more than succeeds in his role as a private contractor who runs covert operations. The actors and filmmakers do a good job of capturing Gabriel's personality and what makes him tick. In her role as Home Office employee Alison, Eva Green does a superb job. Her hawkish attitude and scepticism were ideal for the events of the series. The series lost Peter Mullan, who played Richard, in the episode. He was capable of contributing far more to the show than his caricatured character.

Liaison's story is a little unbelievable, but one way to appreciate the series is to think of it as a thrilling spy thriller.Even if the action, politics, and espionage in the series are not particularly unique, they do keep you intrigued. Alison's friendship with a black human rights lawyer will surely be a key plot point and area of character growth in the following episodes. The pilot episode of this spy drama has enough to keep you engaged in the subsequent episodes, even if you might not remember it in a few months. Whether or whether it can match the charisma of "Homeland" entirely hinges on how the remaining episodes pan out.