You’ve finished watching Black Doves and are contemplating that ending, wondering what will become of Sam, Helen — and the nanny — in season 2. While you wait, there’s another new-ish thriller that transports you across the pond and into several countries where there’s so many close calls you may feel conflicted about whose side you’re on. But probably not.
While Black Doves has spy hijinks, double lives and hand-to-hand combat sequences and a mystery at its core, it’s not a 100% assassin’s tale. For that, I urge you to watch the clever, suspense-filled Peacock series, The Day of the Jackal. There are moments that are teeth-clenching.
I don’t know if you’ve seen Eddie Redmayne play a killer before, but his Jackal — who goes by Charlie and many other names — has swagger, excellent marksmanship and extreme work-life balance issues like Keira Knightley’s Helen in Black Doves. However, these shows are
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