“I believe there’s one type of agent, the insane,” Fassbender says in the trailer for the new series
The Agency is almost here, and it has no shortage of suspense, action and drama.
In the trailer for the new series, which premieres on Nov. 29 on Paramount+ with Showtime, Michael Fassbender stars as Martian, a spy who has left his undercover position as a CIA agent to return to the real world. When he reconnects with a lover from before his mission, their relationship poses a threat to his identity, which, according to the synopsis, “hurl[s] them both into a deadly game of international intrigue and espionage.”
In the first scene of the teaser, Martian can be seen sitting down with a woman, played by Harriet Sansom Harris, in a dimly lit interrogation room. He asks, “What is your question, doctor?”
“You think it’s possible that you may have something to hide?” she replies.
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Martian goes on to list the things he has had to do to keep his mission under wraps: “Lie to everyone, pretend to be someone you’re not, risk your life on a daily basis.”
“No glamour, no exploding watch,” he continues as the screen shows fights, escapes and surrenders.
The camera then cuts back to his conversation with the doctor. “I believe there’s one type of agent, the insane,” he states with a straight face.
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Richard Gere’s character, Bosko — who appears to be the director of the CIA — then tells a worker, “We lost an agent,” referring to Martian. “You find him. Bring him back. Whatever it takes, make it invisible.”
Offering a deeper look into the darkness of living undercover, Martian goes on to narrate what it is like to be under the agency’s control, explaining, “The CIA sends us out into the world to behave in entirely unhealthy, deviant, dangerous ways.”
“I was in a relationship that I broke off because of my mission,” he adds.
The preview cuts to a clip of him kissing his former lover Sami Zahir — played by Jodie Turner-Smith — after the two realize they are in London at the same time.
“She’s not in the game,” Martian says.
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Katherine Waterston’s character Naomi then explains, “If you’re in this game, nobody knows,” before Jeffrey Wright‘s Henry appears and says, “You deploy undercover for years. People come back damaged from that.”
As Martian cries, Henry goes on: “It’s the agency. Nothing is personal.”
Flashes of screaming, running and gunshots lead to Sami shouting at Martian, “I never thought I would see you again. You just vanished!”
At the end, Martian returns to the doctor, dramatically declaring, “You’re not trying to help me, doctor. You’re worried I may have somehow become sane.”