Have you ever wanted to be a lawyer? No... Scratch that. Have you ever had self-sabotaging strategies with an overwhelming need to prove to yourself that you matter, otherwise known as academic validation or external validation? This political thriller might be the perfect show for you! 

It starts with a secret operation where you only get to find the nitty-gritty details on the last episode, with an alright but suspected plot twist( in this day and age, who can really pull off a successful plot twist, am I right, or am I right??) The main character, Owen Hendricks, played by Noah Centineo, works for the General Counsel of the CIA. He is the rookie, so he is only there, in the beginning, to check whether threats being sent to the CIA are real. And low and behold, while looking through a pile of this gray mail, he finds a case from a woman who used to be an informal former CIA asset in Belarus/ Russia. This woman was being imprisoned, and before her case got any worse, she thought her best option was to threaten the CIA to release her from the prison she is currently in the United States and try to return to her home in Belarus. Her name is Max Meladze, played by Laura Maddock, and although she was an informant, she was criminally affiliated long before that. Moreover, Owen and Meladze go through trials and tribulations, literally and figuratively, while trying to get Meladze out of prison and making her a formal asset to the CIA so she can no longer be a nuisance but of help. But, Uh Oh, it can't be a Netflix show if someone doesn't drop their draws! Max and Owen have sex knowing it would conflict with the case, operation, and everything between, but Max isn't the only love interest or pseudo-love interest in the show.

Owen Hendricks also has other love interests, the first being his roommate Hannah Copeland played by Fivel Stewart, who is coincidentally his ex-girlfriend from law school. Owen also roommates with another friend named Terrence, played by Daniel Quincy Annoh. Honestly, one would expect chaos within this dynamic, and that's exactly what is happening. Throughout the show, Owen seems like a fake friend, but his job at the CIA is so demanding that it explains only a margin of why he is a bad friend. While Owen and Hannah are no longer together, they never stop loving each other, and in the season's final episode, they plan to meet up, but Own gets whisked away. And by who, you may ask? I will sadly not spoil those details early on in the review. But like I said, Owen has love interests (plural), meaning there was another romantic aspect in the show that was very unnecessary as all they did was have sex, go on one date, and relay information to Owen to help with his gray mail case. This romantic interest is none other than Amelia Salazar, played by Kaylah Zander, another lawyer working for the General Counsel's office. She is so driven to become a head attorney for CNN that she does not allow distractions. Thus, ending her romantic relationship with Owen. 

The case is so deep in criminal activity; honestly, words describing too much of it would not be enough to showcase how incredibly shocking it was during the initial watching of the show. There is action, political dissidence, and, most of all, DRAMA. Overall, the show is really good, but in my opinion, it was good relative to the crappy shows I have watched throughout this year. It definitely can use better writing, but the acting is good, especially for a Netflix original.