📺 ‘Mr. & Mrs. Smith’ Is the Best Spy Show of 2024

Mr. & Mrs. Smith is an adaptation in name only. Though it echoes Doug Liman’s 2005 film and even shouts out the film with a vague “inspired by characters created by Simon Kinberg” card deep into the credits, it’s far greater than just a remake of the Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt vehicle.

Mr. & Mrs. Smith, premiering Feb. 2 on Prime Video, was supposed to look a lot different. In February 2021, it was announced Donald Glover and Phoebe Waller-Bridge would create and star in the reboot, but in September of that year, Waller-Bridge left the project, citing creative differences. The show re-cast her role with Pen15’s Maya Erskine, and it more than paid off: Erskine has crackling chemistry with Glover every time they share the screen, whether they’re taking out a target or arguing over dishes in the sink.

Their romance is slow but assured — as they fall in love, the viewer grows to love this spy couple too, culminating in a finale that includes an action sequence that could redefine the standard for streaming action as we know it.

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