Liaison (Season 1)

Liaison (2023)
Vincent Cassel and Eva Green in Liaison (2023)

What Is It?

The British-French thriller TV show Liaison (Season 1).

Liaison — Official Trailer | Apple TV+

Liaison — An Inside Look | Apple TV+

Here is how Rotten Tomatoes describes this TV show:

Two agents — and former lovers — must work together to combat international cyberattacks threatening the United Kingdom while also confronting the buried secrets of their destructive relationship.

• Creator: Virginie Brac
• Starring: Vincent Cassel, Eva Green, Peter Mullan, Gérard Lanvin, Daniel Francis
• TV Network: Apple TV+
• Premiere Date: Feb 24, 2023
• Genre: Drama
• Executive producers: Vincent Cassel, Stephen Hopkins, Sarada McDermott, Edward Barlow, Justin Thomson, Jean-Benoît Gillig, Gub Neal

Here is how The IMDb describes this TV show:

“Liaison” is a contemporary thriller that explores how the mistakes of our past have the potential to destroy our future.

The series blends action with an unpredictable, multi-layered plot in which espionage and political intrigue play out against a story of passionate and enduring love.

— Vishwesh Deshmukh

• Creator
  • Virginie Brac
• Stars
  • Vincent Cassel
  • Eva Green
  • Peter Mullan
• Genres
  • Drama
  • Thriller
• Certificate
  • TV-MA

• Release date
  • February 24, 2023 (United States)
• Countries of origin
  • United Kingdom
  • France
• Languages
  • English
  • French
• Also known as
  • Зв’язок
• Filming locations
  • London, England, UK
• Production companies
  • Apple Studios
  • Léonis Productions
  • Ringside Studios

This how Wikipedia describes this TV show:

Liaison is a British-French thriller television series written by Virginie Brac, directed by Stephen Hopkins and starring Vincent Cassel and Eva Green.

It premiered on 24 February 2023 on Apple TV+.^[1]

Synopsis

A thriller following French spies and terrorists.

Cast

• Vincent Cassel – Gabriel Delage, Alison’s former lover, a mercenary for Telkis and a former French Foreign Legion and DGSE operative
• Eva Green – Alison Rowdy, Delage’s Anglo-French former lover and a Home Office Special Adviser to the Minister of Security
• Peter Mullan – Richard Banks, the Minister of State for Security
• Gérard Lanvin – Alain Dumas, the CEO of private security firm Telkis, former DGSE commander and Delage’s superior
• Daniel Francis – Albert Onwori, a human rights lawyer and Alison’s current partner
• Stanislas Merhar – Didier Taraud, a senior adviser to the French President and head of an Elysee Palace taskforce set up to counter the powers of the DGSE.
• Irène Jacob – Sophie Saint-Roch, the Director of the DGSE
• Laëtitia Eïdo – Sabine Louseau, Taraud’s mistress and a senior aide in the European Commission
• Eriq Ebouaney – Bob Foret, a board member of private security firm Antropa
• Patrick Kennedy – Mark Bolton OBE, CEO of the National Cyber Security Centre
• Bukky Bakray – Kim Onwori, Albert’s teenage daughter
• Olivia Popica – Hobbs, a Detective Inspector in the Metropolitan Police SO15
• Patrick Malahide – Jack Rowdy, Alison’s father, a former British Army Major General and NATO Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe.
• Aziz Dyab – Samir Hamza, a Syrian hacker and Walid’s younger cousin
• Marco Horanieh – Walid Hamza, a Syrian hacker and Samir’s older cousin
• Lyna Dubarry – Myriam Hamza, Samir’s wife and mother of his child
• Thierry Frémont – the President of France
• Tchéky Karyo – Joseph Miller, the CEO of Antropa

Liaison — Inside The Action | Apple TV+

Review: Liaison

My Thoughts

I found this show by accident when I saw the cover for it on an online streaming video website.

I saw Eva Green on the cover, that alone made me click to see what this show was about, and then I watched episode 1 (Storm Warning).

Likewise, I was impressed by the quality of episode 1, Eva Green was good as usual, and at least three languages (French, English, and maybe Arabic?) were used in the first two episodes that I saw.

The opening credits and theme song are interesting, with a modern British twist at the end that reminds me of a theme song from another British TV show that I can not remember:

Liaison Opening in 4K

I followed and watched this show from there until it was finished.

I was surprised and impressed with how much of each of those three languages were used throughout this show, episode 4 (Carnage) was mostly in French, sadly it was my least favorite episode.

It was conversation heavy and I had no subtitles, so that probably had a negative impact.

Some things that I did not like about this TV show include: how the investigation & those involved like DCI Hobbs were barely shown, how Alison Rowdy’s longtime boyfriend Albert Onwori was mostly a non-character & how he was treated as the show went on, how the show ended without closure or consequences for some characters, et cetera.

I still liked this show better than the critics et cetera, it seems, based on some ratings for this show that I have seen.

I would recommend watching it once.

The end,

• John Jr