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Counterpart

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Generally favorable reviews based on 22 Critic Reviews

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Universal acclaim based on 19 Ratings

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Series Details & Credits

Starz | Release Date: December 10, 2017

Starring: J.K. Simmons, Richard Schiff, Nazanin Boniadi, Guy Burnet, Harry Lloyd, Olivia Williams, Rafi Gavron, Betty Gabriel, Jacqueline Antaramian, Dieter Hallervorden

Summary: Howard Silk (J.K. Simmons) works as a low-level employee at a Berlin-based spy agency when he discovers his employers protect an opening to a parallel dimension. In the other dimension, he meets his counterpart named Prime (J.K. Simmons) in this sci-fi thriller created by Justin Marks.

Creator: Justin Marks

Genre(s): Drama, Action & Adventure, Suspense, Science Fiction

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S2:E10. Better Angels
Air Date: February 17, 2019
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S2:E9. You to You
Air Date: February 10, 2019
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S2:E8. In from the Cold
Air Date: February 3, 2019

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91

Uncle Barky Ed Bark

Jan 25, 2018

Season 1 Review: Counterpart blooms and grows as an absorbing sci-fi/spy thriller with elemental questions about how identities can be forged and changed by environments and circumstances. Read full review

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TV Guide

Tim Surette

Dec 10, 2018

Season 2 Review: Counterpart has grown beyond its premise and is still one of the best shows on television, even if we don't get the Howards in the same room together. Read full review

80

The New York Times

Mike Hale

Jan 19, 2018

Season 1 Review: Through six episodes, Mr. Marks doesn’t do anything especially interesting with that premise, but luckily for him and us, Mr. Simmons, an Oscar winner in 2015 for “Whiplash,” does. ... In Counterpart, Mr. Simmons works so subtly, and seemingly effortlessly, that you always know which Howard you’re watching, but you’re never aware of how you know. Read full review

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Collider Allison Keene

Dec 6, 2018

Season 2 Review: The show is so good at grounding its drama that somehow the idea of second, parallel reality just seems like a very normal, possible thing. Read full review

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IndieWire Ben Travers

Dec 5, 2018

Season 2 Review: In short, there’s a lot to track, which can sometimes overwhelm why, in fact, viewers would bother keeping up. But more often than not, Marks finds empathy and momentum at exactly the moments you might feel lost, and, aided by crisp direction from Charles Martin and Kyle Patrick Alvarez, “Counterpart” lends enough emotional oomph to its expanding story to justify further investment in a smart, promising series. Read full review

72

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Rob Owen

Jan 12, 2018

Season 1 Review: Counterpart is one of those twisty shows that could threaten to become convoluted the longer it goes on, but in early episodes it’s more intriguing than it is confusing or frustrating. Read full review

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Boston Globe

Matthew Gilbert

Jan 17, 2018

Season 1 Review: Counterpart is built on a rather unwieldy premise that will either support seasons of absorbing brain-teasing or tumble over and scatter like a colossal Jenga tower. ... Throughout all the setup of this riven world, imagined by show creator Justin Marks, Simmons shines. His performance as both Howards is endlessly entertaining, and it kept me engaged in the story even when I wasn’t certain exactly what was happening. Read full review

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carlossolrac

Aug 4, 2020

This show is great. A mystery that takes place in Berlin and has to do with two worlds that are similar, the only way to access each other world is to cross under some sort of Brandenburg gate or Berlin wall. There was a flu pandemic too to make things more visceral. JK Simmons is one of topThis show is great. A mystery that takes place in Berlin and has to do with two worlds that are similar, the only way to access each other world is to cross under some sort of Brandenburg gate or Berlin wall. There was a flu pandemic too to make things more visceral. JK Simmons is one of top actors of ever or something. He's fantastic. Part Bourne, part cold war espionage, part Black Mirror....… Expand

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DeathTheHusky

Apr 1, 2021

I just watched this series from Prime, and i totally loved it.
The story is fascinating, it might be kind of lesson of life on what the science could really be, to balance between the legality or the morality ??
A great question that a think a lot of spectators want to know after the end ofI just watched this series from Prime, and i totally loved it.
The story is fascinating, it might be kind of lesson of life on what the science could really be, to balance between the legality or the morality ??
A great question that a think a lot of spectators want to know after the end of the S2.

The movie made me cry, it bring a real sensation because the script is very well-writed.
The suspense and action are perfect, the characters are well-build as well, same if i found the Spy's interchange a bit a lack of coordinated action.… Expand

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Seasons & Episodes

76

Series Overview
Season 2

75
- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: December 9, 2018
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  S2:E10. Better Angels
  Air Date: February 17, 2019
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  S2:E9. You to You
  Air Date: February 10, 2019
- tbd
  S2:E8. In from the Cold
  Air Date: February 3, 2019
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  S2:E7. No Strings Attached
  Air Date: January 27, 2019
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  S2:E6. Twin Cities
  Air Date: January 20, 2019
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  S2:E5. Shadow Puppets
  Air Date: January 6, 2019
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  S2:E4. Point of Departure
  Air Date: December 30, 2018
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  S2:E3. Something Borrowed
  Air Date: December 23, 2018
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  S2:E2. Outside In
  Air Date: December 16, 2018
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  S2:E1. Inside Out
  Air Date: December 9, 2018
Season 1

76
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: December 10, 2017