7.8 /10 1 Votes
6.7/10 TV | 8.8/10 IMDb Genre Action-adventure/Drama Final episode date 12 July 1997 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Created by John McNamaraIvan RaimiSam Raimi Written by Scott BrownAnne CollinsJohn McNamaraKathy McCormickEric MorrisGene F. O'NeillDavid SimkinsNoreen TobinJeff Vlaming Directed by Lou AntonioJames FrawleyElodie KeeneWinrich KolbeJohn T. KretchmerLes LandauDoug LeflerAlan J. LeviJefery LevyMartha MitchellT.J. ScottOz Scott Starring Linden AshbyAllison SmithBruce McCartyKeith SzarabajkaD.D. Howard Network American Broadcasting Company Cast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spy Game is an American action-adventure television series that aired on ABC for 13 episodes during the spring and summer of 1997. The series was created by screenwriter and physician Ivan Raimi, director Sam Raimi, and writer John McNamara. The series was originally developed under the title Cloak and Dagger, but was renamed prior to airing.
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Plot
The series starred Linden Ashby as Lorne Cash, a retired secret agent who reluctantly agrees to get back into the "spy game" and work for a secret government agency. Following the collapse of the former Soviet Union and the downsizing of international intelligence agencies worldwide, the reduced demand for highly qualified espionage agents has flooded the civilian market with displaced former agents. With the surplus of independent agents running rogue operations, Cash is called in to work with a meager agency whose sole directive is to police these newly freelance spies.
Cash is an "old-school" agent who is more apt to rely on his wits and his fists rather than the latest high-tech gadgets, which occasionally puts him at odds with his gadget-happy (but no less capable) partner, Max London, played by Allison Smith. Despite initial friction, the two quickly establish a rapport (with the usual romantic overtures). Some of the show's humor is generated from Lorne's reluctance to use modern gadgets, as well as the occasional revelations about his past and his high connections. In the premiere episode, for example, Lorne calls the president who is a personal friend and is given a security clearance higher than his boss'.
The series was a throwback to the stylish spy series of the 1960s, with particular comparison being made to The Avengers and The Man from U.N.C.L.E., while at the same time poking fun at the genre. (The opening credits were a parody of the opening credits of The Avengers.) The show's first episode featured cameos by numerous stars of spy shows of the past (including Patrick Macnee and Robert Culp).
Spy Game was canceled after nine of the thirteen episodes produced were aired.
Cast
Episodes
Though the last four episodes were never aired in the USA, they were shown overseas, for instance by Channel 4 in the UK (though very late at night).
