In a slow-burn sophomore season, Jez and John-Henry Butterworth's espionage thriller makes a lot of pivots — away from the mystery in its central romance, away from how much it sucks to be a spy — but its most damaging shift is even simpler: It drifts too far from its star.
Source: [IndieWire](https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/shows/the-agency-season-2-review-more-michael-fassbender-not-less-1235200778/)