TL;DR – A solid, engaging romp that felt like it would have been better in a more contained version.  

Disclosure – I paid for the Amazon Prime service used to view this series.

Ride or Die Review Introduction

I have been wanting something new in the spy genre for a while now to scratch that subterfuge action itch I have been having in a world where we still don’t know who the new Bond is. But while I am happy to dive into something old, I am also always ready for something new, and today we look at the latter.

So, to set the scene, Debbie (Octavia Spencer) is an American who married a British politician and has been content to follow that world, building up power bases for her husband behind the scenes, while also enjoying her love of aggressive antique hunting. Her best friend is Judith (Hannah Waddingham), who is an assassin, but not that Debbie knows that. They enjoy a world that includes not making fun of the lady in book club with the awful new haircut, well at least not her face. But all of that slightly falls apart when Judith is tasked with taking out Billy Donovan (Ed Skrein) and accidentally walks into an Albanian mob deal that includes David (Jamie Parker), Debbie’s husband. Now from here, we will be looking at the season as a whole, so there will be some [SPOILERS] ahead.