Francophiles, adventurous TV viewers and those prone to scoffing at streamer algorithms may remember the first time they came across The Bureau, a drama set within the General Directorate for External Security (in French, the DGSE). Actor-director Matthieu Kassovitz played Guillaume Debailly — code name: Malotru — a spy who’d abruptly come in from the cold after a six-year undercover stint in Syria. He’s attempting to adjust to life out of the field and back in the office; like his mission, his romantic relationship with a history professor from Damascus has been terminated with extreme prejudice. His superior, his handler and his office mates worry that he’s mentally unstable. The company therapist he’s mandated to see frets over his distracted, hostile attitude. Debailly is a cypher to both the newbie agent he’s supposed to be mentoring for her upcoming undercover…
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