Black Doves

Black Doves – A Little Black Dove

  • Title: Black Doves – A Little Black Dove
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There’s an awful lot to like in “A Little Black Dove” which gives us a terrific kitchen confrontation between Helen Webb (Keira Knightley) and the hired assassin (Paapa Essiedu) who killer her lover but also flashbacks to Helen’s recruitment into the Black Doves, her first meetings with both Sam (Ben Whishaw) and Mrs. Reed (Sarah Lancashire), and the first assignment which went a little too well and ended up changing her life forever. By the end of the episode we not only have far more context for Helen’s career as a spy but also a measure of victory in her besting the assassin. 

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Black Doves – To Love Then

  • Title: Black Doves – To Love Then
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The new Netflix series opens with a triple murder and a mystery as to the reason behind it before introducing us to Helen Webb (Keira Knightley), the wife of the British Defense Secretary (Andrew Buchan) and potential future Prime Minister who also happens to be a spy working for a shadowy organization know as Black Doves. On of the three people murdered one turns out to be Helen’s lover. Also, something about the proceedings figures into the death of the Chinese Ambassador and his missing daughter (Isabella Wei). In an attempt to keep Helen alive, and her lucrative cover intact, her overseer (Sarah Lancashire) sends an old friend in roving assassin Sam (Ben Whishaw) who steps foot in his home country for the first time in 7 years.

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