One of the stars of True Detective: Night Country has a great television replacement in Netflix's spy thriller series Black Doves. Created by Joe Barton (The Lazarus Project, Giri/Haji), Black Doves opened to excellent reviews, earning a near-perfect 94% critic score on Rotten Tomatoes following its December 5, 2024 release date. Keira Knightley (Atonement, Pirates of the Caribbean) leads the cast of Black Doves along with Ben Whishaw from Fall from the sky and There's no time to die acclaim.
Black Doves follows Knightley's Helen Webb, the loving and supportive wife of Wallace Webb, a prominent British politician. Webb is also a secret agent working for the mysterious secret spy organization known as the Black Doves, of which Mrs. Reed is the head. Reed confronts Helen about an affair she was having with a civil servant named Jason (Andrew Koji), who was shockingly shot and killed in a park long distance. Suspecting that Helen might be in trouble with a powerful criminal conspiracy, Reed recruits a trusted sniper named Sam Young (Whishaw) to help Helen. avoid threats to your life and family.
Finn Bennett's Cole Atwood In Black Doves Offers An Excellent Replacement For His True Detective Role
Black Doves Offers Bennett a Compelling New Spy/Murder Mystery Show
Finn Bennett, who played Peter in True Detective 4th season, appears in Black Doves Season 1 as CIA agent Cole Atwood. Since True Detective is an anthology series, Bennett will not return to reprise his role as Night country although there has been speculation about a potential Night country season 2. However, Black Doves gives Bennett a compelling new spy/murder mystery show in which he works for the CIA, which is very close to his cop role in True Detective season 4.
Bennett, a 25-year-old Irish-British actor, began acting in 2010, appearing in an episode of Foyle's War and later Superior boy in 2023. True Detective was his breakout role, which led to his casting in Black Doves season 1. Bennett is scheduled to Star in the upcoming fantasy action series A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Knight Errantwhich is another prequel series to Game of Thrones. Bennett will play Prince Aerion “Brightflame” Targaryen alongside Bertie Carvel and Daniel Ings.
How Black Doves' Ending Sets Up Cole Atwood's Return in Season 2
Cole could be an asset or a threat to Helen Webb
Without giving anything away in terms of spoilers, Bennett's CIA agent Cole Atwood could be a key player in the Black Doves season 2. As he is introduced later in the six-episode first season, there is still a lot of unknown information about him. Like a black dove, Knightley's Helen Webb has no allegiance to any particular nationunlike Atwood it is for the United States. If Bennett returns Black Doves in season 2, he could be an asset or a threat to Helen and the entire Black Doves organization.
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