"Spy Games" is a reality game show with 10 contestants vying for a $100,000 top prize. During the show, they live in the same house. There are three intelligence experts (ex-CIA, -FBI, -Secret Service) who assess their performance and eliminate one contestant per episode.
In the first two episodes, there are lessons about covert information gathering and lock picking. The contestants learn that this is not about being like James Bond; a premium is placed on being the unobtrusive "gray man".
The contestants come from a wide variety of backgrounds---everything from a prison psychologist to a video game exec. Their different personalities make some of them more suitable than others for espionage. Gaining information is a key skill. Some use trickery and deceit to gain it; others use alliances and cooperative play.
This show will be as entertaining as the missions the producers have devised for the competitions. The first two missions were diverse and interesting.
I don't think Bravo advertised this series much, so it may have a small audience.
