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Martha's sister gets work

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British actress Gugu Mbatha-Raw ("Spooks," "Doctor Who") has landed the female lead opposite Boris Kodjoe on J.J. Abrams' "Undercovers" at NBC. Abrams and Josh Reims co-wrote the pilot.

The project revolves around a domesticated husband (Kodjoe) and wife (Mbatha-Raw) who are re-activated as CIA agents after years of retirement.

Abrams also will direct, marking the first pilot he has helmed since "Lost" in 2004.

from comingsoon.net
 
Good for her. The only problem I have with "Undercovers" is that it is the exact same premise as "Undercover", another series about a married CIA couple, that aired back in 1991. That one had Linda Purl in Gugu's role, and had John Rhys-Davies as the show's resident gadget man/assassin.

It was a great show which was torched after about 6 episodes due to the 1991 Gulf War. It was pulled off the air because of the war, in part because the show launched a two-part story involving the lead-up to the war which became rather moot. In fact I vaguely recall that part 1 of the story actually aired the night before the first bombs fell on Baghdad. Anyone wanting to see how it ended had to wait about a year when the two episodes became a made for TV movie.

Alex
 
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