# Intelligence (2014)

> A high-tech intelligence operative enhanced with a super-computer chip in his brain works alongside the director of an elite cyber-security agency.

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## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 13
- Episode runtime: 45 min
- Status: Canceled
- Genres: science fiction, action, drama
- Created by: Michael Seitzman
- Network: CBS
- Cast: Josh Holloway, Meghan Ory, John Billingsley, P.J. Byrne, Michael Rady, Marg Helgenberger, Elden Henson, Will Yun Lee
- TMDB rating: 6.8/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2693776/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: mild
- Tone: tense, propulsive, paranoid, sincere

## What critics say

Audiences rated the single season moderately well, with a mixed overall reception centered on its high-concept premise and lead performance.

## Synopsis

Intelligence (2014) is an American science fiction drama created by Michael Seitzman for CBS. Josh Holloway plays Gabriel Black, a high-tech intelligence operative whose brain has been enhanced with a super-computer microchip, and Meghan Ory plays Riley O'Neil, a member of the elite government cyber-security team that backs him. John Billingsley appears as Dr. William Crispin, and Marg Helgenberger as Lillian Strand, the director of the cyber-security agency who supports Black's missions. Across its single season of thirteen episodes, the series builds its engine around the tension between Black's extraordinary abilities and the cost of using them, as each case pushes him further into a field where his own mind is a weapon and a liability. Each episode mixes covert missions, digital surveillance and close-quarters action with a growing question about how much of Black is still human. The tone is tense and propulsive, with a paranoid edge and a sense of technology running ahead of its controllers. Fans of Person of Interest, Alias and Chuck will find resonance in its blend of espionage, cybersecurity and a gifted agent working in the shadows of a government program. The show was canceled, so its story stops before the larger arc is resolved.

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