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Rubicon

★ 7.9 12K votes 2010–2010 1 season · 13 episodes Canceled AMC
Slow burnDeliberate pacing where the payoffs are earned over long stretches.This show: 10/10Political intriguePower struggles inside governments and institutions.This show: 9/10Intellectual challengeRewards close attention and theorizing.This show: 8/10EspionageSpies, intelligence agencies and double lives.This show: 8/10Dialogue-drivenThe writing's voice is the main event.This show: 7/10CynicalDeeply distrustful of institutions and human motives.This show: 7/10Mystery boxCentral riddles sustained across whole seasons.This show: 7/10AtmosphericMood and place thick enough to touch.This show: 7/10
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Starring
James Badge DaleJessica Ann CollinsLauren HodgesDallas RobertsChristopher Evan WelchArliss Howard
Written by
Jason Horwitch
Starring
James Badge DaleJessica Ann CollinsLauren HodgesDallas RobertsChristopher Evan WelchArliss Howard
Written by
Jason Horwitch
Ratings per Episode
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Votes per Episode
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About

"Cold War paranoia dressed as office drama"

Rubicon follows Will Travers, an intelligence analyst at a shadowy think tank who stumbles onto a hidden pattern buried in crossword puzzles, one that hints at a conspiracy reaching into his own workplace. The show trades shootouts for hushed offices, cluttered desks, and long silences between coworkers who may not be who they seem. It's a deliberately slow, atmosphere-first paranoia piece in the mold of 1970s conspiracy cinema, more interested in dread and bureaucratic unease than answers. Patience is rewarded with mood and tension rather than momentum.

Watch it for

the slow-building 1970s-style paranoia and a lead performance steeped in quiet dread.

Maybe skip if

you need fast pacing or clear answers rather than sustained ambiguity.

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All Seasons

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Season 12010
8.03K139h 46m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Gone in the Teeth7.7
33148 min
▶2The First Day of School7.6
27345 min
▶3Keep the Ends Out7.5
23942 min
▶4The Outsider7.6
22045 min
▶5Connect the Dots7.9
21046 min
▶6Look to the Ant8.0
19645 min
▶7The Truth Will Out8.2
19545 min
▶8Caught in the Suck8.0
19046 min
▶9No Honesty in Men8.1
19844 min
▶10In Whom We Trust8.1
19345 min
▶11A Good Day's Work8.8
20645 min
▶12Wayward Sons8.7
19945 min
▶13You Never Can Win8.4
20945 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

James Badge Dale Will Travers
Jessica Ann Collins Maggie Young
Lauren Hodges Tanya MacGaffin
Dallas Roberts Miles Fiedler
Christopher Evan Welch Grant Test
Arliss Howard Kale Ingram
Miranda Richardson Katherine Rhumor
Michael Cristofer Truxton Spangler
David Rasche James Wheeler
Natalie Gold Julia Harwell

Crew

Jason Horwitch

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