''The Romeo Section'' is a Canadian

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television series created and written by

Chris Haddock Chris Haddock is a Canadian screenwriter, producer and director best known as the creator and showrunner of the CBC Television series ''Da Vinci's Inquest'', ''Da Vinci's City Hall'', ''Intelligence'' and ''The Romeo Section''. He has won 14 Gemi ...

which debuted on October 14, 2015, on

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. CBC renewed the series for a second season which began airing on October 5, 2016. The series ran for two seasons.

Seasons

Season 1

The series follows spymaster Professor Wolfgang McGee, an academic who secretly manages a roster of espionage assets. These assets, referred to as Romeo or Juliet spies, are informants engaged in intimate relations with intelligence targets. Wolfgang himself is a semi-retired Romeo operator, having worked his way up in an officially deniable "service" under the umbrella of Canada's intelligence community. Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, the

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recruits infiltrate the city’s heroin trade and keep eyes on an asylum seeker, while their handler searches for the elusive faction leader of the Red Mountain Triad.

Season 2

In the Le Carré-esque second season, the master of espionage, Wolfgang McGee, steps away from his role of asset handler to investigate an attempted bombing in Vancouver. The case comes to Wolfgang through Harry, a shadowy government figure, who presents the theory that the attack could have been a

false flag A false flag operation is an act committed with the intent of disguising the actual source of responsibility and pinning blame on another party. The term "false flag" originated in the 16th century as an expression meaning an intentional misr ...

operation. For help, Wolfgang calls upon an old acquaintance, a black-balled spy named Norman. Together they review the chain of events surrounding the attack to uncover massive holes and blunders, either made by human error or deliberately, as sabotage. To find out which, the two spies investigate the mystery. Meanwhile, separated from Wolfgang, former assets Rufus and Lily use their Romeo skills to seduce their way up the ladder in the heroin trade and espionage circles.

Cast

Andrew Airlie Andrew Airlie (born September 18, 1961) is a Scottish-born Canadian actor. Early life Airlie was born in Glasgow, Scotland on September 18, 1961. Career He has starred in television series including ''Breaker High'' and his TV credits include g ...

as Wolfgang McGee (often going by the name Rupert Holmby for his undercover work) *

Juan Riedinger Juan Riedinger is a Canadian actor. On television, he portrayed Rufus in the CBC television series ''The Romeo Section'' and Carlos Lehder in the Netflix series ''Narcos''. Other roles he played in television include Dodger in The CW series '' R ...

as Rufus Decker *

Eugene Lipinski Eugene Lipinski (born 5 November 1956) is a British-Canadian character actor and screenwriter. He was born in Wansford Camp, Soke of Peterborough, England, and raised in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. He began acting at the age of twelve in amateu ...

as Al Crenshaw (often going by the name Bill West for his undercover work) * Fei Ren as Mei Mei * Ian Tracey as Fergie * Jemmy Chen as Lily Song (season 1) * Stephanie Bennett as Dee (season 1) * Matt Bellefleur as Vince Taggart (season 1) * Manny Jacinto as Wing Lei (season 1) * Sophia Lauchlin Hirt as Eva Walker (season 1) * Mathias Retamal as Miguel Padilla (season 1) * Leeah Wong as Lily Song (season 2) * Brian Markinson as Norman (season 2) * Jorge Montesi as Harry (season 2)

Episodes

Season 1 (2015)

Season 2 (2016)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Romeo Section 2015 Canadian television series debuts 2016 Canadian television series endings 2010s Canadian drama television series CBC Television original programming Espionage television series Television shows filmed in Vancouver Television shows set in Vancouver Canadian thriller television series Triad (organized crime)