Director: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
Richard Madden and Priyanka Chopra Jonas anchor Citadel, a globe-trotting spy series from the Russo brothers that begins with a simple, unsettling question: what happens when a secret agent forgets they were ever a spy.
What is Citadel about?
Years before the story opens, Citadel's top field agents Mason Kane and Nadia Sinh had their memories erased when the agency they served was destroyed from within. Now living ordinary lives, both are pulled back into the shadows as an old enemy resurfaces and threatens to finish what it started. Guided by handler Bernard Orlick, one of the last people who remembers who they really were, Mason and Nadia have to piece together fragments of a shared past — including a romance neither can fully recall — while racing across continents to stop a global takeover. The season plays out as eight fast-moving episodes that jump between the present-day chase and flashbacks to Citadel's fall, gradually filling in the gaps in Mason and Nadia's memory at the same pace as the audience.
Cast & crew
Madden (Bodyguard, Game of Thrones) plays Mason Kane opposite Chopra Jonas as Nadia Sinh, with Stanley Tucci as Bernard Orlick, the spymaster steering both agents from the sidelines. Lesley Manville plays Dahlia Archer, the head of the rival organization Manticore, and Roland Møller, Ashleigh Cummings and Osy Ikhile round out the supporting cast of agents and handlers on both sides of the conflict.
Context & significance
Citadel is the flagship title in a planned network of spin-off spy series produced in different countries, and it was built from the outset as a big-budget alternative to the classic spy-thriller formula, with Anthony and Joe Russo directing the premiere episodes. Its central hook — agents who no longer know their own history — gives the action a personal, puzzle-box dimension that keeps information doled out gradually rather than all at once.
Where & how to watch
Citadel is available to watch on K-Time with a free account login, with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles for viewers who prefer either option. The K-Time interface itself is in Farsi, built for Persian-speaking audiences who want an easy way to browse and watch English-language series like this one.