For Your Eyes Only

Burn Notice was back last night with a vengance (Hi, Hottie! We missed you!)

So let's do:


Top Ten TV Spies


Chuck Bartowski, Chuck

Hey, remember back when Chuck was just a sad little nerd working at the BuyMore, and even with the Intersect in his head, he was still having to stay in the car? I loved that Chuck, but I really love awseome spy Chuck, who wears suits and kicks some serious ass. I really could watch him and Sarah and Casey just be awesome spies for years. Sadly, Chuck will come to an end next year, but we will always remember him as the spy who loved Sarah. And Star Wars.

Who knew you could be this nerdy and this hot all at the same time?

Kelley Robinson and Alexander Scott, I Spy

Good looking spies with banter? Yes, please! That's exactly how we love our spies, quipping and kicking ass all at the same time. These dashing agents masqueraded as a tennis pro and his trainer, but all they really served up was enjoyable epionage. And a great theme song.

Emma Peel, The Avengers

The originator of what is lamely known as "spy-fi", The Avengers fought comic-book-style supervillians on a weekly basis, and no one looked better doing it than the buxom Ms. Peel. Seriously. Look at her:

Oh, she had a superpower...

Michael Westen, Burn Notice

The cool and collected spy who cares, Michael might have been burned by his agency, but he keeps doing what he knows. We love the spy knowledge voice overs, the Sam banter, the steamy relationship with Fiona, but mostly, we just love him being a badass.

It takes a real badass to pull off flip flops.

Jack Bauer, 24

There were bombs. And a lot of betrayal. And a dead wife. And a whole lot of Middle Eastern terrorists. It's like a tea party wet dream.

In a rare contemplative moment, Jack Bauer thinks, "Why is the sky orange?"

Maxwell Smart, Get Smart

OK, so he might be the worst spy on the list, but dammit if he wasn't funny! This smart satire pitted Smart, Agent 99, and the other CONTROL agents against the hilariously named KAOS and introduced us to such brilliance as the shoe phone.

I have a birthday coming up. Though, obviously, I'd prefer a higher heel.

Jim Phelps, Mission Impossible

As leader of the kick ass IMF squad of agents, Phelps navigated exploding tape recorders and evil assassins with classy aplomb.

This is classier than you will ever be.

Angus MacGyver, MacGyver

The quintessential 80's superspy, complete with acid-wash jeans and a hot mullet, MacGyver was such a part of the zeitgeist his name has become a verb. That's how you know you've reached the big time, kids. To be fair, the man can make a bomb out of gum and paper clips.

He made this one out of toilet paper and dreams.

Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin, The Man from U.N.C.L.E

Solo was originally billed as the James Bond of television, and in fact, Ian Fleming helped to create the pilot movie in 1963. But it was the relationship between the two agents, and the interesting choice to use a Russian spy as one of the good guys, that cements this show in history. There were lunchboxes, people. Lunchboxes!

This was my lunchbox. Let's see those commies try to take my Little Debbie.

Sydney Bristow, Alias

Perhaps I am biased, as it is a well documented fact that I love this show (and particularly its first two seasons), but I truly believe that Sydney was a phenomenal character. This is a regular girl, who in the beginning of the show is just a smart, athletic college kid who wants to make a difference in the world. When everything crashes down around her, it's fascinating to watch her become the superspy she needs to be in order to protect herself and those she loves. Plus, and I don't know if I've metnioned this before, but...

On the same show.

Well, Freaks, thats all the espionage I have for you, so dash covertly into the comments and let me know what you think!