"That’s Going To Develop”: Michael Fassbender Teases Henry and Martian’s Relationship in 'The Agency' Season 2

Changes are on the horizon in the second season of Showtime's hit espionage thriller, The Agency. The show abandons its slow approach to storylines and relationships, as the foundation laid throughout the first season supports a faster and tighter pace. "It doesn’t let up right from the first episode of season two. It ratchets through the 10 episodes," series star and executive producer Michael Fassbender (Martian) told The Hollywood Reporter while previewing the second season that enters production next month. "Everything that’s introduced in the first season just tightens now. I’m glad that the audience responded to the first season because it is a bit of a slow burn, and you’re sort of introduced to these characters and each of their different stories, and then things start ramping up." One of the storylines that tightens in the season is between covert CIA agent Martian and his mentor Henry (Jeffrey Wright) as the latter starts to see some odd things about Martian that he'd ignored. Season 2 finds them "starting to become enemies, and it’s an interesting dynamic that’s going to develop," teased Fassbender. Wright added Henry's perspective, saying: