CIA Premiere: Tom Ellis Breaks Down Series’ High-Octane Opening Case, And Explains Why Colin Isn’t ‘A Black And White Hero’

When a top-secret weapon is stolen from a U.S. defense contractor, it takes two government agencies to work together to neutralize the threat to the American public.

Welcome to Dick Wolf‘s latest CBS procedural “CIA,” which debuted Monday, pairing by-the-book FBI agent Bill Goodman (Nick Ghelfuss) with the CIA’s morally gray Colin Glass (Tom Ellis). While the duo’s first case gets a bit rocky, the two new partners eventually get an inkling that their opposing protocols and viewpoints just may be their biggest strengths.

The case-of-the-week deals with a newly developed directed energy weapon that’s seemingly stolen after…