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Harry and Jack Williams created this series about a contract killer and her journalist son, set in various stunning European locations. With a blend of absurdist entertainment and simplicity, the new AMC+ series, The Assassin, is sustained by the charisma of its stars, Keeley Hawes and Freddie Highmore. Creators: Harry Williams, Jack Williams Stars: Keeley Hawes, Freddie Highmore, Shalom Brune-Franklin Whether this is enough to sustain what feels more like a paragraph sketch than a full television season depends on your opinion of beautiful European landscapes and empty plot twists. Just a few days after finishing the first six episodes, I remembered nothing of the second half of the season. Even so, I'd probably be convinced to watch Hawes as 007 and Highmore charmingly stuttering again. Both the strengths and limitations of The Assassin are typical of creators Harry and Jack Williams, masters at devising compelling premises—see Rellik, Liar, and The Tourist, among other series—bu...