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BuzzFeed’s Screen Time highlights Ponies on Peacock as the must-watch this weekend, praising Emilia Clarke and Haley Lu Richardson for their chemistry as two 1977 embassy secretaries who become CIA operatives amid a Moscow conspiracy; the piece also references other current TV picks like A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms and Tell Me Lies.
Emilia Clarke revealed she briefly broke a rib while filming intimate scenes for Peacock’s PONIES, a Cold War drama in which Bea seduces several KGB agents; she said it wasn’t a full break, just a partial rib pop, and co-star Haley Lu Richardson corroborated the injury. The show, set in 1977 Moscow, is now streaming on Peacock.
Emilia Clarke stars in Peacock’s Ponies, a 1977 Moscow-set spy caper about Bea and Twila, two Americans drawn into undercover work after their CIA husbands’ deaths. The series blends witty capers with an evolving friendship and emotional depth, anchored by Clarke in her first leading TV role since Game of Thrones, with a cliffhanger hinting at a Season 2 continuation.
The Hollywood Reporter’s review finds Ponies, Peacock’s Moscow-set spy thriller led by Emilia Clarke and Haley Lu Richardson, stylish and entertaining with strong period design and performances, but hampered by imprecise writing and underdeveloped characters, resulting in a watchable yet forgettable series that only revs up toward the end.
Emilia Clarke told The New York Times that she’s done with the fantasy genre after eight years playing Daenerys, saying you’re unlikely to see her on a dragon again, as she promotes her new Peacock espionage series Ponies and looks back on Thrones’ ending.