Reclusive author Elly Conway writes best-selling espionage novels about a secret agent named Argylle who's on a mission to unravel a global spy syndicate. However, when the plots of her books start to mirror the covert actions of a real-life spy organization, the line between fiction and reality begin to blur.
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00:00 I certainly hope you dance as well as you dress.
00:08 There's only one way to find out.
00:18 You and I, we're not so different.
00:20 Agent Argyle.
00:21 A little help?
00:22 Hold on.
00:23 The book is phenomenal, sweetie, but...
00:40 What happens next?
00:41 It's called a cliffhanger, mother.
00:42 Ellie, it's called a cop-out.
00:44 Whoa, hey!
00:45 There's a cat in there.
00:46 Oh my god.
00:47 You're Ellie Foy.
00:48 Author of the Argyle series, Ellie Conway!
00:59 I am such a fan.
01:00 Oh yeah?
01:01 What is it you do?
01:02 Espionage.
01:03 Would you sign my book?
01:07 Here we go.
01:10 I love this book.
01:15 Come on.
01:19 Who are these people?
01:30 Real life spies.
01:32 Why would they care about me?
01:33 Because you're a goddamn fortune teller, Ellie.
01:36 What you wrote in your new book actually happened, and you kicked a hornet's nest you didn't
01:40 even know existed.
01:41 I'm in some really big trouble, mom.
01:44 Hold.
01:45 So now you're experimenting with drugs.
01:48 I want all assets on them now.
01:50 I need her to write the next chapter.
01:54 God, I hate that cat.
02:03 Yeah!
02:17 It's time for you to meet the real Agent Argyle.
02:21 Oh my god.
02:23 Oh my god.
02:24 Oh my god.
02:25 Oh my god.
02:30 Oh my god.
02:31 Oh my god.
02:32 Oh my god.
02:33 Oh my god.
02:36 (laughing)