Top 10 Moments in Mr. & Mrs. Smith That Surprised Us
This slick new series is overflowing with shocking moments! Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the most surprising and unpredictable moments on Amazon’s “Mr. & Mrs. Smith.”
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00:00 "Don't be dramatic. Put your hands in the air."
00:04 Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the most surprising and
00:09 unpredictable moments on Amazon's Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Be warned, there are lots of spoilers
00:14 to follow.
00:15 "You, um, you break the legs and I'll break the arms."
00:21 Number 10. The House Explosion
00:23 "I think they're just easing us in. You know, it's always like this at a stakeout at first."
00:29 The first episode of Mr. and Mrs. Smith is pretty light on the spy stuff and by design.
00:34 As Jane theorizes, HiHi eases them in with a simple mission. Follow a woman, intercept
00:40 her package, and deliver it to an address. When they deliver the package to a large house,
00:45 they see that it's nothing but a simple cake.
00:47 "Oh, well, it is a little damaged. Maybe a 50% discount."
00:53 John and Jane are left so disappointed in the lack of excitement that they leave the
00:56 house in anger, and that's when it blows up behind them.
01:00 "They're probably diplomats and there's an ingredient in the cake that they can't get
01:03 in the States."
01:04 "Yeah, but then why do-"
01:09 The explosion comes as a complete shock, and it instigates a harrowing tonal shift that
01:14 rewards viewers for their patience.
01:17 Number 9. Meeting Other John
01:18 "Hi, Hi. Enjoy your day off."
01:24 The Smiths are given a much-needed day off, so they head to a farmer's market and shop
01:29 the local produce. And that's where their world opens up. John meets a friendly man
01:34 at a juice stand, and he turns out to be another Smith working for the same agency.
01:39 "I'm John."
01:40 "Jane."
01:41 "His last name's Smith. He's one of us."
01:46 Now what in the heck are the odds of that? Is this just an innocent coincidence, however
01:50 unlikely it may be, or is there something more nefarious going on here? These are the
01:55 types of questions that this bizarre meeting raises, and it turns a fun day out into something
02:00 far more tantalizing and mysterious.
02:02 "At the end of the day, yeah, you got some nicks and bruises, but John, it's a fantastic
02:08 life."
02:09 Number 8. The Other Smith's Mission
02:11 "You know what?"
02:12 "Really?"
02:13 "You two should come."
02:16 John and Jane hit it off with Other John, and both he and Other Jane are invited over
02:20 for a friendly dinner. The couples get on really well, and the Other Smiths reveal that
02:24 they work at the, quote, "super high-risk" level of the company.
02:28 "What level are you two? You're high-risk."
02:31 "Yeah, high-risk."
02:32 "How about you?"
02:33 "Super high-risk."
02:34 "Super high-risk."
02:35 "Yeah."
02:36 "Wow."
02:37 Hoping to give the Smiths a taste, the Other Smiths invite them on a mission. The invitation
02:42 alone is surprising enough, but then they put the Smiths on a helicopter and force them
02:47 to do the mission alone. It proves they're most serious yet, and they resort to grisly
02:53 measures in order to get out alive. It's a seriously dark ending to an otherwise light
02:58 episode, and it leaves us questioning the Other Smiths even more than we already were.
03:03 "I really didn't like those two."
03:07 "I hate those two people."
03:09 Number 7. John Still Talks to His Mom
03:12 When they agree to become Smiths, John and Jane are given explicit instructions. Give
03:17 up your past life and cease all contact with family and friends.
03:21 "No contact with anyone."
03:23 "I gave you my mother."
03:27 Jane doesn't have a problem with this, as she has a bad relationship with her father.
03:31 But John finds it a little more difficult. As we learn in the third episode, he is still
03:37 in close contact with his mother and phones her multiple times a day.
03:41 "A few times a day."
03:43 "A few times a day?"
03:45 Jane is none too happy with this, claiming that it's irresponsible, unprofessional,
03:50 and ultimately dangerous for his mother. It's a nice little reveal that humanizes John and
03:55 drives the first of many wedges between him and Jane.
03:58 "There's a reason we don't keep contact, John."
04:00 "I know."
04:01 "This is, this is, this is..."
04:03 "I, I, it's not a, it's not a..."
04:04 "It's dangerous not just for us, it's dangerous for your mom."
04:07 Number 6. Hi-Hi Starts Talking to Jane
04:10 "I'm Hi-Hi."
04:14 And speaking of wedges, Hi-Hi. This is the anonymous figure who gives John and Jane their
04:19 missions. And up until this point, their relationship with the Smiths has been strictly "go here,
04:24 do that." But then Hi-Hi starts talking to Jane on a more personal level. They compliment
04:29 her on her work, ask if she's happy, and tell her that she is in line for a promotion.
04:34 "That's not what I signed up for. I don't want to go down, I want to keep going up.
04:38 I thought we could have higher risk eventually."
04:42 Things get even more substantial at the end of the episode when Hi-Hi asks Jane if she'd
04:47 like to replace her John. It's a startling plot development that promises great things
04:51 for the future of the show, and it further manipulates the Smiths' relationship down
04:55 the tragic path it's destined for.
04:58 "Well done, Jane."
04:59 "It's probably just a typo."
05:07 5. Bev is a rival agent
05:10 "How long have you been seeing my husband?"
05:13 "We're not seeing each other."
05:15 Things are quite dire between the Smiths by episode 7. They're constantly fighting, on
05:20 the verge of a separation, and John is seeing another woman named Bev. When she's confronted
05:25 by Jane, Bev swears that nothing physical has occurred and that John simply enjoys her
05:30 company over Jane's.
05:32 "We watch movies, so that's what you guys do together, you watch movies?"
05:38 "Sometimes. Or we drink and smoke, talk, we just hang out."
05:44 But then we're hit with a pretty serious plot twist. Bev is actually a target of John's,
05:49 and she works for a rival company. Luckily, we learn that the exciting way, as Bev attacks
05:55 the Smiths and, well, completely kicks their butts. It's a fun twist, and it proves the
06:00 show's talent at blending the spy stories with the more grounded relationship drama.
06:04 "Yeah, I did give her a massage and I didn't sleep with her, that's exactly what happened."
06:07 "Yeah, but you kissed her."
06:08 "Yeah, so what?"
06:09 "Oh my God!"
06:11 4. Jane is shot at
06:13 "Oh, I'm sorry, Maxie. I always come crawling back to you, won't I?"
06:20 In the final episode of the show, Jane is given the fateful order to terminate John.
06:25 We all knew it was coming, even though we didn't want it to. But what we didn't see
06:30 coming was Jane herself being targeted. Just as she's feeding her adorable cat Max, various
06:35 shots ring through the window and nearly hit Jane. Unfortunately, there is one casualty,
06:48 but let's not talk about that. This is an extraordinary scene, both hopelessly tragic
06:53 and completely surprising. We are left to infer that the shooter intentionally missed
06:58 Jane, hoping to frame John for the shooting and coerce Jane into attacking her ex-partner.
07:02 "Why did you kill Max?"
07:03 "I didn't kill Max."
07:10 3. What super high-risk means
07:12 "It's a bummer, and we really liked you guys."
07:16 "We did."
07:17 The other Smiths make a not-so-surprising reappearance in the final episode, interrupting
07:22 a sincere conversation between John and Jane. It's here that we finally learn what super
07:26 high-risk entails. The show made it seem like super high-risk was just that - extremely
07:37 dangerous missions with a high chance of mortality. Well, it is that, but it's also so much more.
07:43 The other Smiths not only admit that Hi-Hi set up their initial encounter at the market,
07:48 but they also reveal that super high-risk entails terminating Smiths. It's a great
07:53 reveal, and it sheds further light on the show's very first scene in which Alexander
07:57 Skarsgard and Issa Gonzalez are gunned down by the other Smiths.
08:01 "You'll lay down suppressive fire from the porch, honey. You can draw their attention.
08:06 I can flank it."
08:09 2. Eric Shane dies
08:12 "Step two. Administer single dose of truth serum. Do not exceed single dose."
08:20 Mr. and Mrs. Smith is full of fun guest stars, including John Turturro playing shady billionaire
08:25 Eric Shane. John and Jane are tasked with infiltrating a black tie event and injecting
08:30 Eric with truth serum. They're given explicit instructions to only give him one dose, but
08:35 John and Jane have a miscommunication and accidentally give him two doses.
08:39 "You told me to do it!"
08:42 "No, I told you I was gonna do it."
08:44 This results in Eric's slow demise, and he dies on the Smiths' kitchen floor. His
08:49 death comes as quite the shock. We knew that giving him two doses was not ideal, but we
08:53 didn't think it would lead to his death. Furthermore, this becomes the Smiths' first
08:58 failed mission, and the episode ends with the harrowing cliffhanger that only two fails
09:03 remain. Gulp.
09:04 "Who takes care of a dead body?"
09:09 "We do."
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09:27 Number 1. Burning down the therapist's house
09:29 "So, what brings you to therapy?"
09:35 John and Jane go to couples therapy, hoping to heal some major fractures in their relationship.
09:40 It um, does not go well. The Smiths seem to be making some headway in therapy, but then
09:45 they learn that their conversations have been recorded.
09:47 "Before I forget, I want to give you this. What's that? Uh, those are the recordings."
09:53 They are clearly uncomfortable with this revelation, you know, being spies and all. So they decide
09:58 to burn down the therapist's house, hoping to eliminate all evidence of their interactions.
10:03 It's a surprisingly dark turn of events, signaling that the Smiths will resort to some extreme
10:08 measures in order to keep their identities on the down low. We didn't think they had
10:12 it in them, but apparently, they do.
10:14 "Yes, my house is completely on fire. There's smoke billowing out. I don't know. Yes, yes,
10:22 I have so many special things in that house."
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