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French spy fiction is famous for its implausibility and often depicts brutal, burlesque and/or xenophobic spies. This all seems to have changed since 2015, with the broadcasting of Le Bureau des légendes ( The Bureau) on Canal+, the first TV series to have the explicit support of the French intelligence agency (DGSE), which demystified—without banalizing—the universe of intelligence and espionage. Besides its undeniable narrative quality, the ability of the series to carry out a total refresh of the image of France’s spies, sweeping aside the figures of the past, constitutes one of its main points of interest. The increasing demand for information on the real activities of the French intelligence services, combined with the apparent realism of the series, transformed it into a full-scale societal phenomenon.