Castles and labyrinths: aesthetics of power and surveillance in post-9/11 television

Resumen:
Political-spy thrillers question the notion of individual agency when confronted with organizational-systemic powers. From an aesthetic perspective, these narratives resort to the mythic iconography of the labyrinth and the Kafkaesque image of the castle. Through this perspective, the article examines the post-9/11 serial narratives Rubicon, Person of Interest, and Homeland.