In the Mr. And Mrs. Smith teaser, Donald Glover and Maya Erskine aren’t in it for romance

It can be argued that Mr. And Mrs. Smith was an unremarkable movie made remarkable by the scorching sexual tension between Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. So what’s remarkable about Mr. And Mrs. Smith the show (premiering February 2 on Prime Video) is that it’s not leaning into the sexual tension at all. Not that there’s zero chemistry between Donald Glover and Maya Erskine. It’s just that the movie was about a couple learning to be spies together, whereas the show is about spies learning to be a couple together.

The new teaser trailer is not lacking for sexy, romantic mood music, but John (Glover) and Jane (Erskine) themselves are pretty awkward. They start off with classic first date small talk like, “This your first time in New York?” and “Have you ever killed anyone?” and progress to fielding awkward questions like “How’s the intimacy between the two of you?” “I should be clear, I’m not in this for the romance,” Jane warns. But Jane, what if we’re in it for the romance?

“In this version of Mr. & Mrs. Smith, two lonely strangers land jobs working for a mysterious spy agency that offers them a glorious life of espionage, wealth, world travel, and a dream brownstone in Manhattan,” reads a synopsis from Prime Video. “The catch? New identities in an arranged marriage as Mr. and Mrs. John and Jane Smith. Now hitched, John and Jane navigate a high-risk mission every week while also facing a new relationship milestone. Their complex cover story becomes even more complicated when they catch real feelings for each other. What’s riskier: espionage or marriage?”

The trailer is also not lacking for impressive guest stars, including Sarah Paulson, Paul Dano, Parker Posey, John Turturro, and Ron Perlman. Other buzzy guest stars joining the cast include Michaela Coel, Alexander Skarsgård, Eiza Gonzalez, Sharon Horgan, Ursula Corbero, Wagner Moura, and Billy Campbell.

The series was originally supposed to star Phoebe Waller-Bridge, who was developing the property alongside Glover at the start but left the project over creative differences. Erskine was brought on board for a version that is intentionally less sexed up than the film. “You get your cake and you get to eat it too, because you get the explosions, the chases, the fight scenes and the sex, but you also get to see the nuances of a relationship, with the fart jokes and what it’s like to live with somebody and be annoyed by their mouth noises after being together for six months,” as she put it in an interview with Entertainment Weekly.

“While we do have iconic travel and really glamorous shoot-’em-ups and whatnot, the essence of the show is, at one point, a character running home after chasing bad guys all day and taking their shoe off and actually seeing a blister because they wore the wrong shoes,” said co-creator Francesca Sloane. “We’re humanizing them. We want to know exactly what a spy does when they have to go to the bathroom. That’s the thesis of the show.”

Mr. & Mrs. Smith will be available to stream February 2 on Prime Video.