No one at Judd Risk Management, a talented posse of pretty people headed by the cocky and charming Harlan Judd (Tim Daly), has clean hands. Certainly not the firm's less-than-stellar clients, who almost always have something to hide — such as the Fortune 500 CEO in the premiere whose chief financial officer embezzled $100 million. And certainly not JRM's employees, who hide everything from a cheating heart to a double-agent's MO.

When they're not spying on their targets, they're eavesdropping on each other. Lying and extortion are part of the job description, as long as the ethics bending is for the greater good. And as long as they get to use some sophisticated toys as they set about spying on the bad guys — and each other. (Think "Mission: Impossible" with a sense of humor. Or "Alias" with a guy as the hero.)

This all works because "Eyes" is a laugh-out-loud hoot, filled with tricks and a tongue-in-cheek vibe, with just enough sleeping around and double-crossing to keep things spicy.

First of all there's Harlan, who, in the opening episode, has problems of his own: He is being sued for $2 million in an assault-and-battery case — an incident that was caught on video from three angles. The water cooler's awash with rumors of the company's imminent demise. Harlan's former boss, a dodgy arms dealer, is engineering a takeover and has inserted a mole in the ranks.

Then there's Chris Didion (Rick Worthy), tall, black, resolute, handsome and gay. OK, so he's got a stint in a mental ward in his recent past. But that's not going to keep Chris from whupping some righteous butt. Or politely threatening a neo-Nazi skinhead with all sorts of unspecified violence: "I'm crazy. I'm really crazy."

And then there's Nora Gage (Garcelle Beauvais-Nilon), low on morals, long of leg and not above using her looks and a seductive French phrase to get herself out of a complicated situation. Similarly inclined is Jeff McCann (Eric Mabius, last seen in "The L Word"). He's sleeping with the surveillance technician, a lissome blonde married to the poor slob who's sitting in the cubicle next to him. There, there, Jeff tells the heartbroken husband as he cries into his keyboard; you've got to learn to trust.