Genre: Action

Created by Taylor Sheridan

Starring: Zoe Saldaña, Laysla De Oliveira, Dave Annable, Jill Wagner, LaMonica Garrett, James Jordan, Austin Hébert, Jonah Wharton, Stephanie Nur, Hannah Love Lanier, Nicole Kidman & Morgan Freeman.

Music by Andrew Lockington

Executive producers: Taylor Sheridan, Jill Wagner, David Glasser, David Hutkin, Bob Yari, Zoe Saldaña, Nicole Kidman&Geyer Kosinski.

Production companies: MTV Entertainment Studios; 101 Studios; Blossom Films

Network: Paramount+

Plot:Joe attempts to balance her personal and professional life as the tip of the CIA’s spear in the war on terror; the Lioness Program enlists Cruz to operate undercover alongside Joe among the power brokers of State terrorism.

Season 1 of Special Ops Lioness was good.

Pros: I liked how this show paced itself and also getting into the operative prospective. All the acting was great. I’d love the romance between cruz and Aaliyah and I enjoy them reflecting how raw & rough ways of being in the line of fire. 

Cons: It took a while to get to know what’s going on. Length of each episode did last for a little too long at times and not a lot of action.

Casts & Characters:

Main:

• Zoe Saldaña as Joe, a CIA officer in charge of the Lioness program in the field
• Laysla De Oliveira as Cruz Manuelos, a Force Recon Marine and rookie operative in the Lioness program
• Dave Annable as Neil, Joe’s husband and a pediatric oncology surgeon
• Jill Wagner as Bobby, team leader for the Lioness program’s QRF
• LaMonica Garrett as Tucker, QRF member
• James Jordan as Two Cups, QRF member
• Austin Hébert as Randy, QRF member
• Jonah Wharton as Tex, QRF member
• Thad Luckinbill as Kyle, a CIA officer and Joe’s colleague
• Stephanie Nur as Aaliyah Amrohi, the daughter of a suspected terrorist
• Hannah Love Lanier as Kate, the teenage daughter of Joe and Neil
• Nicole Kidman as Kaitlyn Meade, a high-ranking CIA official in the Lioness program and Joe’s supervisor
• Morgan Freeman as Edwin Mullins, U.S. Secretary of State

Recurring:

• Michael Kelly as Byron Westfield, the CIA Deputy Director and Kaitlyn’s supervisor
• Martin Donovan as Errol Meade, Kaitlyn’s husband^[2]
• Michael Tow as Dr. Hammond, Neil’s colleague

Guest:

• Ray Corasani as Ehsan^[2]
• Sam Asghari as Kamal^[2]
• Carla Mansour as Malika^[2]
• Adam Budron as Sami^[2]
• Bruce McGill as NSA Advisor Hollar

I recommend watching this series on Paramount+.

Rating: 7 out of 10 Stars

Ryan Balkwill:

Resident TV reviewer,

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