Plot: A fledgling CIA lawyer gets caught up in a dangerous game of international politics when a former asset threatens to expose the nature of her relationship with the agency unless they clear her name.
Season 1 of The Recruit was really good.
Pros: I like this flesh new take of this spy genre putting a rookie in the firing line working for the CIA. Lester & Violet were a fun comedic pair. It does promise dispense & dramatic tension throughout. Noah Centineo was so good as Owen Hendricks. The humour worked when he his on assignments. Laura Haddock’s max meladze also enjoyable as well and I just watch this season for the 3rd time.
Cons: Some side plots didn’t add up. Lack of any atmosphere to fight against & That’s it with the problem I had with this season.
Genre: Spy; Adventure; Comedy-drama
Created by Alexi Hawley
Starring: Noah Centineo, Laura Haddock, Aarti Mann, Colton Dunn, Fivel Stewart, Daniel Quincy Annoh, Kristian Bruun & Vondie Curtis-Hall.
Music by Jordan Gagne
Executive producers: Alexi Hawley, David Bartis, Doug Liman, Gene Klein, Noah Centineo, Charlie Ebersol, Adam Ciralsky.
Producers: Hadi Nicholas Deeb, Agatha Barnes, Marc David Alpert
Production locations: Sorel-Tracy, Quebec, Los Angeles, California, Vienna, Austria
Cinematography: Bernard Couture, Pierre Jodoin
Editors: Damien Smith, Adrienne McNally, Sang Han
Production companies: Hypnotic, Perfectman Pictures, Lionsgate Television
Network: Netflix
Cast & Characters:
Main
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- Noah Centineo as Owen Hendricks, a newly hired CIA lawyer.
- Laura Haddock as Max Meladze, a former CIA asset who is in prison for beating a shady trucker to death.
- Aarti Mann as Violet, Owen’s co-worker who messes with him.
- Colton Dunn as Lester, another co-worker of Owen’s, and Violet’s partner in crime.
- Fivel Stewart as Hannah, Owen’s roommate and ex-girlfriend.
- Daniel Quincy Annoh as Terence, Owen’s other roommate and friend.
- Kristian Bruun as Janus Ferber, Owen’s overstressed colleague who reluctantly helps him out.
- Vondie Curtis-Hall as Walter Nyland, Owen’s boss and the CIA’s general counsel.
Recurring:
- Angel Parker as Dawn, CIA operative doing a black op in Yemen.
- Victor Andrés Trelles Turgeon as Talco.
- Byron Mann as Xander Goi, a senior case officer.
- Kaylah Zander as Amelia Salazar, another colleague of Owen’s, who also dates him.
Guest:
- Nathan Fillion as CIA Director.
I highly recommend watching this season on Netflix.
Rating: 7.5 out of 10 Stars
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