The Recruit

2022–2025 · Action & Adventure, Crime, Drama · 2 seasons · ★ 7.5

Canceled

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Synopsis of The Recruit

Owen Hendricks has just started working as a lawyer for the CIA after graduating from Georgetown Law. His life takes a sharp turn when an agency asset, a Eastern European woman serving a prison sentence, threatens to expose his ties to the intelligence services unless he gets her released. As the woman's long history with the CIA comes to light, Owen is pulled into a web of international political intrigue. He must negotiate with her and face dangerous individuals and groups, risking his life while trying to do his job. The series, created by Alexi Hawley for Netflix and starring Noah Centineo, blends action, suspense and humor.

«Spy meets Seoul.»

2seasons

14episodes

63 minper episode

7.5audience scoreTMDB · 504 votes

7.4IMDb rating65,422 votes

Seasons of The Recruit

Season 12022 · 8 eps · ★ 6.7

Season 22025 · 6 eps · ★ 6.6

Cast by The Recruit

Noah CentineoOwen Hendricks14 episodes

Colton DunnLester Kitchens14 episodes

Aarti MannViolet Ebner14 episodes

Fivel StewartHannah Copeland14 episodes

Kristian BruunJanus Ferber14 episodes

Vondie Curtis-HallWalter Nyland14 episodes

Kaylah ZanderAmelia Salazar13 episodes

Angel ParkerDawn Gilbane12 episodes

Jesse CollinDodge11 episodes

Daniel Quincy AnnohTerence10 episodes

Laura HaddockMaxine Meladze8 episodes

Maddie HassonNichka Lashin/Karolina/Marta8 episodes

Teo YooJang Kyun6 episodes

Jake LewisPhantom6 episodes

Kim Young-ahGrace6 episodes

Nathan FillionCIA Director Alton West5 episodes

Pauline LittleNyland's Secretary5 episodes

Byron MannXander Goi5 episodes

Shin Do-hyunYoo Jin Lee5 episodes

Lee Sang-heeNan Hee5 episodes

Victor Andres Trelles TurgeonTalco4 episodes

Omar MaskatiJai King4 episodes

Gabriel InfanteThe Other Jorge3 episodes

Alexandra PetrachukKelly Kwitny3 episodes

Nico DeCastrisJeff Gilbert3 episodes

Katharine King SoSarah Okongo3 episodes

Brooke SmithMarcy Potter3 episodes

Devika BhiseJuno Marsh3 episodes

Kira ClavellMei Copeland3 episodes

Christian JadahDave Standish3 episodes

David DenmanKevin Mills3 episodes

Linus RoacheSenator Sebastian Smoot2 episodes

Daniel JunGrant2 episodes

Ellis ArchTim Maeson2 episodes

Jeroen EngelsmanBarnim2 episodes

Yung NgoHonghui2 episodes

Salka WeberShira2 episodes

Travis NelsonLinus2 episodes

James YiROK Soldier2 episodes

Felix SolisTom Wallace2 episodes

Technical Details

Created by: Alexi Hawley
Address: Julian Holmes, Alex Kalymnios, Emmanuel Osei-Kuffour, Jr., Doug Liman, Viet Nguyen
Writing: Alexi Hawley, Maya Goldsmith, Hadi Nicholas Deeb, Bryan Oh, Niceole R. Levy
Executive Producer: Doug Liman, Charlie Ebersol, Gene Klein, Dave Bartis
Production companies: Entertainment One, Hypnotic, Perfectman Pictures
Network or Platform: Netflix
Country: Canada, United States
Original Language: English
Premiere: December 16, 2022
Last Episode: January 30, 2025 (2x06)
Status: Canceled
Type: Fiction
Awards: 1 nomination in total.
Links: IMDb · TMDB · Official Website

Trivia about The Recruit

The project was called Graymail, and it was created by Alexi Hawley, an executive producer of several police procedural series before developing this one.

Filming for the second season began on January 4, 2024, in Vancouver, Canada, and Seoul, South Korea.

Netflix canceled the series on March 5, 2025, after two seasons on the platform.

Rotten Tomatoes gave the first season a 68% approval rating, with an average score of 7/10 based on 31 reviews.

Chicago Sun-Times critic Richard Roeper gave the series 3 out of 4 stars.

Teo Yoo joined as a series regular to play Jang Kyun Kim, an agent of South Korea's National Intelligence Service; James Purefoy, Brooke Smith and Felix Solis also joined the cast.

In its first week, the second season drew 5.9 million views, compared with the 7.3 million earned by the first season, according to figures released for Netflix.

Sources: Wikipedia (English)