The Assassin (2025): Season 1

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Season Details & Credits

AMC+ | Season Premiere Date: November 20, 2025

Summary: Ex-assassin Julie (Keeley Hawes) is forced out of retirement after 10 years just as her son Edward (Freddie Highmore) returns looking for answers in the thriller series created by Harry and Jack Williams.

[Premiered originally in the UK on Prime Video (UK) on 25 Jul 2025 and in the US on AMC+ 20 Nov 2025]

Genre(s): Action & Adventure, Suspense

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The Guardian Lucy Mangan

Oct 23, 2025

It’s so much fun. Hawes is so good, so funny, Highmore so nimble and perfectly pitched and everyone else. Read full review

Radio Times James Hibbs

Oct 23, 2025

They may not be revolutionary, and may give you some déjà vu to past Williams joints, but if you're looking for entertaining action, some fun twists and a compelling central character/relationship study, then you will certainly find all of that here. Read full review

Empire David Opie

Oct 23, 2025

You've never met an assassin like Keeley Hawes’ Julie, and for that matter you've never watched a thriller like this either. Come for the cutthroat action and stay for the cutting dynamic at its core. Read full review

The Independent Sean O'Grady

Oct 23, 2025

The Assassin is also spoiled by being overly derivative, to the point of being distracting. .... None of that is criminal, and doesn’t stop The Assassin from being intriguing and very, very nearly working – but it renders it frustrating. Read full review

Screen Rant Nick Bythrow

Nov 20, 2025

Although character decisions would have strengthened the story, the overarching narrative was interesting enough to keep me engaged throughout. Read full review

John Anderson

Nov 19, 2025

A series with a first-rate cast that suffers a few too many self-inflicted wounds. Read full review

i Emily Baker

Oct 23, 2025

If this is Hawes’s audition to become the next 007, then she’s completely let down by thin characterisation and a shoddy, juvenile script. Read full review

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Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: November 20, 2025
- No episode information is currently available for this season