The Recruit (2022)

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Season 1
  • Network: Netflix
  • Series Premiere Date: Dec 16, 2022
Season #: 2, 1
Metascore
59

Mixed or average reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 13
  3. Negative: 2 out of 13

Critic Reviews

  1. The Daily Beast
    Reviewed by: Kyndall Cunningham
    Dec 16, 2022
    30
    In sum, watching The Recruit is like watching a blank avatar run around in a video game for eight hours. Or a poorly written version of Barry. The show is too focused on the complicated (but boring) puzzle it's created for its protagonist that fails to create fascinating inner lives or dynamics between the people involved.
  2. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Angie Han
    Dec 16, 2022
    30
    Whatever cutting satire or righteous anger The Recruit might have to offer is badly diluted over eight bloated hours — lost amid paper-thin characters, flimsy twists and a wishy-washy tone. What it turns out instead is a piece of content so forgettable, the CIA wouldn’t have to lift a finger to disappear it from public memory.

Awards & Rankings

65
#65 Most Discussed TV Season of 2022

User Reviews

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User Score
6.0

Mixed or average reviews- based on 20 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 20
  3. Negative: 2 out of 20
  1. Malohu
    Dec 18, 2022
    0
    Its amazing how bad the writing is in modern shows. This one is cringe inducing and feels like it was written in an 8th grade drama class.
  2. HealingToolbox
    May 14, 2023
    7
    At its best 8/10. This is Doug Limon again. This is his series Suits again, this time set in the CIA. At its best what The Recruit has isAt its best 8/10. This is Doug Limon again. This is his series Suits again, this time set in the CIA. At its best what The Recruit has is what made Suits original, reckless, creative plotting and character twists. What drags down this entry is too much padding. If it was edited down by two hours, it would be up there with Doug's best.
    For those who don't know, I believe Doug's father worked for CIA. If you like the energetic parts of The Recruit, be sure to watch Doug and Tom Cruise in American Made (2017). Both offer an inside view of the CIA which I can't vouch for as accurate, but it sure is coherent, deep and engaging.    … Full Review »
  3. raymond0229
    Mar 21, 2023
    5
    I find this show confusing and it lacks the excitement of a spy tv show. I found it a bit disorganised and it needs more time to understandI find this show confusing and it lacks the excitement of a spy tv show. I found it a bit disorganised and it needs more time to understand the terms used in the show.… Full Review »
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