The Recruit

Noah Centineo shines in The Recruit, an overly complicated spy thriller that should feel more fun.

As a spy series, executive producers Alexi Hawley (The Rookie) and Doug Liman (The Bourne Identity) have made this a dense story to follow. That purity of intent gets mocked a lot by Max, and his hardened peers, so much so that it leaves you thinking often either that the CIA is kinda awful, or “Geez, give the kid a break!” Reporting the finding to Nyland gets Hendricks the assignment to follow up on the letter and the sender, which thrusts the green lawyer into the field with essentially no help, hostile people trying to hurt him at every location, and everyone being one step ahead of him. And Bruun’s Ferber is a genuine hoot as Owen’s reluctant peer/mentor who explains CIA terms, codes, and the inherent dangers of Hendricks’ actions. Dumped with the grunt work of reading through the pile of “crazies” mail that is 90% crackpot conspiracy theory missives from the public, Hendricks actually unearths one that reads like a legitimately serious letter from a female prisoner in Phoenix, Arizona. Hendricks is a fresh hire in the CIA’s General Counsel division in Langley, Virginia.

Noah Centineo stars in behind-the-scenes video from his new series The Recruit, showing off what a day on set is like.

The clip depicts a day on set while they film some scenes from an episode, and it also reveals that Centineo is greatly appreciated by the cast and crew of the series when he’s “playing” the role of producer as well. The clip also reveals that, because The Recruit has a lot of funny moments, the general feel on set was laid-back, especially in the scenes where Centineo got to work with his long-time friend from adolescence, actor Fivel Stewart. [The Recruit](https://collider.com/the-recruit-release-date-cast-plot-noah-centineo-netflix-series/), an action/thriller series that sees Noah Centineo (To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before) as Owen Hendricks, a young CIA lawyer who is thrown into action against his will.

Noah Centineo stars in the new spy drama, out December 16.

It was enough to make me wish that the rest of the series’ narrative lines were cleaner and that its vision for what it could be and do were less bogged down in flaccid humor. And Owen’s relationships with his social circle — along with recriminations that his very busy schedule of espionage keeps him from being a fully involved friend — feel like a 20-years-later reboot of the least interesting parts of “Alias.” [The Recruit](https://variety.com/t/the-recruit/),” a new Netflix drama created by Alexi Hawley, thrusts Centineo’s character Owen Hendricks into the midst of international spyjinks, throughout which he runs the emotional gamut from benignly interested to mildly nervous.

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But as “The Recruit” inadvertently reminds us, good TV series are too. Other than that, “The Recruit” comes across as a slightly whimsical but mostly generic vehicle to showcase Centineo (who also receives an executive producer credit), without zeroing in on why his gruff boss (Vondie Curtis Hall) keeps entrusting him with such treacherous and pivotal assignments. Indeed, the most interesting character is a more worldly colleague (Kaylah Zander) who is so eager to parlay her CIA experience into a TV talking-head gig that she’s built a studio in her home so she can practice her delivery.

The Recruit's creator Alexi Hawley reveals how they managed to bring Nathan Fillion on board for a cameo in the finale.

What follows is a globe-trotting conspiracy that has Hendricks pushed past his limits as he navigates the complicated political landscape and international adversaries to uncover the truth. The Recruit is available to stream now on Netflix. And Nathan is just such a great actor, and so charismatic, and he got excited 'cause he's like, "I get to curse." He's found acclaim for appearances in series like Firefly and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, films like James Gunn's Slither, and for his voice roles throughout the Halo and Destiny game franchises. Fillion is a fan favorite known for his roles across films, television, and even video games. [Noah Centineo](http://collider.com/tag/noah-centineo)-led project The Recruit and fans who reached the end would've noticed a special cameo during the finale.

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The season one finale sees Max shot by Karolina, who turns out to be her daughter. Netflix's decision to renew will likely be influenced by viewing figures, plus how many people actually complete the series, so here's hoping it's a yes! Brand new on Netflix, the series is made up of eight episodes, with fans already calling for more.

Noah Centineo fans have loved the actor's new spy comedy-drama The Recruit, and are hoping to see season 2 released on Netflix.

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Episode 1 of The Recruit starts with snipers dressed in white getting in position. An operation is underway but Owen spots black SUVs approaching.

She asks him to leave the money at a garbage can at the end of the parking lot in the prison as it is the safe thing to do. He goes back to the prison to meet Max and tells her he is done being her lap dog and threatens not to help her. The question is, how far and fast can he throw it before it explodes? At the storage locker, he is accosted by two men carrying a gun and they ask him to hand over the bag he retrieved from the locker. He opts not to tell Nyland about Not Bob. Owen tries to make a run for it and once he is cornered he hands over the bag. He approaches Nyland with the information he found and he gives Owen the green light to investigate further. Nyland asks him to secure those files immediately and get back up from the local FBI office. Luckily, Owen manages to convince her that he is just a rookie lawyer one week into the job. He is not in a great state but he refuses to tell them where he was or what happened. Once he arrives in Yemen, Dawn tortures him and takes out one of his fingernails as she thinks he is a spy since he didn’t follow protocol. The conversation didn’t start off easy but Owen handled it as best as he can and got the job done.

Owen Hendricks's first week as a CIA lawyer was one heck of a recruitment. We explain the ending of 'The Recruit' Season 1, and THAT cliffhanger.

In the interim, you can stream The Recruit Season 1 now, on Netflix. However, the streaming platform rarely, if ever, renews a new series the day the first season is released. Netflix has yet to renew The Recruit for a second season as of Dec. All Max Meladze (Laura Haddock) wants is enough money to buy her way back into Belarus so she can resume a normal life. However, the ending of The Recruit Season 1 left us with way more questions than answers. Naturally, this is a spy show, so Owen finds himself embroiled in a dangerous mission that takes him across the world.

Colton Dunn, Laura Haddock, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Kristian Bruun and Aarti Mann also star in a series created by The Rookie showrunner Alexi Hawley.

We’re looking forward, though, to seeing more of Bruun as the extraordinarily paranoid Ferber (more on that in a second). Centineo has gotten past his YA heartthrob image from Netflix romcom films and plays Hendricks as a guy who might not always fit the mold of a tough CIA operative, but he always seems to be in the right place at the right time, even if his methods are clumsy at best and dangerous at worst. So it’s not a surprise that Alexi Hawley, who is a writer/showrunner for The Rookie and The Rookie: Feds is the creator of The Recruit. Hendricks is a lawyer, not a spy, but it seems that this series is going to be full of situations where this rookie with no experience either stumbles upon or actually digs up big and dangerous situations that he ends up insinuating himself into. All that being said, Centineo is credible as an enthusiastic rookie who seems to thrive on constantly being in over his head, and he has a good asset/foe in Haddock as Melazde. It’s not a stretch to say that the comedy-thriller vibe of The Recruit reminds us of a network series like The Rookie but with more swearing. When Hendricks decides he should go to Yemen to find Meladze’s former operative himself, the pair don’t give him any advice other than to “fly coach.” That gets him in trouble — and loses him a fingernail — when he goes unannounced to the black site where the operative is stationed, without a passport that would grant him diplomatic immunity. But the operative eventually tells him more about Melazde, and he goes to Arizona to talk to her. When he reports it to Nyland, he tells Hendricks to continue and gives Lester and Violet the crazies file back. Alexi Hawley, the showrunner of both The Rookie and [The Rookie: Feds](https://decider.com/show/the-rookie-feds/) has created a new series that centers around a new CIA lawyer who wastes no time in getting embroiled in some of the agency’s touchiest operations. But he manages to get away, and lets Melazde know that she needs him more than she’s letting on. Meanwhile, behind a truck, a guy is peeing in the snow and singing “Trouble.”

Noah Centineo pivots from high school hunk to rookie CIA lawyer in "The Recruit" -- and he's woefully miscast in this misguided, wannabe spy thriller.

There’s not a lot of coherence to why certain events are happening, with the car chases and guns seemingly added because they’re part of the spy-thriller scenario. Centineo seems eager to graduate from high school roles without first putting in the work. Still, he plays the Owen with the same Golden-Retriever energy that he used to play a high school jock. The show’s plot is essentially, “hapless new guy bumbles his way through the CIA.” It’s hard to pin down tonally, since that sounds like a slapstick comedy, and it does have humorous moments. The plot gets convoluted as Owen runs around from locations ranging from Yemen to Phoenix, but it moves at a brisk pace. It’s awkward that he hasn’t changed his style to adjust to an older character or a shift in genre.

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Centineo is curiously still figuring out his groove as an actor, and this project might get him more exposure on the Netflix homepage. Centineo rides this series for how it lets Owen be quick-witted at some points and woefully naive in other places (whatever the current scene needs). But "The Recruit" is far too amused with its wordiness in sharing the stuff that happens between cubicles at Langley, and it kills what little momentum the series gathers. There are fleeting moments of mildly rendered action, accompanied by peppy music, in which his lack of physical training leads to some improvisation the script uses lazy shortcuts for (at one point, he unscrews a toilet to escape from a bathroom in the fastest way one could do that, ever). As part of his hazing, Owen is given stacks of "graymail," written letters by people who threaten to release government secrets. Of course, someone has to do the paperwork and the bureaucratic acrobatics to protect assets, vet threats, and the like.

"The Recruit" is all about Noah Centineo looking next-door-neighborly cute, flying around the world for missions, and getting away from every trouble with.

Max is one of the most important characters in “The Recruit,” and we can expect her to return to demystify the truth behind losing her daughter to the rival gang. The operation’s plan was to send Max to Prague, and after the buyout, they would reinstate her in Belarus. After overpowering a member of the rival group, he grabbed his machine gun and managed to enter the building with the assistance of Dwan and her team. Hannah was a witness to the kidnapping. He jumped out of the car in a desperate attempt to get away from Max. It was evident that she was not making blank threats, and it was of immediate priority for the Agency to deal with her case. After studying the CCTV footage in and around the hotel, it was confirmed that the assassin was Nichka Lashin, a Russian mafia enforcer. After learning that her case had a witness, Owen with the help of Amelia, figured out that they could place the witness under the CIA’s relocation program for retired assets, and he could start a new life with a new identity and a job. Owen shared a room with Max and, in the process, learned about her past, but he refrained from sexually indulging with her. After her release from prison, Max escaped from her safe house to get back into her business and earn the money that would be required for her to pay to enter the mafia again. She wrote a letter, blackmailing the CIA to release her from prison in return for protecting vital information that she withheld about the Agency and its agents. After losing his father in the war in Afghanistan and promising his mother not to walk down the same path, Owen joined the CIA as a lawyer to work for his country without getting involved in the violence.

Created by Alexi Hawley, the thriller will star Noah Centineo and Laura Haddock.

The new series has only just launched on the streaming platform and will likely want to see how season one is received. Since then he has starred alongside Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson in Black Adam playing the role of superhero Atom Smasher. But by night, when he goes home to his roommates, Terence and Hannah, he can actually relax.” Centineo stars as Owen Hendricks, a fresh-faced lawyer who finds himself working at the CIA. Smith, and Swingers. Advertisement