Netflix has confirmed the release date for season 2 of The Recruit, the secret-agent thriller starring Black Adam and To All the Boys I've Loved Before actor Noah Centineo.
The streaming giant has announced that the much-delayed second run of the show, which was one of many projects affected by 2023's Hollywood strikes, will drop on January 30.
It also confirmed that season 2 is only six episodes long, down from the eight that comprised season 1. But it looks like things will go at a breakneck pace, as the streamer has revealed that main character Owen's "headspace is complete chaos" after Nichka's shock killing of her mother Max, but he won't get time to process that.
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Instead, he'll get thrown in at the deep end in a new espionage mission in South Korea. "This show lives in propulsion," says creator and showrunner Alexi Hawley.
The new location also means a host of new characters, with Past Lives' Teo Yoo, Doom at Your Service's Shin Do-hyun, Now, We Are Breaking Up's Young-Ah Kim, and the first Resident Evil's James Purefoy among the newbies.
Actor and martial artist Yoo has the biggest new role as South Korean National Intelligence Service agent Jang Kyun, and Hawley and Centineo both heaped praise upon him.
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"He's just an incredibly talented actor who brought great humanity to the role. He is also a badass," Hawley said, while Centineo called him someone who "radiates positive energy and brightens the screen in every frame you watch".
"Our season 2 story arc is totally dominated by his performances and intensity," he said. "We became friends quickly, and our work was always a collaborative and fulfilling process."
The Recruit season 1 can be streamed on Netflix now, with season 2 set for January 30.
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