The Recruit S1 review: Netflix’s new spy-thriller

The Recruit stands out for its love for gleefully beating up its main character, Owen Hendricks (Noah Centineo).

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The only reason the programme sort of succeeds is because to Centineo's unwavering dedication to playing the "poor guy."

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He’s essentially a human Wile E. Coyote in a black suit.

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Hendricks is a fresh hire in the CIA’s General Counsel division in Langley, Virginia. He’s eager to please his CIA supervisor Walter Nyland.

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Hendricks unearths one mail that reads like a legitimately serious letter from a female prisoner in Phoenix

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