The Recruit – Picture: Netflix

Netflix’s new political crime thriller the recruit It is already available worldwide and is preparing a second season, but will it succeed? We’ll take a look at the reviews and performance of the show, as well as see what we can expect from Season 2.

Starring Noah Centineo, the new series sees him play the role of Owen Hendricks, a lawyer who becomes embroiled in a conspiracy plot involving the CIA.

All eight episodes landed on Netflix on December 16, 2022.

The show has a terrific pedigree, with Alexi Hawley serving as the show’s creator. Hawley is best known for creating hits for network television, including Castle, The noob, Monitoring, Y test body.


Has Netflix renewed The Recruit for a season 2?

Official renewal status: Slope
Our current renewal prediction: 50/50

Although we’ve heard positive rumors from production sources in Canada that they plan to move forward with a season 2 a month after release, Netflix has yet to officially renew or comment on the future of it. the recruit.

As you may know, Netflix doesn’t publicly announce the criteria by which its shows get renewed or cancelled, but there’s plenty of evidence on which metrics help renewal options.

If you’re enjoying the show and want to renew it, your best chance of that happening is to watch it through to the end and then encourage others to do the same.

Have any of the cast or crew talked about season 2 so far? Alexi Crawley has hinted that talks have taken place, or at least a plan is in place.

in a collider interviewHawley spoke about his attitude going into season 1 about future iterations, saying:

“I know things about where I would like to take it and where I would like to go with it. I mean, obviously, you expect success, but as you can see with that ending, I didn’t plan for failure because I feel like in this day and age you just have to be bold, you have to be dramatic, at the expense. from everything else. And you can’t worry about Season 2, Season 3, or beyond. You have to say, «What is the best version of this story right now?» And trust that people will come to it. And then you’ll have another chance.»

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Vondie Curtis-Hall as Walter Nyland, Noah Centineo as Owen Hendricks – Cr. Philippe Bossé/Netflix © 2022

We want to point out that since the release of The Recruit, Noah Centineo has released a production company called Arkhum Productions.

how good it is the recruit been received?

Let’s break down the show’s review scores so far (correct as of January 20, 2023):

  • IMDb User Score: 7.5
  • Rotten Tomatoes Critics Score: 67% (75% at launch)
  • Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score: 86%
  • Metacritic: 59/100

that’s good the recruit acting on netflix?

Now, a month later, we have a pretty good picture of how well the recruit is acting on Netflix.

Let’s first look at the hourly data published by Netflix’s Top 10 site so far.

So far, the show has been featured in the five weeks since its launch. In total, the show has amassed 228.26 million hours watched worldwide.

week periodHours seen (M)RangeWeek in the Top 10
December 11, 2022 to December 18, 202252,300,0003one
December 18, 2022 to December 25, 202295,590,000 (+83%)32
December 25, 2022 to January 1, 202343,360,000 (-55%)53
January 1, 2023 to January 8, 202323,580,000 (-46%)64
January 8, 2023 to January 15, 202313,430,000 (-43%)105

Weeks 2 and 3 will be critical, so despite an 83% increase, we’ll keep an eye on week 3.

As we’ve discussed before, one possible glitch with the program is that in week 3, it dropped 55%. We have observed that programs with a drop of more than 50% sometimes have difficulty renewing.

So, in terms of CVE hours (Full View Equivalent: Netflix raw hours figure divided by program run time), how does it stack up against the competition?

Based on our top 10 reports for 2022 (with some estimates in play), we can see The Recruit firmly at the breaking point for cancellations. In the renewal table below only Month it had fewer hours and has been publicly renewed.

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Netflix Drama Renewal Scorecard 2022

How well did the open release do in terms of CVE? The show slightly outperformed The Lincoln Lawyer initially, but fell just behind The Sandman Y Vikings: Valhalla.

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CVE Opening Weekend for The Recruit on Netflix

The next is Nielsen data tracking minutes watched in the United States, although they publish their data a month after the fact.

Here’s how the viewing hours break down so far:

  • Week 1 – December 12 – 18 – #5 that week – 15.42M hours
  • Week 2 – December 19-25 – #4 that week – 28.25 million hours

FlixPatrol data, which analyzes Netflix’s Top 10 Raw every day, suggests the show peaked on its first fourth and fifth day in the top 10 globally, but has held up very well since the festive period. The show remained in numerous top 10s around the world for up to a month after its release.

Data shows that the program works best in the United States, South Africa, Eastern Europe, the Nordic countries, Canada, and Australia.

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FlixPatrol data for The Recruit on Netflix

According to televisionstats.com, the show had a huge rise after its addition to Netflix, and it came out of nowhere after its release. So far, the show has peaked as the fourth biggest show in the world, according to their data.

They pull data from external sources (also known as demand sources) like Twitter, Wikipedia, Google, and Reddit.

The only most popular shows that the recruit during the show’s first week on Netflix was the white lotus in hbo, Wednesday on netflix, 1923 on Paramount+, and yellow stone at Paramount Networks.

Data for January 19 suggests the show peaked at #4, but has since fallen below the top 100 shows.

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what to expect from the recruit season 2

Let’s quickly recap the events of Season 1.

In episode 8, titled WTFIOH (Who the Hell Is Owen Hendricks?), the mission to get Max to Russia continues and just when things seem to be coming to an end, complications arise. He also saw the clash of Owen’s personal and professional life.

Season 1 concludes with a big twist; Karolina shoots Max, but is she dead herself? That will undoubtedly be the pivotal question answered in Season 2.

The finale then sees Owen reaching out to Hannah to meet abroad, which concludes the series.

He RadioTimes speculates that we will see the return of Noah Centineo in a second season, as well as Aarti Mann, Colton Dunn and Fivel Stewart. They also predict the same as us in the sense that «Owen Hendricks would launch into another high-stakes mission, although this time he might be a little more prepared for the experience.»


We will update you on all things. the recruit as we learn more. Until then, let us know in the comments if you want to watch Season 2 of the recruit on Netflix in the comments below.