The Recruit (2022– )
5/10
Laughable Nonsense
19 December 2022
I forced myself to watch all the season and it took me a week. I wanted to give up after each episode,but I thought it will get better,but it just never did. Last few episodes were watched at 1.5x speed as it was impossible to sit through the dialog

The production value is good. The music is suspenseful, the camerawork is ok, though at times budget seemed to luck steadycam and they used the shakiness to give some "action" value - done by bad directors who can't achieve it via script.

The script is so bad, it 1/10. It is just nonsense. Without spoilers they are portraying CIA as a bunch of kids who kill each other, back stab each other, disobey orders, put their team in danger, lack any even common sense protocols and this goes on and on. It is just so poorly written, I was shaking my head most of the time. The dialogs are boring, long, little action, yet lack of any "thriller/suspense"; The main character didn't fit the. Seems like a good actor,but the script failed him. Anyone comparing it to Jack Ryan are blind. Jack Ryan is a 10/10 show. This is about 4/10 if I am being generous. Other characters were even worse at their roles. Many were not believable at all.

If you like fantasy nonsense bad script, no action and little to no story then this is for you. And worst of all, it ended in nowhere. Good shows are being canceled and this one is not one of them so I hope there will not be more. I certainly won't torture myself again for the 2nd round.

4/10.
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