The Recruit Season 2 Premiere Date and First Look

ByMirko Parlevliet

Netflix announced today that its action-packed espionage series, The Recruit, will return for its second season on January 30, 2025. The series comes from Entertainment One (eOne), Alexi Hawley, and Hypnotic.

The Recruit Season 2 finds CIA lawyer Owen Hendricks (Noah Centineo) pulled into a life-threatening espionage situation in South Korea, only to realize that the bigger threat just might be coming from inside the Agency.

The Recruit Season 2 Premiere Date and First Look

“Owen rolls into this season basically screwed. Owen knows that if he does not walk away with a win this season, his career is going to be over. He might go to prison,” said creator, showrunner and executive producer Alexi Hawley.

“Depending on what people are into, they can show up this season for the big, flashy, splashy action stuff, but they can also be on a journey with this guy who’s just trying to fix something that he broke.”

Noah Centineo as Owen Hendricks and Teo Yoo as Jang Kyun Kim in The Recruit Season 2.

Star and executive producer Noah Centineo added: “Owen’s headspace is complete chaos. He has just witnessed Max — the former CIA asset whom he almost died multiple times trying to protect — get shot by her daughter Nichka. Owen is wondering how in the hell he is going to survive the next few seconds of his life.”

The Recruit debuted on December 16, 2022 and spent five weeks on the Netflix TV Global Top 10 (English), reaching the Top 10 in 88 countries.

Nathan Fillion as Alton West in The Recruit Season 2.

Consisting of six one-hour episodes, the second season also stars Teo Yoo, Aarti Mann, Colton Dunn, Fivel Stewart, Kristian Bruun, Kaylah Zander, Maddie Hasson, Angel Parker, and Vondie Curtis-Hall.

The additional cast includes Young-Ah Kim, Felix Solis, James Purefoy, Do Hyun Shin, Sanghee Lee, Omar Maskati, Brooke Smith, Devika Bhise, Alana Hawley Purvis, Daniel Quincy Annoh, Jesse Collin and Nathan Fillion.

Angel Parker as Dawn Gilbane and Jesse Collin as Dodge in The Recruit Season 2.

The directors of season two include Julian Holmes (201, 205), Jessica Yu (202), Viet Nguyen (203), John Hyams (204), and Alexi Hawley (206). The writers are Alexi Hawley, Maya Goldsmith, George Ghanem, Brian Oh, Sue Chung, and Hadi Deeb.

The executive producers include Alexi Hawley, Noah Centineo, Doug Liman, Gene Klein, David Bartis, Adam Ciralsky, Charlie Ebersol, and Julian Holmes.

Maddie Hasson as Nichika Lashin
Noah Centineo as Owen Hendricks and Fivel Stewart as Hannah Copeland
Teo Yoo as Jang Kyun Kim
Aarti Mann as Violet Ebner and Colton Dunn as Lester Kitchens.
Noah Centineo as Owen Hendricks and Kaylah Zander as Amelia Salazar
Vondie Curtis-Hall as Walter Nyland.
Kristian Bruun as Janus Ferber and Kim Young-ah as Grace
Noah Centineo as Owen Hendricks and Maddie Hasson as Nichika Lashin

Mirko Parlevliet has been reporting on the entertainment industry since 1998 and founded Vital Thrills to provide the latest news on streaming, movies, and TV shows. He previously created the websites ComingSoon, SuperHeroHype, and ShockTillYouDrop.