Yahoo Lifestyle ‘The Recruit’ Canceled at Netflix After Two Seasons
Netflix’s espionage dramedy “The Recruit” has been canceled after two seasons with the streamer, Variety has confirmed.
Colton Dunn, who played former CIA operative Lester Kitchens on the show, took to Threads Wednesday night to announce the news.
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“‘The Recruit’ has been cancelled y’all,” he wrote. “Such a bummer. I’ll share some pics and fun memories on IG but just wanted you to hear it from me. Thanks if you watched. I’m AVAILABLE NOW! Hire me for you tv story!!”
“The Recruit” ran for 14 episodes across two seasons, first premiering in December of 2022. According to the official logline, the series followed, “Owen Hendricks (Noah Centineo), a CIA lawyer [who] becomes involved in massive international conflicts with dangerous parties after an asset tries to expose her relationship to the agency.”
Other cast members include Aarti Mann, Fivel Stewart, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Kaylah Zander, Kristian Bruun, Angel Parker and Jesse Collin. “The Recruit” was created by Alexi Hawley, who also served as showrunner and executive producer. Hypnotic and Lionsgate produced the show for Netflix. Executive producers included Centineo, Doug Liman, Gene Klein, David Bartis, Adam Ciralsky, Charlie Ebersol and Julian Holmes. Season 2 directors included Hawley, Holmes, Jessica Yu, Viet Nguyen and John Hyams.
In February, Variety reported that “The Recruit” Season 2, which was named one of Variety’s most anticipated shows of 2025, debuted with 5.9 million views in its first four days on Netflix. It landed in second place on the English-language TV chart, only falling behind “The Night Agent” Season 2, which hit 15.2 million views.
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