rejectedjokes: Minneapolis. Last night’s show was so fun and unique. We had an absolute blast. Thank you to all 2100 of you. And of course, thank you to @ DarrenCriss.
If you go to Ben’s Instagram and click on posts he’s tagged in, there’s load of shots and clips of the Parks and Rec crew. Not gonna go through and swipe them all, but I did lift this from Colton’s story
mrkristianbruun: How to survive a Montreal winter (Cast Appreciation Edition): the only way is with good people, karaoke and MANY dinner parties. (Oh and cold walks home.)
❤️ this cast. Thank you for watching our fun little show this weekend. xox
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Alex Kalymnios, Colton Dunn, Daniel Quincy Annoh, Emmanuel Osei-Kuffour, Fivel Stewart, Kaylah Zander, Kristian Bruun, Noah Centineo and Thom H. Arizmendi via mrkristianbruun on Instagram, 12/19/2022.
(4/5) I was going to end this show with a rating with 3.5 or 3.8, but that ending made it officially an 4/5. So superficially the show feels like an older show called, "Chuck" with a pinch of "Scandal" (DC work/agency connections and double crossing and a bunch of lying) and "How To Get Away with Murder" (Murder mystery, starting from the end with flashbacks and plot twist).
I was initially going to land with a lower rating because of the main character. By the end of the season, the last couple of episodes, Owen (Noah Centineo) became extremely annoying. He's naivete was comical and some what endearing at the beginning of the season but by the end it came off as just stupid. After the first episode he was in a situation that he could have not returned. Anyone else would have tighten up after that but he did not. Working for the CIA not watching your back, internationally traveling and not considering time zones, going on dates and seating by the biggest window, calling and emailing people in none secure ways plus a lot more.
Another character flaw Owen had was his ability to manipulate. Now in situations where he was an unsanctioned spy, it worked perfectly. But with situations with his friends I hated watching him play the people who was closest to him, especially Hannah. I give props to the actor (Centineo) though, because his whole energy changed when he started to use his words to snake his way out of a situation or manipulate someone's feelings.
This should grow into something really special...do yourself a favor and jump on the bandwagon now before it blow up. The comedy captures you, the suspense keeps you and the ending makes you want more. A fledgling CIA lawyer gets caught up in a dangerous game of international politics when a former asset threatens to expose the nature of her relationship with the agency unless they clear her name (rottentomatoes.com).
TL;DR – This is a delightfully fun romp through the world of espionage with a leading man finding himself in all the wrong places at all the right times.
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Rating: 4 out of 5.
Disclosure – I paid for the Netflix service that viewed this series.
The Recruit Review –
I have to say that when I first heard about The Recruit, I was kind of a bit tired of the overall spy genre. Add to that,…