Will The Recruit get a Season 3? The future of the Netflix thriller, explored

The second season of The Recruit picks up right where the first season ended. Fans were asking one question in particular. "Was Max dead?" After two and half years of theorizing, the first episode confirms Max's (Laura Haddock) fate from the season 1 finale. Turns out, she succumbed to her gunshot wound. Max isn't mentioned anywhere else in the second season.

In this season of The Recruit, lawyer/agent Owen Hendricks is pulled into a challenging and life-threatening espionage mission in South Korea. However, during the course of the mission, Owen realizes that there might be a mole inside the CIA, who might be a bigger threat than his opponents. The synopsis for this season reads:

"A new graymail case sends Owen to Seoul, where a spy threatens to leak U.S. secrets unless the CIA assists him on a dangerous personal mission."

Based on how the second season ended, the makers do intend to return to this universe, but for now, the status of The Recruit Season 3 remains unconfirmed.

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What is the status of The Recruit Season 3?

For now, Netflix hasn't renewed this Noah Centineo spy series for The Recruit Season 3. That doesn't mean that it canceled it. The show is out just for a day, so, it is prudent to wait and see what Netflix will do next. The streaming giant will decide after looking at the viewership numbers and how many subscribers watched the entire season.

Therefore, if you want to increase the show's chances for renewal, watch the latest season of The Recruit and encourage as many as you can to binge it. As mentioned earlier, the showmakers do set up plot points for The Recruit Season 3. So, even the people who worked on the show want to return to the series for a third time.

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How does Season 2 end?

During the closing moments of the second season, Noah Centineo's Owen reveals to Teo Yoo's Jang Kyun that the latter will be imprisoned if he goes to South Korea. Jang Kyun used the crypto scheme as a graymail earlier in the season, and for that South Korean government can arrest him. Instead, Owen recruits Jang Kyun as an American asset.

In return for becoming an asset, Owen promises Jang Kyun the US government's financial aid and assistance in staying off-grid. Only through a third season, we may learn how this deal played out. A new relationship is also set in this season, between Owen and Yoo Jin, who helped him save Nan Hee and Jang Kyun's lives.

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Who are the actors appearing this season?

Noah Centineo plays the protagonist Owen Hendricks. Vondie Curtis-Hall from Netflix's Daredevil appears in both seasons as Owen's boss. Angel Parker reprises her role as CIA operative Dawn, and Nathan Fillion returns as Alton West, the CIA Director.

Joining this season are Teo Yoo as Jang Kyun, who was in Past Lives, Doom at Your Service's Shin Do-hyun as Yoo Jin Lee, and Unlock My Boss's Sanghee Lee as Nan Hee.

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Have you seen The Recruit Season 2? If so, what did you think about the second season? In case you haven't seen the latest season of the Noah Centineo show, try binging it on Netflix as soon as you can if you want a third season.