The Recruit
WARNING : SPOILERS ahead for The Recruit season 2 .
Netflix ’s CIA legal action dramaThe Recruitseason 2 leave many unanswered questions and school principal - scratching moment by the ending of its 6 - episode running . While thecast ofThe Recruitseason 2features many familiar faces , led byNoah Centineo ’s CIA lawyer Owen Hendricks , the series rejoin to narratively standardized places as season 1 . With a shortened 2nd season compare to the 8 - episode season 1,The Recruit season 2has less time to answer some of season 1 ’s lingering doubtfulness while at the same time pushing the story forward with newfangled additions like Teo Yoo ’s Jang Kyun and Shin Do - Hyun ’s Yoo Jin Lee .
By theend ofThe Recruitseason 2 , Owen and Jang Kyun barely make it out alive after successfully rescuing Jang Kyun ’s wife , Nan Hee , who was kidnap by a Yakuza clan engage in Eastern Russia . With FGB agents and Russian Coast Guard officials in hot pursuit , Yoo Jin get in the gouge of time on her Padre ’s gravy holder to get Owen , Jang Kyun , and Nan Hee back to rubber . unusually , a monolithic U.S. Navy submarine emerges and scares off the Russian pursuers , make a happy closing for Owen and Jang Kyun who , against all odds , complete their aim .
10What Happened To Max’s Body (Is She Really Dead)?
There’s A Slight Possibility That Max Is Still Alive
The big question followingThe Recruitseason 1 finalewas whether Max was shoot down by her girl , Nichka a.k.a . Karolina . While all signs point to Max getting shot and killed , she is not seen and hardly ever discussed throughout the entirety ofThe Recruitseason 2.Nichka does n’t show an ounce of sorrow or excuse her dependable motivefor shooting Max , while Owen moves on quite quickly from his bud romance with Max with his puerility friend , Yoo Jin .
Because Max feels so abruptly edit fromThe Recruitfollowing time of year 1 ’s cliffhanger , there ’s really the slightest theory that she is still secretly alive . Nichka shot Max once on the right side of her chest . While the bullet appears to in a flash kill Max , The Recruitseason 2 never let on what happened to Max ’s body . Max ’s absence seizure was certainly felt throughout time of year 2 and the fact that her death was n’t doubtlessly confirmed opens the door to her shocking riposte inThe Recruitseason 3 .
9What Will The FSB Do With Nichka Now?
Nichka’s Plan Falls Apart & Her Future Looks Grim
After getting turned into a CIA plus at the origin ofThe Recruitseason 2 , Nichka gets thrown back into the field as a twofold agent . on-key to her mysterious grapheme , Nichka ends up betraying Owenin the final bit ofThe Recruitseason 2 , bring out she cut a skillful bargain to hand him and Jang Kyun over to the FSB for a massive payday and a promotional material .
Nichka is a key yet mysterious part in The Recruit season 2 who goes by several aliases and plays multiple sides of the main conflict .
Unfortunately for Nichka , her plan fall asunder after Owen saves Jang Kyun and Nan Hee , which greatly discomfit her FSB ranking . Nichka will likely be penalize in some capacity by the FSB . Owen and the CIA have no understanding whatsoever to help Nichka at this point after she bit the hand that fed her . The CIA could have contain Nichka prisoner but trusted her to furnish intel . They even paid her handsomely for her employment . Nichka ’s time to come seem more dire than ever , so much so that she may not return in season 3 .
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8Are Owen & Yoo Jin A Serious Couple?
It Appears They’re Official At The End Of Season 2
In just 14 episodes , Owen has formed a fistful of love interest inThe Recruit . From Hannah to Amelia to Max and now Yoo Jin , there ’s no knowing for certain how long Owen and his apparent new girlfriend will last or if their human relationship will proceed in time of year 3.All sign point to Yoo Jin and Owen becoming officialat the death ofThe Recruitseason 2 .
With both Hannah & Yoo Jin saving him in season 2 , Owen ’s heart could be pulled in opposite directions .
kick in how the show is structured , Owen could have at least one other potential love interestnext time of year , peculiarly given the distance between Yoo Jin in Korea and Owen in Washington D.C. With Hannah saving Owen at the beginning of the season and Yoo Jin rescuing him and helping him finish his mission at the time of year ’s remainder , Owen ’s heart could be pull in paired directions .
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7Will Hannah & Owen Ever Be Friends Again?
Owen May Have Pushed Hannah Too Far This Time
Hannah and Owen stage the classic " will they , wo n’t they " dynamic found in infinite boob tube shows . Despite Owen ’s honorable intentions , his earnestness and foolhardiness pass over too many boundaries for the poised and professional Hannah . While face-to-face in this way of life , Owen looks like pulling Hannah too far , which greatly bear upon her personal sense of balance and gravity in their human relationship .
The Recruit season 2 has six episode , two less than the first season of Noah Centineo ’s Netflix legal action show , and the plot move very fast .
Hannah clearly cares for Owen and knows she can bank on him . She do it Owen would enable his CIA resources to deliver herfrom being held intent by the two - faced Jae . Still , Owen ’s new lifestyle at the CIA has put Hannah at peril in terrifying ways . Hannah moves out of their apartment to begin their formal separation process , which just may be stretch out in season 3 as exclude Owen out completely because of the risk he necessarily presents .
6Will Jang Kyun Become A CIA Double Agent?
Owen Tries To Recruit Him In Season 2’s Final Scene
The terminal prospect ofThe Recruitseason 2 suggests that Owen strain to raise Jang Kyun to officially join the CIA after spare him and Nan Hee . If Owen had n’t rescued them , Jang Kyun and his married woman would have been tortured , declare captive , and finally killed by Russian intelligence information . Owen was endeavor to build trust with the heavy guarded Jang Kyun throughout time of year 2 , butsaving him and his wife should create a hefty bondthat could animate Jang Kyun to link Owen ’s squad .
Jang Kyun ’s NIS superior , Grace Cho , would for certain not wish the idea of him switch side and joining the CIA.Jang Kyun would have to be a treble federal agent , which means he would have to betray his country , something that he would n’t want to do and that Owen probably would n’t ask of him . Rather than deceiving Grace and the NIS , Jang Kyun could work out out an good diplomatical human relationship that would n’t force him to desert .
5What Deal Did Violet Make With Grace To Have Janus Released?
Violet and Grace play at the NIS military headquarters in South Korea to talk about the dismission of CIA lawyer Janus , who was dramatically halt . Grace does n’t trust that Janus and Owen are actually lawyers , whileViolet expose that the CIA determine out about Jae King , Hannah ’s " fellow " who is really an undercover NIA agentive role sent to spy on Owen .
Grace and Violet seem to play out a good deal that would involve " trap everything on Owen " .
Grace and Violet seem to shape out a deal that would imply " pinning everything on Owen " , an target that Violet has been oddly and aggressively examine to accomplish since season 1.The specific of whatever stack they came to are n’t revealedbut Janus is at last released and banned from Korea at the close ofThe Recruitseason 2 .
4What Happened To Dawn’s Partner Dodge After Her Death?
He Was Knocked Unconscious After Trying To Kill Lester
Dodge is an important sidekick to Dawn ’s various schemes throughout both seasons ofThe Recruit . Now that Dawn is numb , having been kill by Nichka in a cruel tongue - fight scene , Dodge seems to have no champion left at the CIA . He is moments away from killing Lester in the season 2 finis , claiming to be " following his genus Bos ’s orders " , when Yoo Jin ruddenly strikes him with a fire extinguisher , knocking him unconscious .
With Dawn all in , there ’s not much of a reason for Dodge to bring back in time of year 3 , considering he is now exposed as a threat within his own agency .
While the blow did n’t come along to kill Dodge , his futurity does n’t look very brilliant at the CIA after essay to belt down one of his own . His allegiance to Dawn is never altogether discussed but is most likley about money since Dawn has been stealing millions from the CIA for days . With Dawn deadened , there ’s not much of a reason for Dodge to return in time of year 3 , considering he is now exposed as a scourge within his own agency . He could front an offscreen criminal trial and assist prison time .
3What Will The CIA Do With Jae?
He Could Go To Prison & Be Monitored His Entire Life
Jae was put in a compromise situation by Grace and the NIS , which is why he was spying on Owen and lying to Hannah . Jae ’s use makes him an positive villain inThe Recruitseason 2 who end up revealing his secrets to the CIA without much interrogation needed . As a undercover agent make for an external interest group such as the NIS , Jae could be tried and face up jail timein the United States .
After making a surprising cameo in season 1 , Nathan Fillion has a key purpose in The Recruit season 2 and makes Owen Hendrick ’s liveliness even more hard .
It ’s hard to find sympathy for Jae when he ’s play with ardour at the CIA , ravish and incorrectly imprisoning Hannah in the process . Since he is quite wealthy , he could somehow avoid gaol time . Still , in any case , he will certainly be monitored by the CIA for the rest of his life . Not only that , but he lost any and all hope of a relationship with Hannah , despite his claim that his feelings were real and not part of his cover song .
2How Did The U.S. Navy Know To Rescue Owen?
Nyland Could Have Called In A Favor Behind-The-Scenes
Although the surprisal saving from the U.S. Navy was a electrifying wrench at the end ofThe Recruitseason 2 , it remain indecipherable how the Navy bang to interpose . One possibility is that Walter Nyland could have made the call after walking out on CIA Director West , who authorized Dawn to assassinate Jang Kyun . Nyland expire the elbow room as a display of his disfavour of West ’s decisionand is not pick up for the rest of the season .
If anyone called in a favour to the U.S. Navy , Nyland seems like the most likely selection . Alternatively , the Naval submarine could have just discover the gravy boat race on their radar and decided to look into . Still , revealing the location of a U.S. pigboat just out of doors of Russia to save a CIA lawyer , an NIS secret agent who the CIA wanted dead , and two Korean civilian is not something that would ever befall in reality .
1Will Owen Become A Legitimate CIA Operative?
He’s Gained Even More Field Experience In Season 2
Owen is still technically a CIA lawyer by the end ofThe Recruitseason 2 even though he has years worth of field experience during the first two season , which only traverse a couple of months . Owen is now primed more than ever to fully transition from a behind - the - desk attorney to being a officially trained CIA PI . With Dawn ’s end and the probable remotion of Dodge from the CIA , Owen is a rude nominee to officially take the discipline , potentially with Jang Kyun by his side .
Now that Owen has proved himself in the field multiple time , it may be time for the CIA to eventually give him some proper field broker education .
Even if Owen remains a CIA attorney inThe Recruitseason 3,he is bound to find himself in another " graymailing " situationbased on seasons 1 and 2 . He met some powerful study agents in the center of time of year 2 , Oliver Bonner Jones and Tom Wallace , on his unexpected trip to meet the Taliban . Now that Owen has bear witness himself in the field multiple times , saving an important plus such as Jang Kyun , it may be clock time for the CIA to in the end give him some right field agent training inThe Recruitseason 3 .
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