The Recruit

WARNING : SPOILERS before for The Recruit season 2

Max was one of the most challenging and entertaining role inThe Recruitseason 1 . Her lead character took on many roles throughout the first season of the make Netflix action mechanism spy show , from a fierce CIA asset - turned - opposition to Owen ’s unexpected romantic stake . While Max consistently carried an element of mystery and suspicion , she was emotionally accessible enough to make her a compelling , even likable , reference . Haddock ’s absent Max , who had virtually just as big of an impact asNoah Centineo ’s Owen inThe Recruitseason 2 , surely depart a notable absence seizure , one that the show arguably does n’t meet in .

Max Meladze Was Killed By Her Daughter In The Recruit Season 1’s Finale

Nichka, AKA Karolina, Killed Her Mother Without Hesitation

The Recruitseason 1 finale concluded with Max reuniting with her girl , Karolina , who she thought was dead . Max is KO’d to see Karolina in the human body , unaware that she is the same individual as Nichka , the Russian mafia enforcer who tried to win over the Council to kill Max for quite some time . Max appears genuinely glad and even relieved to see Karolinain front of her , calling her"My angel"in Russian . Without pause , Karolina dissipate her mother in the chest . Max appear to die immediately . The Recruitseason 2 confirms that Nichka unfeignedly did fire a calamitous shot .

Since Max was imprisoned and expect visitation in the U.S. , Nichka likely assumed that Max was already compromised .

While there is not much backstory about Nichka and Max in both season ofThe Recruit , it ’s evident that Nichka was not on good term with Max . There ’s an obvious fight between Max being a CIA asset and Nichka being a Russian Sicilian Mafia hatchet man , whichsuggests a central nationalistic and/or ideological difference . However , Owen appears to tell Nichka that her mummy was a CIA asset at the beginning of season 2 , intimate that Nichka did n’t recognise before pull the trigger . Since Max was imprisoned and awaiting trial in the U.S. , Nichka in all probability assume that Max was already compromised .

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Is Max Really Dead In The Recruit Season 2?

The Season 1 Cliffhanger Is Finally Resolved

Max ’s dying was one of the biggestquestions thatThe Recruitseason 2 take to answer . While there was speculation that Laura Haddock ’s Max would return and go Nichka ’s gunshot , potentially reemerging at the terminal ofThe Recruitseason 2 , there was no secret twist , which means Max ’s fiber is truly dead . Owen quick move on after witnessing Max ’s death without demonstrating much sorrowfulness , suggesting to Lester that Nichka could essentially take Max ’s place as a Russian CIA asset . The Recruitseason 2 does n’t reveal what happened to Max ’s bodyand the characters hardly ever talk about her throughout the season .

Max ’s CIA secret are never unveil inThe Recruitseason 2 .

After Max ’s end , Nichka unwillingly becomes a CIA asset , collecting a series of payments in exchange for intel on Nan Hee , Jang Kyun ’s missing wife . Nichka proves to be resourceful yet spookily misleading , possessing much more of a insensate - full-blooded calibre than Max carried in time of year 1 . After travel to South Korea , Owen moves on from Max rather quicklyafter reconnecting with a puerility friend , Yoo Jin Lee , and not fetch back together with Hannah . While Max and Owen did n’t have anything too serious , the remembering of Max ’s character inThe Recruitseason 2 is swept under the rug quite rapidly .

Laura Haddock as Max in The Recruit

How The Recruit Season 2 Replaces Max’s Role On The Show

3 Key Characters Take On Parts Of Max’s Season 1 Role

Max is double in various mannikin and characters throughoutThe Recruitseason 2 . Nichka bestow a similar sleek and unsafe allurement to the cast ofThe Recruitseason 2 while also becoming a Russian asset like her female parent . A fresh CIA plus , Teo Yoo ’s Jang Kyun , emerge as a graymailerand make the same threats against the CIA that Max did in the first time of year , demand their resource and assistance . in the end , Owen ’s romanticist subplot with Max is supervene upon by Yoo Jin Lee . Like Max , Yoo Jin ends up playing a key purpose inThe Recruitseason 2 finale .

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Max’s daughter Karolina in Netflix’s The Recruit season 1 ending.

Owen (Noah Centineo) and Max (Laura Haddock) in The Recruit in front of a window

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