Sometimes the best government operatives are the ones who initially seem ill-suited for the job. Such is the case in Netflix's "The Recruit," which sees rookie CIA lawyer Owen Hendricks (Noah Centineo) get in way over his head when an asset from Eastern Europe threatens to go rogue.
The spy genre has a long history of bumbling agents, from "Get Smart" to "The Naked Gun," and there’s something charming about someone who seems like they can’t walk and chew gum at the same time somehow managing to save the day. The first season of "The Recruit" was so popular on Netflix that it earned a second season almost immediately and it's streaming now. After you've binged season 2, here are more shows like "The Recruit" you can stream.
