Hunted: Season 1

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Season Details & Credits

BBC | Cinemax | Season Premiere Date: October 4, 2012

Starring: Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Melissa George, Stephen Dillane

Summary: Samantha Hunter (Melissa Geoge) suspects someone within the private intelligence agency she works at tried to kill her and she seeks to uncover the person behind it.

Creator: Frank Spotnitz

Genre(s): Drama, Action & Adventure, Suspense

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E8. Snow Maiden
Air Date: December 7, 2012
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S1:E7. Khyber
Air Date: November 30, 2012
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S1:E6. Polyhedrus
Air Date: November 23, 2012

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Sean Higgins

Nov 14, 2012

Hunted balances its cheesy dialogue and gratuitous sex and violence with an overarching narrative that dramatizes endemic moral rot and the dark money pulling strings from behind the curtain. Read full review

Curt Wagner

Oct 19, 2012

Hunted is an intriguing and rewarding puzzle worth (trying) to solve. Read full review

Ken Tucker

Nov 1, 2012

A simmering bit of silly suspense fun created by X-Files writer-producer Frank Spotnitz. Read full review

Joanne Ostrow

Oct 17, 2012

It's easy to get hooked on the drama's fast-paced, international intrigue and tony visuals (shot in London, Scotland and Morocco). It's almost enough to keep you from contemplating some of the more outrageous turns. Read full review

Mary McNamara

Oct 19, 2012

[George] is not terribly believable in any of them, forcing viewers to rely on the reactions of those around her to see that she is convincing as an uber agent. Fortunately, the other performances are strong enough to carry it off for the most part, and as the plot divides and subdivides, sending tendrils up through the vaunted British intelligence agency, recalling the Cold War and evoking more current international concerns, Hunted takes on a smart and disturbing personality of its own. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Matt Roush

Oct 19, 2012

The twists are solid, if never as electrifying as on Showtime's Homeland, while George clearly learned her lessons well at the feet of Sydney Bristow. Read full review

David Hinckley

Oct 19, 2012

George's action scenes are solid. There just aren't enough of them, and Hunted isn't comprehensible enough for the cerebral part to carry as much of the show as it has to. Read full review

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LP68CA

Nov 17, 2012

Simply the best show you aren't watching. It's smart, sexy and well-written; and while I enjoy Homeland, it doesn't make me want to devour a whole season in one sitting the way Hunted does. It might be less realistic than Homeland, but it's a heck of a lot less cynical too.

Take the feelSimply the best show you aren't watching. It's smart, sexy and well-written; and while I enjoy Homeland, it doesn't make me want to devour a whole season in one sitting the way Hunted does. It might be less realistic than Homeland, but it's a heck of a lot less cynical too.

Take the feel and atmosphere of Bourne or Ronin, combined with a multiple-season spanning mystery/conspiracy like Lost, and you have the general feel of Hunted, 6 episodes in when the first penny drops.

If you're a fan of the BBC or British TV it's a must see. Probably the best thing I've ever watched on Skinemax. Support good TV.… Expand

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MarcDoyle

Oct 26, 2012

I'm really enjoying Cinemax's new journey into serial TV. Big fan of Strike Back, and this series is off to a really good start. Melissa George (from In Treatment) is clearly a star - i wasn't sure if she'd make the ideal action hero, but she's holding her own thus far. I look forward toI'm really enjoying Cinemax's new journey into serial TV. Big fan of Strike Back, and this series is off to a really good start. Melissa George (from In Treatment) is clearly a star - i wasn't sure if she'd make the ideal action hero, but she's holding her own thus far. I look forward to future episodes.… Expand

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podaddy

Jan 13, 2014

Just started watching this show due to a free weekend Cinemax hearding. Went in no preconceived notions as I had never even heard o this show. I must say, it reminds me a lot of the old American series "Alias" with Jennifer Garner. Though the number of times Melissa George's character beatsJust started watching this show due to a free weekend Cinemax hearding. Went in no preconceived notions as I had never even heard o this show. I must say, it reminds me a lot of the old American series "Alias" with Jennifer Garner. Though the number of times Melissa George's character beats up men twice her size or three or four dudes at once gets a little out of control, all in all, I have a fairly favorable review of this show. The action scenes are good, the spy game-like plot twists are well done, and the acting, though sometimes a little wooden, is decent. I'm surprised it was not renewed for an additional season by The BBC, but that's only because I believe "The Hunted" is head and shoulders above most pedestrian American police or spy serial shows.… Expand

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Patman

Feb 14, 2018

The plot is ok. Where this show fails is the direction. Whoever did this shoudn't be allowed to direct a catfood commercial. Weird angles, lighting...you can never see what's happening. Completely unwatchable.

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RPD

Nov 4, 2012

After watching two season's worth of Strike Back I was really hoping Hunted would be good. It's not. It drags along for most of every episode, with fake as hell interactions between the characters, and when the action finally arrives it's completely unbelievable. What we have here is yetAfter watching two season's worth of Strike Back I was really hoping Hunted would be good. It's not. It drags along for most of every episode, with fake as hell interactions between the characters, and when the action finally arrives it's completely unbelievable. What we have here is yet another case of "girl beats up guy" and, as always, it's totally unbelievable. I'm all for suspension of disblelief but this is too much. If they want to have a female, any female, be a badass they should have her be one with her brains. I'm sorry but Sam, the main character, couldn't fight her way out of a wet paper bag.

If you want to see an awesome female protagonist watch Homeland, not this crap...… Expand

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: October 4, 2012
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  S1:E8. Snow Maiden
  Air Date: December 7, 2012
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  S1:E7. Khyber
  Air Date: November 30, 2012
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  S1:E6. Polyhedrus
  Air Date: November 23, 2012
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  S1:E5. Ambassadors
  Air Date: November 16, 2012
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  S1:E4. Kismet
  Air Date: November 9, 2012
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  S1:E3. Hourglass
  Air Date: November 2, 2012
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  S1:E2. LB
  Air Date: October 26, 2012
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  S1:E1. Mort
  Air Date: October 19, 2012