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- 2019
- TV-14
- NBC
- 2019
- TV-14
- NBC
Summary Ex-CIA-spy-turned-traitor Erica Shepherd (Jennifer Carpenter) is serving a life term in a Supermax prison when FBI Agent Will Keaton (Morris Chestnut) requests she help him find a criminal in this Ken Woodruff drama.
Created By: Ken Woodruff
- 2019
- TV-14
- NBC
- 2019
- TV-14
- NBC
The Enemy Within
Season 1 Premiere: Feb 25, 2019
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6.6
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Summary Ex-CIA-spy-turned-traitor Erica Shepherd (Jennifer Carpenter) is serving a life term in a Supermax prison when FBI Agent Will Keaton (Morris Chestnut) requests she help him find a criminal in this Ken Woodruff drama.
Created By: Ken Woodruff
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
55
27% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
73% Mixed
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8 Reviews
0% Negative
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A near-perfect mixture of the chess-piece intricacy of The Good Shepherd and the loony bang-bang of the Mission: Impossible movies, Enemy is a classic infinity-of-mirrors counterintelligence drama—and in more ways than one.
If its characters continue to be dumb about someone in their midst (hey, see how that title comes into play), it could diminish them and the show. ... [Unlike ABC's Whiskey Cavalier,] this show goes beyond the standard cloak and dagger to ask some serious ethical questions about methods and how even the most seemingly benign operation can lead to civilian collateral damage. For treating us like grown-ups, you might be willing to make friends with “Enemy.”
Chestnut does a fair bit of what might be called grunge-rock acting, going from soft to loud in an instant, sometimes to unintended comic effect. Carpenter, by contrast, builds her character from behind a wall of impassivity. They’re generally good company, though.
Carpenter and Chestnut solidly play their roles, but Enemy Within doesn’t crackle the way The Blacklist did in early episodes. There’s nothing particularly special going on here, and it’s hard to muster the enthusiasm to say much more than that.
The Enemy Within is a predictably thin and hyped-up network concoction. But connoisseurs of gothic silliness can appreciate it as a gender-switched homage to “The Silence of the Lambs.”
It turns out Erica’s betrayal was not diabolical, but the excuse she offers is weak and only proves the whole series is based on a preposterous contrivance.
It’s not even pretending to be anything other than broadcast TV comfort food.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 26 User Ratings
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 26 User Ratings
6.6
65% Positive
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12% Mixed
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23% Negative
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Production Company:
- 82nd West
- Universal Television
Initial Release Date: Feb 25, 2019
Number of seasons: 1 Season
Rating: TV-14
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