The Enemy Within: Season 1 | Rotten Tomatoes (2025)

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Erica Shepherd was one of the CIA's most brilliant operatives until she became one of the greatest traitors in American history, serving a life sentence in a Supermax prison. Now, to save her daughter, she must team up with FBI agent Will Keaton -- a man whose life she destroyed -- to track down a fiercely dangerous, elusive criminal and his legion of spies. While working with Shepherd goes against every fiber of his being, Keaton knows that sometimes to catch a spy, you must trust one.

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Despite a set of stellar performances led by the capable Jennifer Carpenter, The Enemy Within stumbles into an overly formulaic narrative that fails to produce any real spark.

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The Enemy Within: Season 1 | Rotten Tomatoes (1) Brian Lowry CNN.com Grading on that curve, "The Enemy Within" doesn't bring much new to the party but offers enough polish on this earnestly played, tried-and-true formula so as not to be, unlike some of these shows, its own worst enemy. Feb 26, 2019 Full Review The Enemy Within: Season 1 | Rotten Tomatoes (2) Daniel Fienberg The Hollywood Reporter It isn't the worst in the network's line of dramas featuring generic intelligence operatives forced to team up with morally and ethically compromised partners best kept in containment. Feb 26, 2019 Full Review The Enemy Within: Season 1 | Rotten Tomatoes (3) Mike Hale New York Times The Enemy Within is a predictably thin and hyped-up network concoction. Feb 25, 2019 Full Review The Enemy Within: Season 1 | Rotten Tomatoes (4) Dustin Rowles Pajiba No charm. No camaraderie or sexual tension. It's just familiar faces regurgitating dry, boring dialogue, as though reading from cue cards. Feb 27, 2019 Full Review The Enemy Within: Season 1 | Rotten Tomatoes (5) Joel Keller Decider Just go back and watch The Blacklist from the beginning. You'll be watching a much more entertaining show. Feb 27, 2019 Full Review The Enemy Within: Season 1 | Rotten Tomatoes (6) Joyce Slaton Common Sense Media Cliched crime thriller has some gore, great actors. Rated: 2/5 Feb 27, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Writing is uneven in the early episodes. But it takes off near the end. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Audience Member Whoever wrote this should be shot.Very badly written.In episode two, a major character is assassinated inside FBI HQ by a mole.In episode three, no mention is made of this event. No taking stock of the fact that someone inside the organization is working against them. Is this as stupid as I think it is? Rated 0.5/5 Stars • Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Audience Member good damm, damm good ;) Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Audience Member The acting and story were amazing. I would kill for Netflix or someone to pick this up. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Audience Member Good thought provoking story. Americans probably used to silly tv were unable to understand real story Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Audience Member This was a great show and extremely disappointed it was cancelled after one season especially after it left of on a cliff hanger, it reminded me of 24 and brought suspense all the time. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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Cast & Crew

Jennifer Carpenter Erica Shepherd Morris Chestnut Will Keaton Raza Jaffrey Daniel Zain Kelli Garner Kate Ryan Coral Peña Anna Cruz Lev Gorn Mikhail Tal
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Episode 1 Aired Feb 25, 2019 Pilot Former CIA agent Erica Shepherd, one of the most notorious traitors in recent American history, is brought out of a federal Supermax prison by FBI agent Will Keaton to help track down the criminal who is behind a coordinated attack on three cities. Details Episode 2 Aired Mar 4, 2019 Black Bear When a former CIA operative is murdered, Keaton enlists Shepherd to help recover valuable intel that could take down Tal once and for all. Details Episode 3 Aired Mar 11, 2019 The Ambassador's Wife Following the discovery that a U.S. ambassador is selling classified intelligence to a Colombian cartel, Shepherd devises a plan to catch him that will push Keaton's moral code to the brink; Keaton brings a new member onto the team. Details Episode 4 Aired Mar 18, 2019 Confessions When intelligence obtained by Shepherd during her stint at the notorious ADMAX prison is linked to a pending attack on U.S. soil, Keaton and the CoIntel team embark on a manhunt to find and stop a deadly international operative. Details Episode 5 Aired Mar 25, 2019 Havana Once Shepherd convinces Keaton that Anna Cruz is a mole inside the FBI working for Tal, Keaton decides to keep his enemies close; with a fox in their henhouse, Keaton and the team spy on one of their own, hoping Cruz will lead them to Tal. Details Episode 6 Aired Apr 1, 2019 Eye of Horus After a bomb explodes in Jersey City, the CoIntel team captures a key planner who can lead them to Tal, the mastermind behind the bombing; Shepherd and Keaton end up on a mission to stop another bomb from going off. Details Episode 7 Aired Apr 8, 2019 Decoded When the FBI intercepts stolen NSA software intended for Tal, Keaton uses the technology as an opportunity to go on the offensive and sends Shepherd undercover; Keaton must choose between catching Tal or saving the life of an innocent teenager. Details Episode 8 Aired Apr 15, 2019 An Offer Flashbacks reveal the fateful events that led CIA Deputy Director Erica Shepherd to betray her country and the ensuing investigation that put her on a collision course with Will Keaton. Details Episode 9 Aired Apr 22, 2019 Homecoming After a major Tal operative escapes CIA custody, Shepherd returns to Langley to help track the fugitive down; Shepherd and Keaton discover the CIA is withholding vital information on Tal, so they spy on the CIA to find out what the agency knows. Details Episode 10 Aired Apr 29, 2019 Chigorin When contractors working for the CIA are murdered, Keaton and the team discover the CIA is keeping secrets from the FBI regarding Tal; Shepherd's ex-husband finds out that Hannah has been lying and visiting Shepherd. Details Episode 11 Aired May 6, 2019 The Embassy When a highly sophisticated Tal operative evades FBI custody and flees to the Swiss embassy, the Cointel team must go under cover; what begins as a smooth counterintelligence operation quickly devolves into a tense hostage situation. Details Episode 12 Aired May 13, 2019 Sequestered Keaton and his team are able to intervene and stop the assassination of a high-profile congresswoman; Shepherd interrogates the congresswoman, who had previously used Shepherd's treason conviction as a launching pad for her political career. Details Episode 13 Aired May 20, 2019 Sierra Maestra Tal's war on the CIA expands to two fronts; Keaton and the CoIntel team must locate the domestic target before Chigorin launches an all-out assault on the unsuspecting innocents; Shepherd convinces Keaton to let her go to Cuba to thwart Tal's attack. Details

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Director
Richard J. Lewis, David S. Tuttman, Lily Mariye, Charles Beeson, David Boyd, Melanie Mayron, Martha Mitchell

Executive Producer
Ken Woodruff, Vernon Sanders, Mark Pellington

Screenwriter
Jono Oliver, Ken Woodruff, David Appelbaum, Andi Bushell, Matt Corman, Jason Wilborn, Tony Camerino, Chris Ord, Erin Donovan, Mellori Velasquez

Network
NBC

Rating
TV-14 (V)

Genre
Crime, Drama, Action, Mystery & Thriller

Original Language
English

Release Date
Feb 25, 2019
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