''Rabbit Hole'' (stylized as ''Rabbit/Hole'') is an American

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television series created by John Requa and

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for

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. The series stars

Kiefer Sutherland Kiefer William Frederick Dempsey George Rufus Sutherland (born 21 December 1966) is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his starring role as Jack Bauer in the Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox drama series ''24 (TV series), 24'' (2001–2010, 20 ...

as a private espionage agent framed for murder. The series aired from March 26 to May 7, 2023. In October 2023, the series was cancelled after one season.

Premise

John Weir is a corporate spy adept at deception and ruining lives. In his last mission, a mysterious

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turns the table on him and gives him a taste of his own medicine by framing him for a murder, and he finds himself in a cat-and-mouse game for gaining his freedom.

Cast

Main

as John Weir * Meta Golding as Hailey Winton * Enid Graham as

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Josephine "Jo" Madi * Rob Yang as Edward Homm * Walt Klink as The Intern/Kyle * Charles Dance as Dr. Ben Wilson

Recurring

* Jason Butler Harner as Miles Valence * Jed Rees as Manfred Larter * Ishan Davé as Hafiz * Wendy Makkena as Debra *

Peter Weller Peter Francis Weller (born June 24, 1947) is an American actor and television director. He has appeared in more than 70 films and television series, including ''RoboCop'' (1987) and its sequel ''RoboCop 2'' (1990), in which he played RoboCop ( ...

and

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as Crowley * Mark Winnick as Young Crowley * Maia Jae Bastidas as Eliza Wells

Episodes

Production

first ordered an espionage drama series created by John Requa and

and starring

from

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in May 2021, and the series title ''Rabbit Hole'' was announced in February 2022. Rob Yang was the first co-star added to the cast, followed by Charles Dance, Meta Golding, Enid Graham, Jason Butler Harner, and Walt Klink. Wendy Makkena joined the cast as well in September 2022. The series was inspired by

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such as ''

Three Days of the Condor ''Three Days of the Condor'' is a 1975 American spy thriller film directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Robert Redford, Faye Dunaway, Cliff Robertson, and Max von Sydow. The screenplay by Lorenzo Semple Jr. and David Rayfiel was based on the ...

'', '' The Manchurian Candidate'', '' Marathon Man'' and '' The Parallax View'', according to Sutherland. Requa and Ficarra describe it as a "paranoid thriller". The series, set in

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, began filming in

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in May 2022, taking place primarily in

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with additional scenes in

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. On October 26, 2023, Paramount+ cancelled the series after one season.

Release

On January 9, 2023, at Paramount+'s

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panel, the series was revealed to be premiering on March 26, 2023. The series made its linear premiere on

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in the United States on March 27, 2023.

Reception

The

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website

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reported a 76% approval rating with an average rating of 6.9/10, based on 34 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "Although ''Rabbit Hole'' tumbles into one twist too many, Kiefer Sutherland remains compelling in his welcome return to the espionage genre."

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, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 66 out of 100 based on 16 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

References

External links

Official site
on

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