Overview
Cruz Manuelos, a rough-around-the-edges but passionate young Marine, is recruited to join the CIA's Lioness Engagement Team to help bring down a terrorist organization from within. Joe, the station chief of the Lioness program, is tasked with training, managing and leading her female undercover operatives.
Lioness operates with an urgent, biting energy that bridges the gap between cold intelligence operations and the messy reality of the US military. While shows in this space often lean into pure action, this series finds its weight in the earnest friction between mission objectives and the human cost of undercover work. It avoids easy moralizing, presenting a landscape where tactical necessity frequently collides with a more compassionate, empathetic view of the lives caught in the crossfire.
Zoe Saldaña anchors the drama with a performance that balances the hard edge of a program lead with the exhaustion of managing high-stakes political objectives. The writing remains committed to the tension of its premise, focusing on how individuals navigate layers of deception while maintaining personal resolve. It is a show that values the slow-burn suspense of deep-cover work, treating its subject matter with a level of care that feels both appreciative of the strategy involved and skeptical of the ultimate burden placed on its soldiers.
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- First Aired
- July 23, 2023
- Status
- Returning Series
- Origin
- US
- TMDB Votes
- 1,167