Rabbit Hole (stylized as Rabbit/Hole) is an American spy thriller television series created by John Requa and Glenn Ficarra for Paramount+. The series stars Kiefer Sutherland 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.
John Weir is a corporate spy adept at deception and ruining lives. In his last mission, a mysterious cabal 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.
John Weir (Kiefer Sutherland) is a paranoid corporate espionage consultant whose life spirals out of control. The episode starts with Weir at a confession with a priest. Three weeks before that, Weir orchestrates a stock market scam by faking news reports, causing a rug pull for his client. When FBI agent Jo Madi (Enid Graham) investigates, Weir brushes her off and continues his work with Arda Analytics, led by his friend Miles Valence (Jason Butler Harner). Together, they fabricate evidence linking a major company to corruption by a US Treasury Department official to sweep off allegations of child slavery. Weir soon realizes he's being watched by a mysterious woman named Hailey (Meta Golding) and a blue Mercedes. As events unravel, Weir is framed for murder when Valence manipulates evidence and then kills himself. Weir is forced to flee and becomes a fugitive. In a final scene, his supposed victim and the Treasury Department figure he framed, Edward Homm (Rob Yang), is seen alive and captive in Weir's basement.
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Glenn Ficarra & John Requa
Glenn Ficarra & John Requa
March26,2023(2023-03-26)
In flashbacks from 1981, a young Weir is trained by his father, Ben (Charles Dance), who then removes the phone line for security. Subsequent flashbacks detail Ben's supposed death and a man claiming he was killed fighting for his country. In the present, Detective Madi investigates a fire scene but is rebuffed by Rasche (Noam Jenkins) until the discovery of a survivor. Hailey is approached by impersonators, but Weir intervenes and abducts her. Unable to get information on the blue Mercedes, Weir ties her in his trunk and drives to his childhood home, finding Homm there, alive but bound. Weir and Hailey then tail a Valence co-worker, who reveals Valence's case was a set-up to frame Weir for Homm's murder. He names the orchestrator as "he's everywhere" and confirms that access to information needs Miles' authenticator and password from police evidence. Posing as an FBI agent, Weir breaks into the precinct. However, the survivor steals the authenticator and attacks Weir before Hailey runs him down. The episode concludes with the revelation that the old man threatening Homm at Weir's house is his father, Ben, who is still alive.
On October 26, 2023, Paramount+ cancelled the series after one season.[11]
Release
On January 9, 2023, at Paramount+'s Television Critics Association panel, the series was revealed to be premiering on March 26, 2023.[12]
The series made its linear premiere on Paramount Network in the United States on March 27, 2023.[13]
Reception
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes 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."[14]Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 66 out of 100 based on 16 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[15]
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