SummaryEx-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
The Enemy Within
Season 1 Premiere:
Feb 25, 2019
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Mixed or Average
55
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Generally Favorable
6.6
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Feb 18, 2019
85
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.
Feb 25, 2019
67
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.”
Feb 25, 2019
60
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.
Feb 26, 2019
58
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.
Feb 25, 2019
50
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.”
Feb 20, 2019
45
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.
Feb 25, 2019
40
It’s not even pretending to be anything other than broadcast TV comfort food.
User score
Generally Favorable
6.6
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Apr 1, 2026
8
Cool first season, shame that the series was cancelled after it. Plot-wise it's a fairly typical 24-style spy thriller, albeit with the premise that the main character is imprisoned in the first episode. It's just so well acted and paced that it was a pleasure to watch. Jennifer Carpenter anchors the series with a grounded performance, just like she did in Dexter, and manages to convey the stark reality of her character's predicament. Morris Chestnut as agent Will Keaton and Lev Gorn as the elusive villain are also excellent in this.
May 22, 2019
8
Great spy/thriller series, for anyone that liked/watched 24, this should be on their watch list.
