'The Enemy Within' Season 1 preview: Predictable plot is saved by layered characters in NBC espionage drama

While the NBC show seems similar to other counterintelligence dramas out there, the deft treatment of its characters elevates it a notch higher
PUBLISHED FEB 21, 2019

NBC has been super secretive about its upcoming spy thriller-drama, 'The Enemy Within', and hasn't released any information about the show except for the same copy-paste synopsis that everyone's heard time and again.

Despite it being one of their biggest shows of the year, the network has done very little marketing for the show which premieres on February 25, and this may just be their reverse-tactics for getting more people talking about the show.

While we were curious about the show's premise for the longest time, NBC was generous enough to provide a preview of the pilot episode, and if you can see past the done-to-death plotline, the series does unfold as a pretty awesome thriller.

'The Enemy Within' is said to be 'The Blacklist' on steroids, and the first episode was thrilling enough to make us believe the description.

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