Rabbit Hole (TV series)

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.

Rabbit Hole
TV release poster
Genre	Drama Spy thriller
Created by	Glenn Ficarra John Requa
Starring	Kiefer Sutherland Meta Golding Enid Graham Rob Yang Walt Klink Charles Dance
Composer	Siddhartha Khosla
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	8
Production
Executive producers	Glenn Ficarra John Requa Charles Gogolak Hunt Baldwin Kiefer Sutherland Suzan Bymel
Producers	Norman Bender Michael J. Ballin Thomas Ray Aguilar Nick Pavonetti
Production location	Canada
Running time	42–56 minutes
Production companies	Zaftig Films Entertainment 360 CBS Studios
Original release
Network	Paramount+
Release	March 26 (2023-03-26) – May 7, 2023 (2023-05-07)

Premise

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.

Cast

Main

• Kiefer Sutherland as John Weir
• Meta Golding as Hailey Winton
• Enid Graham as FBI Special Agent 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 and Lance Henriksen as Crowley
• Mark Winnick as Young Crowley
• Maia Jae Bastidas as Eliza Wells

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date [1]
1	"Pilot"	Glenn Ficarra & John Requa	Glenn Ficarra & John Requa	March 26, 2023 (2023-03-26)
2	"At Any Given Moment"	Glenn Ficarra & John Requa	Glenn Ficarra & John Requa	March 26, 2023 (2023-03-26)
3	"The Algorithms of Control"	Glenn Ficarra & John Requa	Glenn Ficarra & John Requa	April 2, 2023 (2023-04-02)
4	"The Person in Your Ear"	Jon Cassar	Hunt Baldwin	April 9, 2023 (2023-04-09)
5	"Tom"	Dan Attias	Wendy Riss	April 16, 2023 (2023-04-16)
6	"The Playbook"	Gwyneth Horder-Payton	Michael Ballin & Thomas Aguilar	April 23, 2023 (2023-04-23)
7	"Gilgamesh"	Batan Silva	Hunt Baldwin	April 30, 2023 (2023-04-30)
8	"Ace in the Hole"	Glenn Ficarra & John Requa	Glenn Ficarra & John Requa	May 7, 2023 (2023-05-07)

Production

Paramount+ first ordered an espionage drama series created by John Requa and Glenn Ficarra and starring Kiefer Sutherland from CBS Studios in May 2021,^[2] and the series title Rabbit Hole was announced in February 2022.^[3] Rob Yang was the first co-star added to the cast,^[4] followed by Charles Dance, Meta Golding, Enid Graham, Jason Butler Harner, and Walt Klink.^[5] Wendy Makkena joined the cast as well in September 2022.^[6]

The series was inspired by political thrillers such as Three Days of the Condor, The Manchurian Candidate, Marathon Man and The Parallax View, according to Sutherland.^[7] Requa and Ficarra describe it as a "paranoid thriller".^[8]

The series, set in New York City, began filming in Ontario in May 2022, taking place primarily in Toronto with additional scenes in Hamilton.^[9][10]

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]