'The Recruit': Decoding Every Season 2 Episode Title

The Recruit is not only one of the most intriguing spy series on Netflixit also delivers some detective work to the viewers themselves. With each episode title being an acronymattention to detail throughout the entire series is essential in order to find out what they stand for.

The Netflix hit series definitely has an intention behind this since Owen Hendricks (Noah Centineo) himself always makes it a point that he simply can’t keep up with all the codes and acronyms. Without further adolet’s decode every episode title of The Recruit Season 2.

'The Recruit' Episode 1 Y.N.A.H.Y.A.L.

The first season of The Recruit left Owen craving more action once againandas fate wanted ithe found himself in the middle of a chaotic mission. When he asked for permission to bring it to a (hopefully) successful endOwen’s bossNylandtold him that“You’re not a heroyou’re a lawyer,” which was such a striking statement that it made it into the episode title. It definitely becomes clear that perhaps Owen is a heroafter all.

'The Recruit' Episode 2 Y.A.R.A.C.O.T.D.O.P.

The title of episode 2“You are really a condom on the d*** of progress,” refers to an entertaining relationship between Owen and one of his colleagues. If there is one thing that is clear from the very beginning of the exciting Netflix series with an impressive score on Rotten Tomatoesthen it is the fact that CIA agent Janus has no interest in working with Owen whatsoever.

He considers Owen an immense burden and the root of all his problemsavoiding the CIA lawyer at any cost. When he is ordered to accompany Owen on his mission to South KoreaJanus continuously makes it known that Owen is indeed the one person who either sets off a nightmare mission or keeps everyone from doing their job according to protocol.

'The Recruit' Episode 3 H.H.I.I.T.K.A.L.

The third episode“How hard is it to kill a lawyer?” refers to the fact that Owen not only has a lot of enemies who are trying to kill him but there are also some of his colleagues whose goal is to put an end to Owen’s life. Dawnfor onemade it her personal task to rid herself of Owen for good and simultaneously ensure that he wouldn’t be able to reveal any of her secrets. With all the betrayal he experiencedOwen could become the main character in a revenge-themed TV series.

'The Recruit' Episode 4 A.T.N.W.H.Y.P.A.B.H.

Episode 4 of The Recruit kicked off with Owen speeding to get to Jang Kyun’s apartment to break in and find out information about the NIS agent. During the drivehe was on the phone with Januswho consolingly (or not) explained to him that if he’s caughthe’s dead. Although he actually meant that he would be immediately kicked out of South Korea“and then Nyland will have you pulled apart by horses,” because their boss certainly wouldn’t want his agents risking the relationship between the CIA and NIS like that.

'The Recruit' Episode 5 W.S.T.W.T.P.

“We’re still tinkering with the programmatics” was a sentence said by CIA general counsel Nyland during a tense conversation with the South Korean NIS when he was ordered to hand over the South Korean officer Jang Kyun. He tries to clarify that the situation isn’t as simpleas they are still working on the programmaticsbut patience is a foreign word in this spy thriller.

'The Recruit' Episode 6 I.D.N.W.T.B.D.I.

This episode's title“I do not want to be dead inside,” is arguably the most important one of the entire globally successful Netflix series. The reason for this is that Owen said these words during a turning point in his mission. Jang Kyun and he wereas Owen later found outbetrayed by Nichkawhich forced him to leave an injured Jang Kyun and his wife in the hands of the Russians on a boat while he swam for his life.

Once he called his colleaguesDawn and Lesterin order to tell them that he would try to save themthey told him to leave them behind. Owen didn’t react well to this suggestioncalling them out for having lost any sense of empathy and humanity and stating that he never wants to end up like them. He never wants to be dead inside. This is also an important statementwhich might set up what Owen’s future in the CIA in a possible third season of The Recruit could look like. The Recruit is available to stream on Netflix.