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2019 American drama television series

The Enemy Within

Genre	Drama
Created by	Ken Woodruff
Starring	Jennifer Carpenter Morris Chestnut Raza Jaffrey Cassandra Freeman Kelli Garner Noah Mills
Composer	Bobby Krlic
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13
Production
Executive producers	Ken Woodruff Mark Pellington Vernon Sanders
Production locations	Bergen Community College, Bergen County, New Jersey Meadowlands Arena, East Rutherford, New Jersey [1]
Cinematography	James Hawkinson Frank Prinzi Frankie DeMarco
Editors	Finnian Murray Mike Banas Leon Martin Elba Sanchez-Short Chris Cibelli James Kilton Cary Israel Nick Towle Michael Ruscio
Running time	43–44 minutes
Production companies	82nd West Universal Television
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	February 25 (2019-02-25) –May 20, 2019 (2019-05-20)

The Enemy Within is an American drama television series created by Ken Woodruff, which aired on NBC from February 25 to May 20, 2019. The series was cancelled after one season on May 30, 2019.[2]

In 2015, Erica Shepherd is the CIA Deputy Director of Operations. When Russian master terrorist Mikhail Vassily Tal threatens her daughter Hannah, Erica is forced to reveal the names of four agents: Steven Haibach, Brian Lanich, Desiree Villareal, and Laine Heffron. The agents are killed, and Erica is arrested by FBI agent Will Keaton and sentenced to 15 consecutive life sentences without possibility of parole. Three years later, Tal strikes again, and Keaton is ordered to bring Erica out of ADX Florence to join the hunt for Tal and his growing network of spies.

Cast and characters

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Jennifer Carpenter as Erica J. Shepherd, a brilliant codebreaker and former CIA Deputy Director of Operations, serving life in prison for espionage and treason. She is recruited by Will Keaton to stop terrorist Mikhail Tal.
Morris Chestnut as Will Keaton, the FBI special agent in charge of the hunt for Tal, and a rising star in the FBI Counterintelligence Division. The agent who arrested Shepherd, he reluctantly enlists her help in hopes of avenging his fiancée Laine.
Raza Jaffrey as Daniel Zain, an FBI interrogator and Keaton's confidant.
Kelli Garner as Kate Ryan, a technical analyst with the FBI Cyber Division.
Cassandra Freeman as Jaquelyn Pettigrew, a training instructor at the FBI Academy.
Noah Mills as Jason Bragg, an FBI agent and former Army Ranger.
Lev Gorn as Mikhail Vassily Tal, a former Russian SVR agent and the elusive mastermind behind a series of terrorist attacks against the United States with a network of hidden operatives. Until "Decoded," only his voice is heard (provided by an uncredited Alex Feldman).
Coral Peña as Anna Cruz, a junior CIA analyst who works as a mole for Tal.
James Carpinello as Anthony Cabrera, the CIA's new Deputy Director of Operations.
Sophia Gennusa as Hannah Shepherd, Erica's daughter.
Noah Bean as Christopher Shepherd, Erica's ex-husband.
Edward Akrout as International Assassin Aslan Aksoy.
John Finn as Richard Bregman, the FBI's Assistant Director of Counterintelligence and Keaton's superior.
Florencia Lozano as Elizabeth Cordova, the Deputy Director of National Intelligence.
Kathleen McNenny as Grace Molinero, the Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation who distrusts Shepherd.
Pawel Szajda as Victor Nemec, one of Tal's top lieutenants who was responsible for killing Steven Haibach and Desiree Villareal. He was later killed by Anna Cruz.
Chelsea Watts as Laine Heffron, a CIA agent and Keaton's fiancée who was killed in a plane crash orchestrated by Tal.
Robert Gossett as Thomas Heffron, Laine's father.
Michael O'Keefe as Paul Backus, a National Security Advisor that is on Tal's side.
Ana Kayne as Carla Mendoza, Tal's top lieutenant and confidant.
Michael Braun as Dr. Alan Novak, a physician in Tal's organization.
Dale Pavinsky as Alexander Chigorin, Tal's senior lieutenant who was responsible for Laine's death and was recruited by Tal when he was just a teenager.
Michael James Shaw as Desmond Visser, a commando-turned-independent security analyst who only met Tal through transaction.
Margaret Colin as Evelyn Bell, a former CIA black ops-turned-congresswoman from Florida who used Erica's conviction to start off her political career.

On January 22, 2018, it was announced that NBC had given the production a pilot order. The pilot was written by Ken Woodruff who was also expected to executive produce alongside Vernon Sanders. Production companies involved with the pilot were set to include Universal Television.[16] On February 16, 2018, it was reported that Mark Pellington would direct the pilot episode.[17] On May 7, 2018, it was announced that NBC had given the production a series order. It was also reported that Pellington would act as an executive producer for the series.[18] A few days later, it was announced that the series would premiere as a mid-season replacement in the spring of 2019.[19] On December 18, 2018, it was announced that the series would premiere on February 25, 2019 and air weekly on Mondays during the 10 PM time slot.[20] On May 30, 2019, NBC canceled the series after a single season.[2]

In February 2018, it was announced that Raza Jaffrey, Jennifer Carpenter, and Morris Chestnut had been cast in lead roles in the pilot.[21][22] In March 2018, it was reported that Cassandra Freeman and Kelli Garner had joined the main cast.[23][24] On June 28, 2018, it was announced that Noah Mills had been cast in a series regular role.[25] In December 2018, it was reported that Coral Peña and Robert Gossett would appear in a recurring capacity.[26][27]

In October 2018, filming for the series took place at Bergen Community College in Bergen County, New Jersey.[28]Scenes are also shot on soundstages installed in the East Rutherford Meadowlands Arena, former home to the New Jersey Devils and New Jersey Nets, now known as the Brooklyn Nets.[29]

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the series holds an approval rating of 43% based on 14 reviews, with an average rating of 5.33/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Despite a set of stellar performances led by the capable Jennifer Carpenter, The Enemy Within stumbles into an overly formulaic narrative that fails to produce any real spark."[42] On Metacritic, it has a weighted average score of 55 out of 100, based on 10 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[43]

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