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Season 2 – The Old Man

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2024

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Dan Chase absconded from the CIA and lives off the grid. When an assassin arrives and tries to take Chase out, the old operative learns that to ensure his future he now must reconcile his past. The FBI's Harold Harper is called on to hunt him down because of his complicated past with the rogue fugitive. When Chase proves to be more difficult to apprehend than the authorities expected, a highly trained special ops contractor is sent to pursue him as well. While on the run, Chase rents a room from Zoe McDonald, who draws on reserves she never knew she had to survive the day when she learns the truth about her new tenant.

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Critics Consensus

Jeff Bridges and John Lithgow remain a compulsively watchable pair, but there's a nagging sense that The Old Man has lost a step in this overextended sophomore season.

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James Jackson

Times (UK)

Yet it’s hard to shake the feeling of a tidy limited series being tediously strung out.

Rated: 2/5

Nov 9, 2024

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Rachel Aroesti

Guardian

The Old Man is bursting with puzzling alliances and long-buried secrets -- but the biggest mystery of all is why we should care about any of it.

Rated: 2/5

Nov 6, 2024

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Kaiya Shunyata

RogerEbert.com

If we lived in a culture that was interested in nurturing longer television seasons, perhaps season two of “The Old Man” could reach new heights. In the end, this season shows a lot of promise but ultimately continues to spiral downhill as it goes on.

Sep 12, 2024

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Jorge Loser

Espinof

... The second season of 'The Old Man' is convincing, boasts good performances, and maintains the tension and suspense alive. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 3.5/5

Nov 27, 2024

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Ricky Valero

FandomWire

Alia Shawkat's work as Emily Chase saves The Old Man Season 2 from being an overly dull watch.

Rated: 6/10

Oct 10, 2024

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Abe Friedtanzer

Awards Buzz

Season two...trades in the distant cat-and-mouse game for a series of intimate conversations and daring survival attempts of unlikely allies discovering new understandings of each other.

Rated: 7/10

Sep 23, 2024

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Season 1 was taught and tense. Season 2 was the exact opposite sadly, after such anticipation. I got the family building bit in Afghanistan the first few episodes as being necessary, but quite soon after, the script and dialogue became woolly and irritating and the plot potentially good, but totally under utilised, The dialogue got to the point I'd mentally ask characters to STFU. For the best it's been cancelled.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

12/30/24

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Steve B

Another great series cancelled before its time. This deserved a third season.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/28/24

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Alan B

Stunning. Season 2 really begins to make sense of the whole story. Its so rare to see a believable and mature story of espionage and skulduggery that its a major disappointment to find out that there will be no season 3.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/24/24

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Mr. Beans R

After a great first season season two is a huge let down it looks like they didn't think they'd get a second season and the story went off course, still better then most modern tv I'd recommend it to people who've seen season one and want a conclusion to the arc not to new viewers

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

12/21/24

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Chris F

I love this series. It is so smartly constructed compared to your typical spy action drama. The different layers that "the old man" represents is great. Which old man? Jeff Bridges, John Lithgow, Hamzad's character, Mogan Boat? They can all come into play. Also the mirroring of the father / daughter perspectives across time is fascinating to me. My only complaint is the Zoe character which feels out of place to me. Just doesn't quite fit.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/13/24

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Jack W

Really disappointed. Dialogue that sounds deep and insightful, but is just bad. It’s too slow and suffers from what has become a cliche for a lot of shows, Nothing happens until the last ten minutes of each episode. It shows a lack of respect for the audience, like we can’t tell that it’s full of filler.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

12/09/24

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Robert Levine

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Jeff Bridges

Dan Chase

John Lithgow

Harold Harper

Amy Brenneman

Zoe McDonald

Alia Shawkat

Angela Adams

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Episode 1

Aired Sep 12, 2024

VIII

Dan Chase and Harold Harper are now in Afghanistan; they have to evade the Taliban in order to save Emily.

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Episode 2

Aired Sep 12, 2024

Emily Chase learns of her true identity as the daughter of Faraz Hamzad while outside forces threaten her and her new family.

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Episode 3

Aired Sep 19, 2024

Dan and Emily Chase reunite for the first time in many years and must protect the Hamzad village from the Taliban.

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Episode 4

Aired Sep 26, 2024

Chase and Harper try to convince Morgan Bote to help Emily but when Zoe McDonald resurfaces, they realize the story's much bigger than they thought.

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Episode 5

Aired Oct 3, 2024

XII

Chase, Harper and Zoe take refuge in Harper's house only to receive tragic news.

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Episode 6

Aired Oct 10, 2024

XIII

Chase and Zoe must track down Hamzad's lawyer in London; Harper must recruit an unlikely partner.

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Episode 7

Aired Oct 17, 2024

XIV

Chase is taken captive by Suleyman Pavlovich as he risks everything to save Zoe; Harper must go to the opposite end of the earth to confront his past.

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Episode 8

Aired Oct 24, 2024

Everything is on the line as Zoe must save Chase's life, while Harper's misstep puts him in peril.

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