Streaming on Paramount+ starting July 23, this series is promising on the surface though still has a long road ahead of it.
Between The Night Agent and Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, it’s no secret spy shows are having a moment. But as these shows attempt to make a name for themselves, none would be possible without the astute, slow-burn charm of Homeland.
Joining De Oliveira and Saldaña is Kidman, who is always enjoyable to watch and manages to leave a sharp impression. Though we don’t see much of her in the premiere, we understand how her character, Kaitlyn is a forceful ally to Joe. As the CIA’s senior supervisor, she has an extensive career of playing politics and juggling the weight of being a woman in the intelligence community.
But while Sheridan has come under scrutiny in the past for how he writes women, Special Ops: Lioness makes up for that in some ways through female empowerment leading the charge on male-dominated missions. One might argue Cruz is just another example of a female character written as an exploitative device as she is a woman of color, abused and beaten by her partner and subjected to a life of control. On the surface, she is a character born of stereotypes and simply lives to be mistreated.
Are we supposed to believe a young Syrian woman is so enamored by the West that upon her first meeting with an American, who is also an undercover agent, is going to be her new best friend? So, she’s supposed to be naive? This is American exceptionalism at its finest, as it continues to exploit women on both sides for an agenda entrenched in cis-heteropatriarchy.
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