The Assassin returns with Keeley Hawes as retired assassin

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 31 Oct, 18:24 · Archive

Keeley Hawes stars as a retired contract killer managing new complications in the second season of The Assassin on Stan.

The Assassin, streaming on Stan, stars Keeley Hawes as Julie, a retired contract killer. The second season continues the story from season one, in which Julie's life grew more complex after she learned that a target she had been forced to kill had close ties to her son's new fiancée.

In season two, Julie returns to doing what she does best: dealing with urgent crises as they arise. The series is part of a broader wave of television exploring the experiences of middle-aged women in starring roles, alongside other recent series such as the HBO drama Youth, starring Sharon Horgan as a divorced mother in her fifties seeking a new beginning, and the Stan series Kill Jackie, in which Catherine Zeta Jones plays an ex-assassin whose life unravels when her cover is exposed.

All three series feature women who have decided to take control of their own lives and push forward despite the obstacles they face.

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• Screen Queen TV Reviews: The Assassin, All’s Fair, Black Doves & The New Stanford Prison ExperimentThe Assassin, All’s Fair, Black Doves & The New Stanford Prison Experiment: here’s what our Screen Queen Clare Rigden is watching this week on Aussie TV.The West Australian · 31 Oct, 18:00
• Screen Queen TV Reviews: The Assassin, All’s Fair, Black Doves & The New Stanford Prison ExperimentThe Assassin, All’s Fair, Black Doves & The New Stanford Prison Experiment: here’s what our Screen Queen Clare Rigden is watching this week on Aussie TV.Perth Now · 31 Oct, 18:00

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