The Recruit
WARNING: SPOILERS ahead for The Recruit season 2.
Played by Maddie Hasson, Nichka was first introduced inThe Recruitseason 1 as the seemingly innocent Marta.
Owen suspects that Marta is working undercover, only hitting on him to extract “kompromat”.
While this accusation sends Marta running, Owen ends up being correct.
The most shocking part, however, is Nichka’s claim that Max was her mother.
This would make her Max’s daughter Karolina, who she believed to be dead.
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This means thatMarta, Karolina, and Nichka are all the same person.
As portrayed throughout season 2, Nichka is her most well-known and truest identity.
Unfortunately,The Recruitseason 2 doesn’t shed much light on the backstory between Max and Nichka.
Previously, she disowned her given name and embraced a new identity without Max.
Nichka is emotionless after Max’s death and never explains to Owen why she killed her mother.
Nichka is emotionless after Max’s death and never explains to Owen why she killed her mother.
The best estimate is that there were longstanding irrecoverable personal or ideological issues between them.
Nichka is revealed to be much too dangerous and untrustworthyto have been sent back into the field.
Owen informs her that as an asset, she will be paid depending on the value of her intel.
Nichka returns to her Russian apartment and is met by assassins.
Nichka could have also been motivated to reaffirm her status in Russia, which betraying Owen would accomplish.
Nichka told the FSB that the CIA tried to recruit her and became a double agent.
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