Watch Order (Release = Chronological)Recommended
0 / 2 watchedBoth seasons in broadcast order. Missions reset, consequences do not.
- 1 Special Ops: Lioness Season 1 8 episodes, 2023. Cruz infiltration.
- 2 Special Ops: Lioness Season 2 8 episodes, 2024. New operation.
About Special Ops: Lioness
Special Ops: Lioness (2023) is Taylor Sheridan's CIA drama: Zoe Saldaña runs the Lioness program embedding female operatives with high-value targets' families, with Nicole Kidman as the handler above her. Season 1 follows Cruz's infiltration; season 2 (2024) widens to a new operation with the team carrying over.
Broadcast order is the guide; the seasons chain character consequences while resetting missions. The show sits in Sheridan's Paramount+ universe alongside Yellowstone and Mayor of Kingstown but shares no plot with them. Cruz's arc across both seasons is the spine, so the prequel-style episode placements land best in air order.
Good to know
The series was renewed for a third season, which had no premiere date at the last check, so the two seasons are the set for now. Laysla De Oliveira's Cruz carries season 1 while the veterans orbit her; season 2 balances the ensemble more evenly. The tradecraft is Hollywood-heightened rather than documentary, which is worth knowing before the realism debates. Episode counts differ slightly by listing (eight each), so follow air order, not numbers.
