{"id":38157,"date":"2025-01-12T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-12T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=38157"},"modified":"2025-01-11T20:11:26","modified_gmt":"2025-01-12T01:11:26","slug":"special-ops-lioness-aka-lioness-season-12023-created-by-taylor-sheridan-starring-zoe-saldana-laysla-de-oliveira-michael-kelly-with-morgan-freeman-and-nicole-kidman-z-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=38157","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Special Ops: Lioness&#8221; aka &#8220;Lioness&#8221;: Season 1(2023); created by Taylor Sheridan; starring Zoe Salda\u00f1a, Laysla De Oliveira, Michael Kelly with Morgan Freeman and Nicole Kidman \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2025\/z011225zview_lioness_s1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"741\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Special Ops: Lioness <\/strong><\/em>aka<em><strong> Lioness: Season 1<\/strong><\/em><em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>(2023)<\/p>\n<p>Created by: <strong>Taylor Sheridan<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Director: <strong>John Hillcoat<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>(Eps. 1-2; 7-8); <strong>Anthony Byrne<\/strong> (Eps. 3-4); <strong>Paul Cameron <\/strong>\u00a0(Eps. 5-6)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Teleplay: <strong>Taylor Sheridan<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>(Eps. 1-2; 4-8); <strong>Taylor Sheridan; <\/strong>story by <strong>Taylor Sheridan <\/strong>and<strong> Thomas Brady<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>(Ep. 3);<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stars: <strong>Zoe Salda\u00f1a, Laysla De Oliveira<\/strong><strong>, Dave Annable, Jill Wagner, LaMonica Garrett, James Jordan, Austin H\u00e9bert, Jonah Wharton, Hannah Love Lanier, Nicole Kidman, Michael Kelly, Thad Luckinbill, Celestina Harris, Stephanie Nur, Martin Donovan, Max Martini <\/strong>and<strong> Morgan Freeman.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tagline: None.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Plot&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Joe McNamara (Salda\u00f1a) is a CIA squad leader in charge of the Lioness program.\u00a0 Their mission is to take out Asmar Ali Amrohi.\u00a0 Amrohi finances terrorism throughout the world.\u00a0 The plan is to give Sergeant First Class Cruz Manuelos (De Oliveira) a false identity and get her close to Amrohi&#8217;s daughter, Aaliyah (Nur).\u00a0 Then given the opportunity, Cruz will kill Amrohi or call in an air strike to take out everyone in Amrohi&#8217;s vicinity.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Problems arise when Cruz begins to feel a true friendship for Aaliyah.\u00a0 Meanwhile Joe deals issues at home and the Senate Oversite Committee.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong style=\"font-size: inherit; color: var(--text-color); font-family: var(--text-font);\">Thoughts (beware of spoilers)\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">One of my favorite parts of the show are the characters that make up the Lioness squad.\u00a0 The show features a great mix of side missions, Joe&#8217;s home problems as well as dealings with politicians.<\/p>\n<p>Taylor Sheridan has another winner.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: inherit; color: var(--text-color); font-family: var(--text-font);\"><em><strong>Special Ops: Lioness aka Lioness: Season 1<\/strong><\/em> rates 4 of 5 stars.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/logo\/zview_b.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2025\/z011225zview_lioness_s1a.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"359\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Special Ops: Lioness aka Lioness: Season 1\u00a0(2023) Created by: Taylor Sheridan Director: John Hillcoat\u00a0(Eps. 1-2; 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