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The Veil

★ 6.4 11K votes 2024–2024 1 season · 6 episodes Ended Hulu
EspionageSpies, intelligence agencies and double lives.This show: 9/10Tight limited runA compact, complete story told in just a few episodes.This show: 8/10TenseSustained suspense and pressure from start to finish.This show: 8/10Secrets & liesHidden truths straining every relationship.This show: 8/10Morally grayNo clean heroes or villains anywhere in sight.This show: 7/10Strong female leadA complex woman drives the story.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Elisabeth MossYumna MarwanDali BenssalahJosh CharlesThibault de MontalembertJames Purefoy
Written by
Steven Knight
Starring
Elisabeth MossYumna MarwanDali BenssalahJosh CharlesThibault de MontalembertJames Purefoy
Written by
Steven Knight
Ratings per Episode
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Votes per Episode
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About

"A tense duel of trust and deception"

An MI6 officer extracts a mysterious woman from a refugee camp, unsure whether she is a genuine survivor or a mastermind tied to a terror plot. The six-episode run plays out as a slow-burn cat-and-mouse game, heavy on tense conversations, shifting loyalties, and psychological sparring rather than action. It leans into atmosphere and ambiguity, asking viewers to sit with uncertainty about who is manipulating whom. The pacing is deliberate, sometimes to a fault, and the show rests almost entirely on its two lead performances to keep the tension alive.

Watch it for

the tightly wound performances driving a slow psychological standoff between two unreliable women.

Maybe skip if

you want fast-moving action instead of drawn-out dialogue-driven tension.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Miniseries2024
7.03K64h 40m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1The Camp7.0
58546 min
▶2Crossing the Bridge7.2
51338 min
▶3The Asset7.2
43646 min
▶4Declassified7.2
40141 min
▶5Grandfather's House7.0
39041 min
▶6The Cottage6.4
45968 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Elisabeth Moss Imogen Salter
Yumna Marwan Adilah El Idrissi
Dali Benssalah Malik Amar
Josh Charles Max Peterson
Thibault de Montalembert Magritte
James Purefoy Michael Althorp
Nadia Larbiouene Nour
Keyla Bara Yasmina
Neyla Bara Yasmina
Alec Secareanu Emir

Crew

Steven Knight

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