Who has Framed John Weir in the ‘Rabbit Hole’?

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“Rabbit Hole” kicks into the next tihero who won’t hesitate to use any and they wind up spending the night gear when Weir takes a gig working for his old friend Valence (Jason Butler Harner, “Ozark”), and things go sideways in a hurry. A body ends up splattered on a sidewalk in Manhattan, a government executive goes missing and is presumed dead — and those giant screens in Times Square

‘Rabbit Hole’

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A series premiering with two episodes Sunday on Paramount+.

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Convinced Hailey is somehow mixed up in all of this, John sorta-kinda … well, he does kidnap Hailey, but she quickly becomes his de facto partner as they go deeper and deeper into the rabbit hole to try to figure out who is framing John and why. Through the first four episodes, we learn about John’s traumatic childhood in some strikingly well-rendered flashback sequences, and we meet a handful of key characters in present day. There’s Enid Graham’s FBI Agent Jo Madi, who in time-honored TV tradition is certain John is up to something but is always one step behind him, and the great Charles Dance as a legendary cloakand-dagger operative who can sit you down over coffee and convince you that most of the crazy conspiracies circling around are in fact true.

“Rabbit Hole” is one of those shows where nobody is being completely honest with one another, and when someone says, “Can I trust you,” you wonder why they bother asking. Of course no one can be trusted! That’s part of the fun.