Lester Kitchens is a character on The Recruit. He is portrayed by Colton Dunn.
Biography[]
Lester works at the CIA with Owen Hendricks and Violet Ebner. He is a former CIA covert operative who used to work in the field. He meets Violet when in the field as she is former JAG, and she convinces him to become a lawyer and work for General Counsel.
In Owen's first case, he and Violet purposely misdirect him because they see him as a threat. He initially gives Owen a hard time, but slowly warms up to his charisma and ambition.
Throughout The Recruit[]
Season One[]
On Owen's first day of work, Violet Ebner and Lester hand him a pile of graymail, and ask him to determine which threats are legitimate. After doing some digging, Owen discovers that one graymail from Max Meladze seems legitimate, as she has knowledge of code names that no one outside the CIA would know. When he brings this news to his boss, Walter Nyland, Walter questions why Violet and Lester did not discover this earlier when they were tasked with going through the graymail. Walter tells Owen to continue his investigation. Violet and Lester, who don't trust Owen, purposely misdirect him by implying that he should travel to Yemen to investigate the case, knowing that Owen had not yet been issues a black passport to provide him with diplomatic immunity.
While in Yemen, Owen is held hostage and interrogated. The people there initially doubt he is from the CIA, as he does not have a black passport, and pull out one of his nails. They eventually set him free.[1]
Walter Nyland instructs Owen to help Lester with one of his cases, which involves traveling to Lebanon. In Lebanon, Owen and Lester meet with Lester's former colleague, Dave. He refuses to pay his ex-wife child support, causing his wife to threaten to reveal CIA secrets that Dave told her. Owen and Lester give Dave a contract agreeing to let the agency deduct his pay to pay his wife child support. Dave initially refuses, but after Owen and Lester convince him his life will be over if his ex-wife were to leak state secrets that he told her, he reluctantly signs the contract.
After wards, Owen and Lester drink in a bar. Lester tells Owen how he met Violet at an army base in Germany, and that she helped him with law school online. Lester doubts Owen's abilities and calls him lucky, but Owen claims that he is simply good at his job and that if Lester knew about his life, he wouldn't call him lucky.[2]
Owen is out buying breakfast with Violet and Lester. Owen and Lester talk about their trip to Lebanon. Violet is upset that two first-year guys were sent to the Middle East, while she, a more qualified lawyer, is stuck redacting memos. She wants something more challenging.[3]
Later, Lester and Violet are sent as backup for Owen in Geneva. After Xander Goi's death, Lester is reinstated as a covert operative for the remainder of the mission.
Season Two[]
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| Characters |
| Owen Hendricks • Max Meladze • Violet Ebner • Lester Kitchens • Hannah Copeland • Terence Hoffman • Janus Ferber • Walter Nyland • Amelia Salazar • Xander Goi • Dawn Gilbane • Kelly Kwitny • Danny Woodrow • Nichka Lashin/Karolina |
| Cast |
| Noah Centineo • Laura Haddock • Aarti Mann • Colton Dunn • Fivel Stewart • Daniel Quincy Annoh • Kristian Bruun • Vondie Curtis-Hall • Kaylah Zander • Byron Mann • Angel Parker • Alexandra Petrachuck • Charlie Saxon • Maddie Hasson |
| Episodes |
| I.N.A.S.I.A.L. • N.L.T.S.Y.P. • Y.D.E.K.W.Y.D. • I.Y.D.I.A.A.C. •T.S.L.A.Y.P. • I.C.I.N.C. • I.M.F.T.B.S. • W.T.F.I.O.H. |