Published May 6, 2026, 7:00 p.m. ET The second season of the Prime Video spy series Citadel begins with one of the most comprehensive Season 1 recaps we’ve seen. There are two reasons for that. One is that the first season debuted over 3 years ago , but the second is that, even if you watched the entire first season like we did, it likely didn’t leave much of an imprint on your memory. It’s just that kind of show. CITADEL SEASON 2: STREAM IT OR SKIP IT? Opening Shot: “ENGLAND.” As people get on a party boat, an uninvited guest gives a guard a few hundred pounds as his invite. The Gist: The uninvited guest is James Hutch (Jack Reynor), a CIA operative who is looking for a billionaire named Paolo Braga (Gabriel Leone). After a lot of fighting and threatening people with guns, he finds out from a smuggler that Braga lives outside Marseille, France.…