“Splinter Cell: Deathwatch” Season 1 follows a retired Sam Fisher, once the elite stealth operative of the U.S. “Fourth Echelon,” who lives in quiet exile. His peace is shattered when a young operative named Zinnia McKenna, badly wounded and betrayed in the field, seeks his help to uncover a conspiracy that reaches deep into global power structures. Drawn out of retirement, Fisher must guide McKenna through covert missions, betrayals, and ghostly secrets — all while confronting his own past and the legacy of foes long presumed dead.
During the season’s arc, Fisher and McKenna dig into the machinations of Diana Shetland and her brother Charlie, whose plans involve destabilizing world order with a self-sustaining island called Xanadu. As alliances fracture and truths unravel, the duo board the ghost ship Lazarev in the finale, only to witness Diana’s demise in an explosion engineered by Charlie. Fisher narrowly survives, but the cost is heavy and the world forever changed. Ubisoft News+4Ready Steady Cut+4Ready Steady Cut+4
Movie / Series Details
- Title: Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Deathwatch (Season 1) Wikipedia+2theanimationblog.com+2
- Format: Adult animated espionage / action TV series Wikipedia+2KitGuru+2
- Creator / Showrunner: Derek Kolstad Den of Geek+3Wikipedia+3Ubisoft News+3
- Directors: Guillaume Dousse (with co-direction by Félicien Colmet-Daâge) Ubisoft News+2Wikipedia+2
- Voice Cast (key):
- Liev Schreiber as Sam Fisher GamesRadar++5Wikipedia+5Netflix+5
- Kirby Howell-Baptiste as Zinnia McKenna GamesRadar++3Wikipedia+3theanimationblog.com+3
- Janet Varney as Anna “Grim” Grímsdóttir Wikipedia+1
- Joel Oulette as “Thunder” Wikipedia
- Kari Wahlgren as Diana Shetland Wikipedia+1
- Aleks Le as Charlie Shetland Wikipedia
- Kiff VandenHeuvel as Douglas Shetland Wikipedia+1
- Bella Dayne as Freya Niemeyer Wikipedia+1
- Navid Negahban as Reza “Gunther” Karimi Wikipedia - Production Companies: Tradecraft, Sun Creature Studio, FOST Studio, Ubisoft Film & Television Wikipedia+2Ubisoft News+2
- Original Network / Platform: Netflix The Verge+3Wikipedia+3Ubisoft News+3
- Premiere Date: October 14, 2025 Ubisoft News+4Wikipedia+4Ubisoft News+4
- Episodes: 8 episodes Wikipedia+5Wikipedia+5theanimationblog.com+5
- Episode Durations: Approximately 22–30 minutes each (typical of adult animated series) Wikipedia+2SoapCentral+2
- Genre / Themes: Espionage, stealth, spy thriller, betrayal, conspiracy, legacy, covert operations Ready Steady Cut+5Wikipedia+5KitGuru+5
- Reception:
- On Rotten Tomatoes: ~83% approval (based on 12 reviews) Wikipedia
- On Metacritic: score ~70/100 (indicating “generally favorable”) Wikipedia
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