The Night Agent

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The Night Agent
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Genre
Created by Shawn Ryan
Based onThe Night Agent
by Matthew Quirk
Starring
Music by Robert Duncan
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes20
Production
Executive producers
Producers
  • James Dodson
  • Nick Bradley
  • Canella Williams-Larrabée
  • Alejandro Espinoza
Production locations
Cinematography
Editors
  • Peter Elliot
  • Lilly Urban
  • Natasha Gjurokovic
  • Anthony Pinker
  • C.J. Liao
Running time45–56 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network Netflix
ReleaseMarch 23, 2023 (2023-03-23) –
present (present)

The Night Agent is an American action thriller television series created by Shawn Ryan based on the novel of the same name by Matthew Quirk. Starring Gabriel Basso in the title role, it premiered on Netflix on March 23, 2023. [1] The series emerged as the third-most-viewed debuting series on Netflix in its first four days, and within a week it was renewed for a second season. [2] Within a month, it became the streaming service's sixth-most-viewed series. [3] In October 2024, ahead of the second-season premiere, the series was renewed for a third season. [4] The second season was released on January 23, 2025. [5]

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Plot

FBI agent Peter Sutherland is thrown into a vast conspiracy about a mole at the highest levels of the United States government. To save the nation, he plunges into a desperate hunt for the traitor, while protecting former tech CEO Rose Larkin from the people who murdered her aunt and uncle. [6]

Cast and characters

Main

Recurring

Episodes

Series overview

SeasonEpisodesOriginally released
1 10March 23, 2023 (2023-03-23)
2 10January 23, 2025 (2025-01-23)

Season 1 (2023)

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date
11"The Call" Seth Gordon Teleplay by : Shawn Ryan March 23, 2023 (2023-03-23)
FBI Special Agent Peter Sutherland saves countless civilians from a bombing on the DC Metro. A year later, he is working for White House Chief of Staff Diane Farr at a position monitoring a phone seldom used by the secretive Night Agent program. Rose Larkin, a former cybersecurity CEO who has recently gone bankrupt, is staying with her aunt and uncle Emma and Henry Campbell in Loudoun County, Virginia when their house is attacked. Before they are both killed, they give Rose a phone number and code word that she calls and is connected to Sutherland. She is rescued by local police before the assassins can reach her. Sutherland is instructed by Farr to take Larkin into protective custody, against the wishes of FBI Deputy Director Jamie Hawkins. Sutherland explains that the Campbells were members of the Night Agent program. It is also revealed his father, FBI agent Peter Sutherland, Sr. was suspected of being a traitor before his untimely death in a car crash. En-route to a safe house they are pursued by the assassins, but are able to evade them. Sutherland uses his a CCTV he set up in his apartment to capture an image of a ring worn by one of the men. At Farr's debriefing the next day, Larkin requests Sutherland's presence, not feeling safe with anyone else and being reluctant to tell Farr and Hawkins the truth - that she heard her aunt mentioning someone in the White House cannot be trusted. Meanwhile, assassin couple Dale (one of the men who killed the Campbells) and Ellen break into a suburban house in Racine, Wisconsin, killing its owner, and retrieve a hidden bag.
22"Redial"Seth GordonShawn RyanMarch 23, 2023 (2023-03-23)
In a flashback, several high profile clients of Larkin's are hacked due to internal sabotage. She lies in the debrief about seeing Dale's face, and is sent to a hotel under Secret Service protection. Hawkins discloses that Campbells worked in counterintelligence. Sutherland matches the ring emblem to the House of Karađorđević. He also discovers Hawkins was the Campbells' former handler, and Farr instructs him to review their case history. The bag the assassins took contains a stuffed toy nanny cam. Dale takes a call from their employers, who know Larkin's whereabouts and want her eliminated. Sutherland arrives at the hotel, but notices the Secret Service agents are gone. He evacuates Larkin and they are pursued unsuccessfully by Ellen and Dale. Farr deduces it was Hawkins who ordered the security pulled. Sutherland and Larkin revisit the Campbell residence, and she recalls overhearing them talking about codenamed 'Osprey', mentioning '7 days left' and a 'drive in the woods'. Deducing this means a hard drive, she and Sutherland travel to her uncle's woodland cabin. Sutherland finds a hidden hard drive, but it has encryption that Larkin cannot surpass. Sutherland notices the file name matches the number of the train targeted in the DC Metro bombing. Hawkins meets with one of the assassins' clients, but is killed for his silence. Farr is informed of his death, and goes to where his body was dumped in a farm site.
33"The Zookeeper" Guy Ferland Munis Rashid & Shawn RyanMarch 23, 2023 (2023-03-23)
President Michelle Travers is updated on the investigation into Hawkins death, and one of the assassins' clients is revealed to be Vice President Ashley Redfield. Farr demands the President reveal what the Campbells were involved in with Night Action. Sutherland calls Farr on her personal cell phone to arrange bringing Larkin in. When they covertly watch the assassins arrive at the cabin, Larkin bluntly tells Sutherland that Farr must be the traitor the Campbells warned about. Needing advanced computers to crack the drive, Sutherland returns to the White House with it claiming Larkin ran from him. He then discreetly sets up a remote connection allowing her to download the contents once it is decrypted and wipe the original. Farr discovers this and confronts Sutherland, but denies trying to kill them. She reveals the President was using the Campbells to investigate the metro bombing and a possible White House mole who was involved in it. Continuing to ignore Larkin's advice, Sutherland trusts Farr and brings her into the fold. Chelsea Arrington, the Secret Service agent guarding second daughter Maddie Redfield at Georgetown University is assigned a new partner, Erik Monks. Returning to active duty after being shot saving the previous President, he makes a mistake the first night on shift. Arrington questions his assignment to her team. Maddie's art teacher is revealed to be associated with the perpetrator of the metro bombing.
44"Eyes Only" Ramaa Mosley Seth FisherMarch 23, 2023 (2023-03-23)
Larkin finds several items on the hard drive, including building blueprints, CCTV footage from around DC and documents on the drive about the Peoples Independence Front (PIF), a radical Balkan political organization blamed for the Metro bombing. Spyware is found on Farr's phone, explaining how Sutherland and Larkin were tracked. Larkin reluctantly agrees to work with Farr and travels with Sutherland to an address found on the drive. They meet Lorna, an old friend of the Campbells who helped them gather intelligence, specifically blueprints for buildings and infrastructure around Washington, DC. She determines Sutherland's interference with the Metro bombing prevented the correct target being destroyed. Arrington discovers Monks is recovering from painkiller addiction and is only still in the job due to his friendship with the Director. Having got the assassins' license plate number at the cabin, Sutherland gets a friend in the Maryland State Police to trace their car to a residence, but it is empty when they raid it. Dale and Ellen are sent by Redfield to Lorna's house and torture her for information before killing her. Reviewing CCTV on the drive, Sutherland spots Arrington in multiple videos, deducing the Metro bombing might have been an assassination attempt on her charge.
55"The Marionette"Guy FerlandCorey DeshonMarch 23, 2023 (2023-03-23)
Sutherland questions Arrington on who she was protecting the day of the bombing, but she is instructed to divulge no information other than it was not Maddie. Larkin further investigates the ring image, tracing the heraldry to the Serbian Pavelić family, relatives of the defunct Yugoslav royal family. Andrej Pavelić, an assemblyman, recently disappeared in Montenegro and a police sketch of a suspect matches that of Dale. Sutherland visits Hawkins's widow, who reveals her husband always doubted the PIF's alleged involvement in the metro bombing, instead believing government contractor Turn Lake Industries was responsible. Returning to Larkin, she reveals that Pavelić was campaigning against US contractors conducting black operations in the Balkans, and referenced Turn Lake by name. She also discovers via the FEC website that they are a major political donor to Vice President Redfield. President Travers orders Sutherland and Larkin to report to the White House. Maddie starts a relationship with her art teacher, and escapes her detail to visit him. However, his associate (involved in the metro bombing) kills him and kidnaps Maddie before Arrington and Monks can reach her.
66"Fathoms"Ramaa MosleyImogen BrowderMarch 23, 2023 (2023-03-23)
Two years prior, the assassins kill Andrej Pavelić, but Dale keeps his ring. Sutherland declines to take Larkin to the White House with the drive, electing to leave her in the protection of his State Trooper friend Cisco whilst he attends alone with paper copies. He reveals Redfield's connection to Turn Lake and its CEO Gordon Wick to Farr, but deduces she is involved when she alludes to knowing Larkin is with a trooper (information he did not provide). Farr worriedly calls Wick, instructing him to kill Larkin. Sutherland warns her and Cisco to run. Farr orders Sutherland's arrest, but he narrowly escapes the White House via a secret tunnel. Cisco drops off Larkin so she can meet Sutherland at a pre-arranged spot, and is later killed by Ellen. Dale pursues Larkin, but after a brutal fight she and Sutherland are able to kill him. The two seek refuge in a boat owned by Sutherland's godfather, where Larkin treats his wounds. Arrington and Monks continue to investigate the kidnapping. Farr and Redfield argue over their involvement in the conspiracy, and she has Redfield give a press conference where he falsely names Sutherland as the main suspect in Maddie's disappearance.
77"Best Served Cold" Adam Arkin Tiffany Shaw HoMarch 23, 2023 (2023-03-23)
A flashback shows Maddie's younger sister Sarah drowned in the family pool, something her father's negligence caused but he blamed her for. Arrington and Monks investigate an environmentalist group Maddie's art teacher was involved with. A colleague identifies his associate (who kidnapped Maddie) as a man named Matteo. Matteo demands Redfield confess to orchestrating the metro bombing in 2 days, otherwise Maddie will be killed. The three traitorous conspirators –Wick, Farr and Vice President Redfield –discuss how Maddie was planning to publicly ruin her father by leaking the nanny cam footage the assassins retrieved from Wisconsin. The footage shows him assaulting 13 year old Maddie when she refuses to continue being blamed for Sarah's death. A grieving Ellen confronts Wick, and with a knife to his throat he gives her Matteo's last known whereabouts, asking her to kill him in exchange for Sutherland's location. Farr and Wick, and independently Sutherland and Larkin, identify Matteo as Colin Worley, a former employee of Turn Lake and the metro bomber, who is legally considered dead. Arrington and Monks interview Sutherland's godfather Jim, a reporter with The Baltimore Sun , and, encountering a photo of him and his godson at the houseboat, track Peter and Rose to the dock and arrest them.
88"Redux"Adam ArkinRachel WolfMarch 23, 2023 (2023-03-23)
It is revealed that Colin Worley's twin brother Matteo was mistakenly killed instead of him by Turn Lake to cover their tracks after the metro bombing, and Colin assumed his identity before going on the run. Sutherland and Larkin discuss their findings with Arrington and Monks, who reluctantly agree to further investigate due to the potential of a second attack happening. Arrington reveals the day of the metro bombing she was guarding PIF leader Omar Zadar, who was meeting with someone from the Travers administration, and bears his codename, Osprey. They deduce he was the intended target of the failed bombing. In the Situation Room, President Travers discusses wanting to establish relations with Zadar as an ally for democracy in the Balkans, which Redfield opposes. Redfield discovers Farr and Wick know the kidnapper's identity, they assure him that Worley is being tracked. Farr amends the order to have Ellen kill Maddie also. Maddie secretly discovers a number on metal behind the drywall of her cell, and convinces Worley to record another ransom video to send directly to her father. However, she gives him Arrington's cell number and uses a visual code to covertly convey the information. The team are able to track her to a shipping container depot. They rescue Maddie, but Worley and Monks are killed by Ellen, who had been trailing the group. Larkin kills Ellen by pushing her off a crane.
99"The Devil We Know" Millicent Shelton Munis RashidMarch 23, 2023 (2023-03-23)
The night of the bombing, Redfield summons Farr and reveals he orchestrated the attack with Wick to kill Zadar, due to him believing he is a terrorist and Wick's activities in the Balkans being threatened should he be elected. With Travers' administration and legacy threatened should anything be discovered, Farr reluctantly agrees to work with them. Sutherland and Larkin flee the depot before backup arrives, and take shelter with his godfather. Arrington plans to take Maddie to President Travers and Secret Service Director Almora to tell them the truth, but they are diverted to One Observatory Circle instead. Wick, Redfield and Farr discuss a second attack on Zadar, planned for the following day when he arrives stateside. Larkin hacks Ellen's cell, discovering images of files and documents taken inside the Night Action office. They discover Farr took the photos, and forward the evidence to Jim. Larkin, Arrington, Maddie and Sutherland deduce Zadar is meeting the President at Camp David, and Wick likely intends to kill Travers also to elevate Redfield, who can then issue pardons. Farr agrees to help them when she discovers Travers is also under threat, revealing she was not aware of the development as Redfield and Wick have frozen her out.
1010"Fathers"Millicent SheltonSeth FisherMarch 23, 2023 (2023-03-23)
Arrington and Maddie fly with Redfield to Camp David on Marine Two. Redfield locks himself and Maddie in a basement panic room, telling her he thinks Travers to be the enemy for cooperating with Zadar. She threatens to tell the truth to the press and he lets her out, believing she will instead be killed in the assassination attempt. Farr uses her position to sneak Sutherland and Larkin into Camp David. She warns Almora of the threat to Travers, but Briggs, a rogue Secret Service agent working for Wick, kills Almora and shoots Farr. Sutherland and Arrington realize two bombs have been planted. Arrington kills a rogue agent, finds one of the bombs and evacuates Laurel House. She also releases Maddie from the basement and evacuates her just before it explodes. Intercepting Briggs' comms after subduing him, Sutherland discovers the second bomb has been planted on Marine One, where the President will be evacuated to. Pursued by US marines and Secret Service, he is able to intercept Travers' detail and prevent her from boarding just before the helicopter explodes. Instead of seeking vengeance, Larkin keeps Farr alive so she can stand trial and die in prison. Redfield is arrested, with Maddie agreeing to testify against him at his trial. Wick flees the country. Arrington is asked by her new boss if she would like to be on Travers' Secret Service detail, and she accepts. Travers provides Sutherland with conclusive evidence of his father's guilt, but reveals he was planning on becoming a double agent and was assassinated, not killed in a car accident as was reported. She recruits him to become a full Night Agent in the program. Now in a relationship with Larkin, he later departs Joint Base Andrews on his first mission.

Season 2 (2025)

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date
111"Call Tracking" Guy Ferland Shawn Ryan January 23, 2025 (2025-01-23)
Ten months after the attack at Camp David, Sutherland and his Night Action partner Alice Leeds are compromised whilst tailing Warren Stocker in Bangkok as he sells intelligence to broker Jacob Monroe. Alice is killed at their extraction point. Sutherland escapes and goes into hiding, telling his new handler Catherine Weaver he believes someone in the program gave up their location. Rose Larkin, now working for AI marketing company AdVerse, attends therapy to process her PTSD. She gets called by an unknown man telling her Sutherland is in trouble. Weaver informs Larkin he is AWOL. She alters AdVerse source code to run facial recognition on CCTV and social media and tracks him to New York City. President Travers reveals Weaver used to work with Sutherland’s father. Sutherland tracks down Stocker to Jamaica, Queens after stealing his estranged son Ethan’s phone. Rose tracks the phone and encounters Sutherland as he chases Stocker, but the two are confronted by Solomon, one of Monroe’s gunmen who killed Alice in Bangkok.
122"Disconnected"Guy FerlandTiffany Shaw Ho & Corey DeshonJanuary 23, 2025 (2025-01-23)
Nine months prior, Sutherland meets Weaver, who tells him Night Action is investigating an intel leak from the CIA’s Bangkok Station. Larkin and Sutherland escape Solomon and his team, and he explains why he is tracking Stocker and his current situation. They detain Stocker after he tries to flee the country with Ethan. Stocker tells Sutherland the intel he sold was on “Foxglove,” an experimental chemical weapons program, but is killed by Monroe’s team before he can reveal anything further. Noor Taheri, a New York based aide to Iranian Ambassador to the UN Abbas Mansuri, attempts to secure political asylum for herself and her family by providing information to the CIA. She tells her handler of rumors Mansuri is secretly talking with someone in US intelligence leaking information. Weaver and Night Action are copied in, as the CIA and FBI believe it may be Stocker. Noor befriends Javad, the new head of security for the Iranian UN Mission.
133"Government Property" Adam Arkin Imogen BrowderJanuary 23, 2025 (2025-01-23)
Sutherland and Larkin are pursued separately by Monroe’s team, after Sutherland refuses to tell him what Stocker revealed. Larkin is rescued by Weaver. The three meet, and Weaver reluctantly allows him and Rose to remain in the field to track down Solomon and identify Monroe. Larkin identifies Solomon as a former Marine said to have died 6 years prior, but her boss revokes her access to AdVerse. Noor follows Ambassador Mansuri to a secret appointment and photographs him meeting Solomon and receiving a suitcase. Larkin and Sutherland discover Solomon’s disabled sister, Celeste, is receiving recurring payments from a trust. Sutherland tells Weaver about Foxglove. Tomás Bala, son of imprisoned dictator Viktor Bala, meets with an aide to the British Foreign Secretary to try and negotiate his father's release from The Hague. Markus Dargan, Tomás’s cousin, leads a team that hijacks a mobile laboratory associated with the Foxglove program.
144"Desperate Measures"Adam ArkinAnayat FakhraieJanuary 23, 2025 (2025-01-23)
Sutherland meets with Noor as her new handler. He and Larkin infiltrate a party at the Iranian Mission to obtain copies of the briefcase contents from Mansuri’s study. Suspicious of Sutherland, Javad detains him. Larkin has to enter Mansuri’s study herself but succeeds and scans documents in the briefcase with Noor’s phone. Sutherland escapes the mission after fighting two guards. Weaver tries to visit Celeste but discovers she moved suddenly overnight. Information on the trust paying her also dries up. She confronts CIA Director Byron Gedney for an explanation about Bangkok, the death of Alice, and Foxglove. Sutherland and Weaver scatter Alice’s ashes in New York Harbor. Tomás and Markus meet with Solomon, who gives them the Foxglove intel Stocker sold to Monroe. Tensions arise between the cousins. The Foxglove contents stolen by Markus are revealed to be 9 novel chemical weapons, created for the purpose of developing antidotes. Noor refuses to hand over the documents until her mother and brother are extracted from Isfahan.
155"A Family Matter" Ana Lily Amirpour Munis RashidJanuary 23, 2025 (2025-01-23)
Weaver introduces Sutherland to Sami Saidi, a Night Action agent and former Delta Force sergeant, to plan extraction of Noor’s family in 24 hours before her brother Farhad is conscripted. Monroe and Solomon make enquiries about Sutherland and what Night Action is. Javad continues to investigate the events of the party and starts to suspect Noor. Larkin’s boss at AdVerse comes to support her source code alterations after an investor approves the new tracking functionality and offers funding, promoting her to CTO. Saidi extracts the Taheris, but Farhad’s reluctance to leave draws the attention of the neighbors and later the police as they drive to the airstrip. Saimi kills the two officers but Farhad takes one of their guns, forcing him to reluctantly shoot Farhad dead and extract only her mother. He tells Sutherland, who lies to Noor and assures her they are both safe.
166"A Good Agent"Ana Lily AmirpourLukas JohnsonJanuary 23, 2025 (2025-01-23)
Thirteen years prior, Weaver is attacked and her Night Action partner killed whilst surveilling SVR agents receiving intel from Sutherland’s father, a mole in the FBI. Noor gives Larkin the USB drive containing the documents, revealed to be DGSE files on Iranian dissidents in Europe. Sutherland and Weaver hypothesize that Foxglove is related, with Solomon and Monroe obtaining the chemicals for Iran to target its detractors. Mansuri is informed of Farhad’s death and tells Noor. Weaver tracks the documents to corrupt French agent Laurent using MIC dots and forces her to arrange a meet with Solomon. Sutherland and Weaver are able to detain him but not before he kills Laurent. At the ICC Detention Centre, Tomás discovers and reluctantly agrees to take part in his father's plans with Markus to attack the US.
177"Tilt"Nina Lopez CorradoTiffany Shaw HoJanuary 23, 2025 (2025-01-23)
Javad follows Noor to a meeting with Larkin and Sutherland, where she confronts them for lying to her about Farhad’s death. Javad later detains and confronts her about her treachery. Believing her mother to still be in Iran, Noor bargains for her life by offering to lead Javad to Sutherland. Larkin meets with Dr. Wilfred Cole, a Columbia University scientist originally involved with Foxglove. Tomás joins Markus’s crew in stealing shipments of chemical ingredients used to make Foxglove blister agent KX. Needing him to make the weapon, the Balas kidnap Cole, but he is knocked unconscious in a struggle. Larkin convinces them she is his postdoc fellow who can also help them if they keep her alive. Weaver and Sutherland interrogate Solomon, who tells the latter he can arrange a meeting with Monroe and provide info to stop the upcoming attack. Sutherland goes against Weaver’s orders and takes Solomon from the safe house.
188"Divergence"Nina Lopez CorradoCorey DeshonJanuary 23, 2025 (2025-01-23)
Tomás and Markus take Larkin and Cole to the mobile lab and threaten to kill Cole's family if he doesn’t manufacture KX. Solomon takes Sutherland to Monroe, who says he will disclose the lab and Larkin’s location if Sutherland steals a case file from the UN Secretary-General’s office. Sutherland meets with Noor and asks her to help get into the UN Headquarters and proves to her that her mother is stateside. They both fight and escape Javad and his men. Noor prints a UN guest pass at the mission but is confronted by Mansuri. He allows her to leave and inform the French about the DGSE files, as his estranged daughter is on the EU-based dissidents list. Tomás discovers Larkin is working for the FBI, but as he questions her she deduces his discomfort with the planned attack and tries to persuade him to help her stop it. After Cole explains the devastating effects of KX, Tomás tries to call off the mission, but Markus kills him with a sample of the weapon.
199"Cultural Exchange" Millicent Shelton Anayat Fakhraie & Imogen BrowderJanuary 23, 2025 (2025-01-23)
At UN Headquarters, Sutherland obtains the Secretary-General’s file, and Noor gives the DGSE files to the French, warning them of Iran’s plans to hunt down the defectors. She escapes Javad again and reunites with her mother with the assistance of Saidi. Weaver kills Solomon in a fight. After Javad threatens Mansuri, the ambassador has him arrested, utilizing CCTV footage of him and Noor together to make it appear he was conspiring with her. Sutherland gives the file to Monroe, who claims Viktor Bala used KX on his own people before he was deposed but the UN and ICC covered up that the US sold it to him. Monroe gives Sutherland the lab location on the condition he becomes his informant. Markus departs with a team disguised as a maintenance crew with 15 KX canisters, which they plan to feed into the UN Headquarters HVAC system. Cole brews an incapacitating agent to help Larkin and his family escape the remaining guards.
2010"Buyer's Remorse"Millicent SheltonMunis RashidJanuary 23, 2025 (2025-01-23)
Eight years prior, Monroe becomes acquainted with Richard Hagan, the present day Governor of Kansas and an isolationist candidate for President. The UN Headquarters is evacuated. Sutherland and Weaver accompany NYPD ESU on a raid and hazmat secure 14 KX canisters, but Markus escapes disguised as a UNDSS officer with the final one. He rigs it to the HVAC of a hotel where numerous diplomats and Tomás’s girlfriend Sloane Killroy are staying. Sutherland and Larkin are able to save Sloane, kill Markus, and stop the canister from deploying. Sutherland is arrested for his prior actions, and he and Larkin agree they can’t be together due to the risk to her. Noor and her mother settle in Illinois. Monroe gives the UN file to Hagan at a campaign rally (where Secret Service agent Chelsea Arrington is in charge of security). It contains evidence of his opponent Patrick Knox selling KX to Viktor Bala during his time as CIA Director, which Hagan leaks. This causes Knox to drop out, virtually guaranteeing Hagan the presidency and Monroe access to untold information. Weaver releases Sutherland, instructing him to act as a double agent against Monroe and wait for his call so they can investigate to expose Hagan and the wider conspiracy.

Production

Development

On December 24, 2020, it was announced that Sony Pictures Television would produce the TV series adaptation of Matthew Quirk's novel The Night Agent, with Shawn Ryan as writer. [10] On July 21, 2021, the series was acquired by Netflix, with Seth Gordon set to direct the pilot and produce the ten-episode series with Ryan, Marney Hochman, Julia Gunn, James Vanderbilt, William Sherak, Paul Neinstein, Nicole Tossou and David Beaubaire. [11] On March 29, 2023, Netflix renewed it for a 10-episode second season. [2] On October 8, 2024, ahead of the second-season premiere, Netflix renewed the series for a third season. [4]

Casting

On November 22, 2021, Gabriel Basso and Luciane Buchanan were cast in the series. [6] On February 1, 2022, Hong Chau, D. B. Woodside, Fola Evans-Akingbola, Eve Harlow, Phoenix Raei, Enrique Murciano and Sarah Desjardins joined the cast as regulars. [12] On February 24, 2023, Kari Matchett joined in a recurring role. [13] On December 8, 2023, Amanda Warren was cast as a series regular for the second season. [9] On January 11, 2024, Berto Colon, Louis Herthum, and Arienne Mandi joined the cast as new series regulars while Brittany Snow and Teddy Sears were in recurring roles for the second season. [7] On February 16, 2024, Michael Malarkey and Keon Alexander were cast as new series regulars while Navid Negahban and Rob Heaps joined the cast in recurring capacities for the second season. [8] On March 26, 2024, Marwan Kenzari, Elise Kibler, and Dikran Tulaine joined the cast in guest roles for the second season. [14] On November 19, 2024, Genesis Rodriguez was cast as a series regular for the third season. [15] On December 13, 2024, David Lyons, Jennifer Morrison, Stephen Moyer, and Callum Vinson joined the cast as new series regulars while Suraj Sharma joined in a recurring role for the third season. [16]

Filming

The first season was filmed in British Columbia, Canada, with the city of Vancouver standing in for Washington, D.C. [17] [18] Filming for the second season began on February 5, 2024 in New York City, with additional filming in Thailand and Washington D.C. [19] It was announced on June 17, 2024, that the second season had concluded filming. [20]

Release

The first season of The Night Agent was released on Netflix on March 23, 2023. [1] The second season premiered on January 23, 2025. [5]

Reception

Audience viewership

According to Netflix, the series had 168.71 million hours of worldwide views over its first four days, the third-highest for a new series. [21] In its second week, it amassed 216.4 million hours of views. [22] In its third week, it gained 130.48 million hours of views, and became the streamer's ninth-most-viewed series, with a total 515.57 million hours viewed. [23] By 25 days, it accrued 605.62 million total hours, emerging as the streamer's sixth-most viewed series. [3]

Between its release and June 2023 the series totaled 812.1 million hours watched, the most of any Netflix original in that time span. [24]

Critical response

For the first season, the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 74% approval rating based on 31 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "Bingeable as a beach read and just as forgettable, The Night Agent is a routine spy thriller told with commendable bravado." [25] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 68 out of 100 based on 13 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews". [26]

Lucy Mangan of The Guardian gave the show 4 out of 5 stars, writing: "It is propulsive, slicker-than-slick fun, with every hairpin turn perfectly negotiated. There are fine performances—especially from Basso, who is getting two or three notes out of what could easily have been a one-note part." [27] Comparing The Night Agent and Rabbit Hole in the New York Times , Mike Hale writes: "The two new shows are ... cheerfully, maddeningly implausible. Night Agent is on more of a meat-and-potatoes level... but it strings the viewer along in sufficiently teasing fashion to carry hard-core fans of the genre through its 10 episodes." [28]

The second season has an 89% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 19 critic reviews, with an average rating of 6.8/10. The website's critics consensus states, "Growing more assured in its second season, The Night Agent executes its mission to entertain with no muss or fuss." [29] On Metacritic, it has a weighted average score of 67 out of 100 based on 9 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews. [30]

Accolades

AwardYear [b] CategoryNominee(s)ResultRef.
Astra TV Awards 2024 Best Supporting Actress in a Streaming Series, Drama Sarah Desjardins Nominated [31]
Critics' Choice Super Awards 2024 Best Action Series, Limited Series or Made-for-TV Movie The Night AgentNominated [32]
Best Action Series, Limited Series or Made-for-TV Movie Gabriel Basso Nominated
Best Actress in an Action Series, Limited Series or Made-for-TV Movie Luciane Buchanan Nominated
Hollywood Professional Association 2023Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects – Episode or Series SeasonGrant Miller, Hallana Barbosa, Pierceon Bellemare, Mariia Osanova, Ben StommesNominated [33]
People's Choice Awards 2024 The Bingeworthy Show of the YearThe Night AgentNominated [34]
UBCP/ACTRA Awards 2023Best Supporting Performance, SeriesChristopher ShyerNominated [35]

Note

  1. ↑ Credited as Sony Pictures Television Studios for season 1.
  2. ↑ The listed year refers to the date of the ceremony, not necessarily the year in which the corresponding season or episode aired, and is linked, where available, to the ceremony's article.

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