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The Night Agent

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Generally favorable reviews based on 28 Critic Reviews

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Mixed or average reviews based on 23 Ratings

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The Night Agent

Series Details & Credits

Netflix | Release Date: March 23, 2023

Summary: FBI agent Peter Sutherland (Gabriel Basso) takes a call on an emergency hotline for spies from non-spy Rose Larkin (Luciane Buchanan) in this Shawn Ryan thriller based on Matthew Quirk's novel of the same name.

Genre(s): Drama, Action & Adventure, Suspense

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Critic Reviews

83

The A.V. Club

Brian Tallerico

Jan 22, 2025

Season 2 Review: The show is not perfect (Basso and Buchanan still lack chemistry in a way that sometimes makes them feel more like siblings than lovers), but it’s consistently entertaining for 10 hours, rarely succumbing to the Netflix sag that often sinks shows this long. It’s an easy, thrilling, one-weekend watch. Read full review

80

RogerEbert.com Brian Tallerico

Mar 23, 2023

Season 1 Review: This is a confident show, one that doesn’t insult the viewer’s intelligence with a pile-up of contrivances as much as set a plot in motion and follow it through to its bloody end. Read full review

80

RogerEbert.com Brian Tallerico

Feb 19, 2026

Season 3 Review: Buoyed by the best ensemble of new supporting players for the show to date, the third season of “The Night Agent” is arguably the best. Read full review

70

The Hollywood Reporter

Daniel Fienberg

Mar 23, 2023

Season 1 Review: It concretely lays a foundation for more. The Night Agent may not be consistently gripping, nor is it the stuff of fine literature, but it’s serviceable, pulpy entertainment. Read full review

70

Decider

Joel Keller

Jan 23, 2025

Season 2 Review: While we still feel that there’s a bit of a lunkheaded feel to The Night Agent, Basso’s and Buchanan’s characters are established enough in the second season that the improved mission they’re on is something we’re looking forward to watching. Read full review

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Decider

Joel Keller

Feb 19, 2026

Season 3 Review: The Night Agent is still perfectly good “watch while doing laundry” TV, but it feels like the third season is even more lunkheaded than the first two, and the absence of Buchanan is huge. Read full review

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The Daily Beast Coleman Spilde

Mar 23, 2023

Season 1 Review: Though, despite being occasionally absorbing, the series can’t quite achieve the balance between thriller and drama needed to strike a steady tone. No doubt this could easily be cleaned up and trimmed into a two-and-a-half-hour movie in the right hands. But in Netflix’s boundless arena, The Night Agent is a slog slowly into the dark of the evening, never quite living up to its title’s gloriously silly potential. Read full review

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LiamMumford

Apr 5, 2023

Brilliant series. Gripped from beginning to end. The feeling of loss portrayed from the start for Rose's Aunt and Uncle is excellent.
The Cheif of Staff plays her role brilliantly and is incredibly believable.

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HealingToolbox

Mar 26, 2023

8.5/10 by me. Agood script with an unusually well-developed and long second act is supported by:
- Solid direction, - Committed performances
- Near-perfect rhythmic alternation between action and exposition and character-building.
I think best to watch in one or two episode chunks.

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big_smile

Aug 12, 2023

While Night Agent doesn't do anything innovative or groundbreaking, it is highly engaging. I was on the edge of my seat throughout.

The characters and scenarios are formulaic, but it does an excellent job of building tension and suspense. There's a strong sense of "what will happen next".While Night Agent doesn't do anything innovative or groundbreaking, it is highly engaging. I was on the edge of my seat throughout.

The characters and scenarios are formulaic, but it does an excellent job of building tension and suspense. There's a strong sense of "what will happen next". The pacing is superb, as there is never a dull moment. Each episode ends on an exciting cliffhanger, and the following episode does a satisfying job of resolving the cliffhanger and build up to the next one. The villains are especially good, with some quirky personalities. It also has a good selection of film locations.

Overall, it follows the action series playbook very closely, but manages to be a high engaging enjoyable watch from start to finish.… Expand

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sebbulba

Mar 26, 2023

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It entertained me for a hungover Sunday, but it was dragged out and too formulaic. I dislike conspiracies where it feels like everyone whos in any power is in on it. I didnt follow every plotline but it felt kind of... unnecessary in the end? The whole premise of blowing a metro up to (maybe) kill somebody and possibly thousands of others sounsds ridiculous and like they came up with it on the go. Everyone acted super uncautious, like WHAT? A tracking device on my car NO WAY! As I said, its a passable watch for a rainy sunday with no schedule, but the plotholes are staggering at times. And the most ridiculous outcome is for the protagonist to become a night agent willingly at the end - like «yeah, after being treated like **** by the government for the deeds of my father and learning that literally all the entities in the white house are corrupt and those who arent wind up dead I will now set myself up for off the books government jobs, just to be dropped like a hot potatoe and/or getting tortured and/or killed at the next convenience. When can I start!?? »… Expand

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3

Gumdrop

Apr 8, 2023

Nope. I just can't buy into an action thriller where the lead looks like he's still in high school.

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3

kevscorner

May 7, 2023

The show started off promising but went into the deep end trying to come up with twists and turns. The motivation for many of the characters don't really make sense until the final episode where all logic was just thrown out the window. I don't know how Netflix can keep wasting money onThe show started off promising but went into the deep end trying to come up with twists and turns. The motivation for many of the characters don't really make sense until the final episode where all logic was just thrown out the window. I don't know how Netflix can keep wasting money on these mediocre shows due to writers lacking common sense on basic human behaviour.… Expand

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StepT

Mar 24, 2023

Big disappointment. A thriller with no thrills. Uninspired acting, lazy writing, banal dialogue. Logic gaps in the story. The camera work is boring. I watched 2.5 episodes hoping it would get better. It didn't. That's it for me.

2 of 3 users found this helpful21

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Series Overview
Season 3

76
- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: February 19, 2026
- No episode information is currently available for this season
Season 2

67
- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: January 23, 2025
Season 1

69
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: March 23, 2023