The Night Agent: Season 1

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The Night Agent

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Netflix | Season Premiere 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.

Creator: Shawn Ryan

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

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E10. Fathers
Air Date: March 23, 2023
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S1:E9. The Devil We Know
Air Date: March 23, 2023
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S1:E8. Redux
Air Date: March 23, 2023

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RogerEbert.com Brian Tallerico

Mar 23, 2023

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

The Guardian Lucy Mangan

Mar 23, 2023

The Night Agent is set fair to deliver a lot of bang for your 10-episode buck. Read full review

The Travers Take Peter Travers

Feb 20, 2026

Gabriel Basso’s action thriller isn’t a hit by accident. And in Season 3, it’s firing on all cylinders. There’s a star right there. Read full review

Daniel D'Addario

Mar 23, 2023

The show isn’t perfect: Much is resolved, toward the conclusion, with a dump of exposition, and there are moments when the dialogue isn’t as sharp as the performers. Still, it’s a pleasure to see a show better than it might have been. Read full review

Daniel Fienberg

Mar 23, 2023

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

The Mercury News Randy Myers

Mar 29, 2023

It didn’t need to be 10 episodes. A tighter framework would have turned up the heat and made it less of a slow burner. But Chau and Basso make it worthwhile. Read full review

The Daily Beast Coleman Spilde

Mar 23, 2023

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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phoenix_prjct

Apr 13, 2023

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The Night Agent is a pretty standard spy thriller with some surprisingly effective twists at its core. Supported by a stellar cast of talent that form its beating heart, a shaky beginning finds confidence in its parts to piece them into a fun conspiracy puzzle. It couldFinal Thoughts:

The Night Agent is a pretty standard spy thriller with some surprisingly effective twists at its core. Supported by a stellar cast of talent that form its beating heart, a shaky beginning finds confidence in its parts to piece them into a fun conspiracy puzzle. It could lose a couple of episodes, but you’ll still fly through its 10-part run at lightning speed.

Plus, it’s a show Netflix has renewed, and with the talent involved, might be one worth investment.

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WatchinMovies

May 6, 2023

It was entertaining and the pace wasn't really too slow. Tough to determine who were good guys and who were bad guys until the end, which is good. Acting was ok and the premise was fun and the lead was pretty good to. But you know the over-dramatization that is bound to happen. Very littleIt was entertaining and the pace wasn't really too slow. Tough to determine who were good guys and who were bad guys until the end, which is good. Acting was ok and the premise was fun and the lead was pretty good to. But you know the over-dramatization that is bound to happen. Very little WOKE BS, this is now a plus these days. We think this is a "go ahead and watch - you'll probably like it."… Expand

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Raygirl

Mar 26, 2023

Thoroughly enjoyed! Similar to the Recruit (TV series). Predictible romance but at least the female character is competent, helpful and smart instead of just an annoying burden on our hero, so that was refreshing!

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WynnDuffy

Apr 10, 2023

So cheesy, its as if the writers took every cliche from every bad B movie ever made and turned it into a Netflix series. Do yourself a favor and don't bother.

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jetbrown

Apr 1, 2023

It honestly only took me 12 minutes into the first episode to realise this is pretty bad. Just the writing, it's cheezy. The dialogue is very ordinary, and the action is predictable. I don't need to watch any more.

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MetacriticOnur

Apr 23, 2023

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not good in any manner or degree.

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skwel

Mar 30, 2023

If you are looking for definition of spy/action TV with all the painfully obvious predictability, wooden dialogues, plot glaring holes and some hard to believe details then you are for the treat. It will be long analyzed in film schools how not to make a spy tv show.

Just one example toIf you are looking for definition of spy/action TV with all the painfully obvious predictability, wooden dialogues, plot glaring holes and some hard to believe details then you are for the treat. It will be long analyzed in film schools how not to make a spy tv show.

Just one example to show how bad it is: somebody is smuggling someone in a trunk of a car to the Camp David (as there would be no procedure for that) and comms are down (as if that's not a red flag to evacuate the place). The whole investigation puzzle could solve 5 year old, not mentioning that's is just not plausible.

Don't waste your time watching, there are so many great action and spy series out there. Unless you want to watch handsome hero couple, which is the only reason Tv series got 1 out of 10.… Expand

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Seasons & Episodes

69

Series Overview
Season 3

76
- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: February 19, 2026
Season 2

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

69
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: March 23, 2023
- tbd
  S1:E10. Fathers
  Air Date: March 23, 2023
- tbd
  S1:E9. The Devil We Know
  Air Date: March 23, 2023
- tbd
  S1:E8. Redux
  Air Date: March 23, 2023
- tbd
  S1:E7. Best Served Cold
  Air Date: March 23, 2023
- tbd
  S1:E6. Fathoms
  Air Date: March 23, 2023
- tbd
  S1:E5. The Marionette
  Air Date: March 23, 2023
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  S1:E4. Eyes Only
  Air Date: March 23, 2023
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  S1:E3. The Zookeeper
  Air Date: March 23, 2023
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  S1:E2. Redial
  Air Date: March 23, 2023
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  S1:E1. The Call
  Air Date: March 23, 2023