The Night Agent

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Season 1
  • Network: Netflix
  • Series Premiere Date: Mar 23, 2023
Season #: 3, 2, 1
User Score
5.4

Mixed or average reviews- based on 30 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 30
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 30
  3. Negative: 9 out of 30
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  1. jetbrown
    Apr 1, 2023
    3
    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.
  2. Raygirl
    Mar 26, 2023
    7
    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!
  3. raymond0229
    Apr 10, 2023
    6
    a watchable show that lacks the wow factors and I found it messy at times. The FBI terms are difficult to understand
  4. P1mongoose
    Apr 18, 2023
    4
    It’s a lot of meh, really.

    The acting is way too stiff, the writing is clunky and not a lot seems to really feel comfortable.

    The Night Agent isn’t a great show by any stretch. There are worse out there but the premise of the show and what it devolves into by the end of Season 1 are completely different.

    Ten episodes is about 2 too many as a lot of fluff and filler could have been cut.
  5. Lord_Volta
    Apr 7, 2023
    2
    Extremely misleading marketing.

    The main concept lasts one episode and quickly transitions into a badly written conspiracy show.
  6. WatchinMovies
    May 6, 2023
    7
    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 little WOKE BS, this is now a plus these days. We think this is a "go ahead and watch - you'll probably like it."
  7. MetacriticOnur
    Apr 23, 2023
    3
    bad
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    adjective, worse, worst;(Slang) bad·der, bad·dest for 36.
    not good in any manner or degree.
  8. WynnDuffy
    Apr 10, 2023
    4
    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.
  9. phoenix_prjct
    Apr 13, 2023
    8
    Final 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,    Final 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.

    For the full review and more posts like it, visit my site: https://thephoenixprjct.com    … Expand
  10. skwel
    Mar 30, 2023
    1
    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 to show how bad it is: somebody is smuggling someone in a trunk of a car to the Camp David (as there    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 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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Metascore
69

Generally favorable reviews - based on 14 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 14
  3. Negative: 0 out of 14
  1. The Travers Take
    Reviewed by: Peter Travers
    Feb 20, 2026
    75
    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.
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  2. The Mercury News
    Reviewed by: Randy Myers
    Mar 29, 2023
    63
    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.
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  3. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Mike Hale
    Mar 24, 2023
    60
    Subversion of the action-thriller norm is a good feature, though it comes with a downside: When the tension between the equally matched pair inevitably turns romantic, some of the air goes out of the show, as detection and action make room for bland soul searching and weak rom-com repartee.
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