The Night Agent: Netflix’s High-Stakes Thriller You Can’t Miss

Are you looking for a show to binge-watch? The Night Agent should be at the top of your list! It is action-packed and well-acted, and as a soap fan, you’ll love the twists and turns throughout the series. The second season just dropped on January 23rd, and stars Gabriel Basso and soap alums Teddy Sears (Chad, One Life To Live) and Brittany Snow (Susan, Guiding Light).

Soap fans love guessing the twists and turns before they are revealed to the audience, and this show surely will not disappoint when trying to figure out who the villains and heroes are. Michael Malarkey (Enzo, The Vampire Diaries) also plays a major role this season as Markus.

Season One

The Night Agent season 1 is a political thriller centered around Peter Sutherland (Basso), a low-level FBI agent who works in a secretive White House crisis room. His job is to monitor an emergency phone line for spies, but it rarely rings. That is, until one night when he receives a call that sets off a chain of events that plunges him into a conspiracy involving high-ranking officials.

As Peter tries to uncover the truth behind the mysterious call, he teams up with Rose Larkin (Luciane Buchanan), a tech entrepreneur whose aunt and uncle were recently murdered. Together, they uncover a deep cover-up that threatens national security, forcing Peter to navigate a dangerous world of deceit and betrayal.

Season Two

In the second season, Peter and Rose face a fresh danger: a chemical weapons attack aimed at Midtown Manhattan. The storyline explores global conspiracies, with Peter grappling with difficult moral choices and personal sacrifices. At the end of the season you will see that Peter makes a difficult choice that affects his future.

Snow joined the cast as Alice, Peter’s partner. Alice and Peter are chasing Sears‘ character of Warren, a high-level intelligence officer and a pilot who sold classified information to a wealthy buyer in exchange for a better future for his son, in Bangkok. 

Season Three

Shooting on season three began filming in Istanbul at the end of 2024 and will begin filming again in New York City soon.

Bonafide Action Star

Basso has spoken at length about how he likes to do his own stunts, “I think that can kind of get misconstrued into the world of, like, I do it because I want to say I can do it, and it’s really not about that,” he explained on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. “To me, it’s about audience immersion. I don’t want the audiences watching the show, and then right as I’m about to get hit or hip tossed or thrown on my back, you know. I feel like it’s a lie. I enjoy acting. I don’t like lying. There’s just a difference. And for the sake of audience immersion, for the sake of believability, they like Peter [and] to watch him take hits is important, I feel like. And if that requires me to get tossed into a wall, then fine. It’s not the end of the world,” he added.

He also did some sky-diving to promote the show, which you can here all about from Basso’s appearance on Live With Kelly and Mark, here.

Season 1 and 2 of The Night Agent are available to stream on Netflix.