Season two of “The Night Agent” debuted on Netflix on Jan. 23. This season highlighted new characters, scenery and missions. This is your official spoiler warning.
The series follows Peter Sutherland, an FBI agent cursed with his father’s previous record of betraying his country. Season one dealt with Peter being portrayed as a traitor, but only at the hands of corrupt government officials who painted him as such.
Season two shows Sutherland’s life now as an actual Night Agent, a top secret organization. After being granted clearance from the President of the United States, he was flown to Bangkok, Thailand.
This is where the season officially begins. Sutherland is partnered with an agent by the name of Alice. Alice is played by Brittany Snow, and she got all of ten minutes of screen time before she was killed off.
While in Bangkok, we learn that Alice has been worried about his state of mind. Though we do not know for sure why this is, we can infer the toll of being in a foreign country, and away from someone he has fallen in love with, has fully hit him.
Alice being killed off so soon really put a sour taste in my mind, but it set up the further decline of Sutherland’s mental health, as well as his pattern of going “off the grid.”
Pretty soon we see him reunite with Rose Larkin, whom he was tasked with protecting in season one. I was scared at the start that we might not see the duo together, but was satisfied with the reunion.
Now, I was not satisfied with this whole “back and forth” the pair seemed to be doing. The entirety of season one built up their obvious chemistry, but now the two of them are suppressing it.
Larkin battles with this desire to stay with Sutherland in New York City, while also finding it hard to stay because of the danger that comes with it.
Luckily, we see Larkin’s true talent for all things code related. She ends up being a crucial part in this season because she helps locate potential targets, which allows Sutherland to apprehend them. Personally, I loved seeing Larkin work her magic.
Sutherland also struggled with the idea of letting Larkin stay. After already having seen her fear for her life in season one, he hated being the reason she would risk her life again.
Ultimately, Sutherland’s case handler, Catherine, became the reason Larkin decided to stay. Catherine saw how beneficial it was to have Larkin on the case, and more importantly, she saw Larkin’s unmatched talent for tracking people down electronically.
There is a lot to keep track of this season, which made it somewhat of a difficult watch. The focus surrounded the threat of a potential chemical weapon, Foxglove, when it was stolen by a group of Europeans.
This group was led by Tomas and his cousin, Markus. Tomas is the son of a convicted war criminal, Viktor Bala. It turns out this entire plan was concocted by Bala, and of course, Tomas will do anything to prove himself worthy in the eyes of his father.
This was all revealed in Episode 8 when Sutherland was instructed by Jacob, a powerful/ glorified middle man, to break into the United Nations office and steal a case file. Now, Jacob practically “owns” Sutherland because this is a federal crime.
Why would Sutherland commit such a crime when he works for the federal government? Simple. He gave up his life (metaphorically) to find the location of Larkin, the quickest way presented. His only option was to work with Jacob.
Whilst all this is happening, Larkin has been kidnapped by Tomas and Markus. She was visiting Columbia University to speak with the closest worker on Foxglove, Dr. Cole. Armed men took them, as well as Dr. Cole’s wife and daughter, to a secret location.
Here, Dr. Cole was forced to create K.X., a powerful gas that kills anyone when exposed. In order to preserve her life, Larkin pretended to be Dr. Cole’s assistant in making the weapon.
So much plot led to this moment, but it is one filled with too many characters, deaths, corruption and side missions that would confuse anyone trying to read it. I encourage anyone remotely curious to give “The Night Agent” a chance, especially if you are interested in government secrets and missions.
Unfortunately, we see Markus kill Tomas with the K.X. chemical weapon. Markus got wind of Tomas turning on the entire plan. In the grand scheme of executing the plan perfectly, Markus’ theory was right because us watchers know Tomas is planning to help Dr. Cole and Larkin escape.
Now, the ending is especially worth noting. Sutherland turned himself in to Catherine and the FBI for working with Jacob. He is shown in the last episode making a confession tape, one very similar to what we saw in season one with his father.
In a twist of events, there is breaking news that one of the two presidential candidates, Patrick Knox, dropped out of the race. We quickly see Catherine visiting Sutherland in a cell, where she explains the situation.
From the case file Sutherland stole, it was released that Knox was the one who authorized the sale of the chemical weapons to Bala.
We finally see Jacob meeting with the other presidential candidate, Governor Hagen, whom he gave a hard drive with the case file to. It is a shock to learn that Jacob truly set the dominoes to fall just how he wanted, ending with Hagen having a shoe in to the presidency.
This is where season three will begin, with Sutherland investigating Jacob fully undercover. Supposedly, the season has already been filmed, but there is no release date currently.
