The Night Agent ending explained: Who was behind the conspiracy?

Based on the novel by Matthew Quirk, the 10-episode series stars Gabriel Basso as low-level FBI agent Peter Sutherland who is tasked with protecting a civilian called Rose and getting to the bottom of a deadly conspiracy that leads all the way to the Oval Office.

The series keeps viewers on their toes as the action unfolds, with Peter eventually finding out the truth behind a terrorist attack on the DC Metro and saving the president’s life.

But what happens to Rose and who is the mole in the Night Agent?

If the tense finale has left you scratching your head, it's a good time to rewind and make sure we have all the facts correct ahead of The Night Agent season 2, which has officially been confirmed.

Read on for everything you need to know about the ending of The Night Agent.

The Night Agent ending explained

What happens to Rose in The Night Agent?

At the end of the series, having foiled the plot and saved the President's life, helped along by Redfield's daughter Maddie and her security detail Chelsea, Peter and Rose are thanked privately by Travers, with the pair preferring to stay out of the public spotlight.

As a thank you, Peter is given a tape revealing the truth about his father, who had been accused of treason. As it turns out, he had in fact committed treason and is seen in a confessional tape admitting he had accepted money from a foreign agent to feed them information.

Peter's father had later become a double agent, working for the US again to rectify his wrongs, but was killed while doing so.

At the very end of the finale, with Peter and Rose now a couple, Peter boarded a jet and was given his first assignment as a Night Action agent, confirming that he is indeed the titular Night Agent and setting up more adventures in a potential second season.

What happens to Diane Farr in the Night Agent?

Devastatingly for Peter, his closest confidant Diane Farr, the White House Chief of Staff, also turned out to be involved in the conspiracy, having been roped in by Redfield.

Farr's motivations were slightly more complex than Redfield and Wick's, as she only involved herself in the conspiracy in order to protect President Travers and her administration.

In the end, Rose saved Farr's life after she had been shot, and predicted that she would stand trial, go to prison and be widely known as a traitor.

Who is behind the murder of Rose's aunt and uncle?

Throughout the series, it turned out that while the Metro bombing was committed by former soldier Colin, the identical twin brother of Matteo, and the murders of Rose's aunt and uncle Emma and Henry were committed by Dale and Ellen, all of these acts were ordered from way above.

The conspiracy actually linked back to the Vice President, Redfield, along with CEO and military contractor Gordon Wick. Together, they had arranged the Metro bombing in order to kill foreign political leader Omar Zadar – something which was stopped by Peter's quick jump into action at the start of the drama.

Emma and Henry were then subsequently killed because they were getting too close to the truth about the Metro bombing and the Vice President's involvement.

Redfield and Wick later also wanted to take out the President herself, in order to stop her showing public support for Zadar while they were meeting at Camp David.

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