The Night Agent season 2: Release date and latest news

"It takes a certain kind of person to succeed as a Night Agent," series newcomer Catherine (Amanda Warren) says to Peter in the footage.

Speaking about how the new season proves to be "morally difficult" for Sutherland, creator Shawn Ryan previously told TVLine: "Season 1 was logistically very difficult for Peter, but morally kind of clear. 'What was the right thing to do?' was clear for him to do, and he did it. One of the things I really wanted in Season 2 was to make things morally difficult for him.

"One of the lessons I learned back on The Unit, David Mamet would always talk about how "good drama isn’t the choice between right and wrong; good drama is the choice between two wrongs". I’ve always held onto that as we’ve broken stories.

He added: "We learn through the book that Peter’s a very moral guy, a very principled guy, and he’s going to do the right thing. So, we endeavoured hard in Season 2 to try to make it much more difficult for him to know what the right thing to do was, to struggle with that.

"We see [in one of the episodes] that it sickens him to tell a lie, but he has to do it for the greater good. Taking a very principled character and putting him in a job that is very morally queasy was something that felt like a good evolution in Season 2.”

Alongside Basso, season 2 sees Luciane Buchanan return as Rose, while there are also a handful of new additions to the cast.

Read on for everything you need to know about the second instalment of The Night Agent on Netflix.

The Night Agent season 2 release date

While it was originally announced that The Night Agent season 2 would air in 2024, after it wrapped production on 17th June, the date was then moved back to 2025.

The 10-episode season finally arrived on Netflix on Thursday 23rd January 2025.

The series also scored an early renewal for season 3 in October 2024 – meaning it will be back for more.

Who appears in The Night Agent season 2?

Here's a list of the confirmed actors for the second season:

• Gabriel Basso as Peter Sutherland
• Luciane Buchanan as Rose Larkin
• Amanda Warren as Catherine Weaver
• Arienne Mandi as Noor
• Louis Herthum as Jacob Monroe
• Berto Colon as Solomon
• Brittany Snow as Alice
• Teddy Sears as Warren
• Michael Malarkey as Markus
• Keon Alexander as Javad
• Navid Negahban as Abbas
• Rob Heaps as Tomás Bala
• Marwan Kenzari as Sami
• Elise Kibler as Sloane
• Dikran Tulaine as Viktor Bala

Genesis Rodriguez, David Lyons, Jennifer Morrison and Stephen Moyer have all joined the show as a series regulars - however, their characters won't be seen until season 3.

The Night Agent season 2 plot

The first season ended in such a way where there are plenty of new avenues the show could go in, even despite it having been based on a one-off book, as Peter sets off on a new mission having seemingly been appointed as a Night Action agent.

The official synopsis for season 2 says: "Peter’s efforts to save the president were successful, and now he’s earned the opportunity to become a Night Agent. Working in the secretive organisation Night Action in season 2 will push Peter into a world where danger is everywhere and trust is in short supply."

Speaking with Netflix TUDUM, showrunner Shawn Ryan previously said that the team would "love to tell" the story of what happens to Peter and Rose following the end of season 1, adding: "If viewers react to the show the way that we hope they will, and if people come and check it out."

Ryan said these were the big questions a second season would be dealing with: "What does Peter getting on this plane to enter into some new wild adventure mean — with Rose going back to California to try to pursue her Silicon Valley dreams again? And where would that lead them?"

Asked about how the second season paves the way for season 3, which has been given the green light, Ryan responded: "We worked hard in season 2 to tell a complete, satisfying story, but to leave some questions that can provide a launching pad for season 3.

"So, I will say there’s a little bit more carryover from season 2 to 3 than there was from season 1 to 2, but I would promise the audience that it’s not just a pure cliffhanger. There’s a lot of resolution and a lot of satisfaction in season 2."

Meanwhile, teasing that the show has upped the ante when it comes to fight sequences in the new run, Basso previously told RadioTimes.com: "Josh [Fried] and I, the fight choreographer, worked really hard to make the fights nasty, and there was really no getting around that in the show. You know, when you have a fight scripted, it's going to be a scrap.

"You're going to be throwing each other around the room, you're going to be hitting each other. Body shots are going to land, you're going to get clipped by an elbow that you weren't supposed to get clipped by.

"It's just one of those fights where you're just like, 'OK, yeah, I'm getting hit.'"

Is there a trailer for The Night Agent season 2?

There is! You can watch the action packed trailer for The Night Agent season 2 right here, now.

The Night Agent season 2 will be released on Thursday 23rd January 2025, while season 1 is available to watch on Netflix now. Sign up for Netflix from £4.99 a month. Netflix is also available on Sky Glass and Virgin Media Stream.

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