UPDATED (May 6th, 2024): The Night Agent Season 2 has begun production, and series lead Gabriel Basso has shared the first behind-the-scenes image of the upcoming season!
After more than a year since its announcement, The Night Agent Season 2 marches towards its inevitable Netflix debut.
Created by Shawn Ryan, the hit action-thriller series is based on the novel of the same name by Matthew Quirk, following an FBI agent named Peter Sutherland who hunts down a traitor who is seeking to destroy the United States government.
The Night Agent Season premiered on Netflix on March 23, 2023 with Season 2 being announced in February 2023.
The Night Agent Season 2 Release: When Will It Come Out?
In April 2023, Netflix renewed The Night Agent for a 10-episode second season.
The Night Agent showrunner Shawn Ryan shared the following statement during the announcement:
“The last week has been a whirlwind as we’ve finally been able to share T'he Night Agent' with the world. To see the tremendous reaction to the show has been a great joy and is a credit to our cast, our writers, our directors, our crew and our partners at Sony Pictures Television and Netflix. We couldn’t be any prouder or more excited to get cracking on Season 2 to share the further adventures of Night Action with our newfound fans.”
The decision came a day after it was reported that the series had a record-breaking opening weekend viewership.
Netflix, via Deadline, shared that The Night Agent pulled in 168.7 million hours viewed during its first week on the service, making it the third-best premiere week of viewing across Season 1 TV for any Netflix original.
In April 2023, Ryan spoke with TV Line that he only started picking up the phone then to discuss Season 2 with Netflix:
“In all honesty, I’m having my first phone call at 11 o’clock today with the studio to discuss [Season 2]. I mean, the pickup really did take me by surprise, because it was so quick, so I wanted to take the week to think about it. But the first call about the production, where will we film, and what’s the potential schedule, that is going to happen in about an hour-and-a-half.”
The Night Agent showrunner then confirmed that the show's writers' room is going to get together to ideate potential story ideas for the sophomore run:
“Now that the pickup is official, we, have a writers' room that’s getting going to get together to tell these stories. As we did last year, we have ideas, we’re pursuing them, and we’ll change our minds along the way if we think of something better.”
It is unknown when The Night Agent Season 2 will premiere on Netflix, but it is coming quickly.
Filming on Season 2 kicked off in February 2024. Announcing the series was back in front of cameras, Netflix posted on Instagram (via Digital Spy), telling the world "The Night Agent is back in production for season 2" accompanied by an image of series lead Gabriel Basso holding a director's slate.
With production underway, there is a possibility the series will return by the end of 2024. Either that or - the next most likely slot - would be sometime in early 2025.
The Night Agent Season 2 Cast: Who Will Return?
The Night Agent is filled with an impressive cast of actors who portray remarkable characters, and it is expected that a few of them will return in Season 2.
Of course, Gabriel Basso's Peter Sutherland will be back as the series' titular FBI agent, as he gets himself into more espionage-based action.
Joining him will be other series mainstays like Hong Chau as Dian Farr and Christopher Shyer as Vice President Redfield among others.
A couple of new names have been added for Season 2 as well. Amanda Warren joins the cast as Catherine, an overseer of the Night Action investigation team which Basso's Peter is a recruit.
Also appearing as new additions to the cast are Arienne Mandi as Noor (an Iranian aide on a mission to the United Nations in New York), Louis Herthum as Jacob Monroe (a global business magnate with powerful connections), and Berto Colon as Solomon (a fixer for some of the world's most powerful people).
Here's every cast member who is expected to appear in the series' sophomore run:
- Gabriel Basso - Peter Sutherland
- Hong Chau - Diane Farr
- Christopher Shyer - Vice President Redfield
- Luciane Buchanan - Rose Larkin
- Fola Evans-Akingbola - Chelsea Arrington
- Sarah Desjardins - Maddie Redfield
- Ben Cotton - Gordon Wick
- Arienne Mandi - Noor
- Louis Herthum - Jacob Monroe
- Berto Colon - Solomon
- Michael Malarkey - Markus
- Keon Alexander - Javad
What Will Happen in The Night Agent Season 2?
At the end of The Night Agent Season 1, Peter was able to prevent an attack on the U.S. president at Camp David with an assist from Rose and Agent Arrington. This led to Vice President Redfield and Diane Farr's arrest.
Season 1 ended with the reveal that Peter is finally a Night Agent, meaning that he is going to be a fully-fledged spy moving forward.
Speaking with TV Line in April 2023, The Night Agent showrunner Shawn Ryan teased that it will be tricky to create new stories for Season 2, mainly because Matthew Quirk didn't write a second novel featuring these characters:
“He’s written plenty of books, but nothing with these characters in this world. So it’s something that with the pickup we’re now working on.”
Still, Ryan said that he and his writers "certainly had some ideas" for what's next in FBI Agent Sutherland's new adventures:
“I’ve certainly had some ideas, from the very beginning, of what we might do in a Season 2. We’re still working on the ideas, and we’ll have to present them to Sony and Netflix.”
Ryan continued by confirming that Agent Sutherland's first mission as a Night Agent would be "the starting-off point" in Season 2:
“I would say that that that will be the starting-off point, to sort of see what he was being sent off to do. But we have some surprises… I don’t want to say too much, because until you’re actually filming it, the stories can always change.”
In April 2023, Ryan confirmed to Comicbook that Season 2 will not be set in Washington D.C., pointing out that Peter's first mission as a Night Agent will take place "in a different part of the world:"
"So one thing I will tell you about Season 2 is it does not take place in the DC area, which is where Season 1 took place. So we'll be in a different part of the world exploring different characters than we had in Season 1. And we're determining who from Season 1 might appear in Season 2. But essentially we're going to be telling a whole brand new story, which is exciting and scary. And with the high bar that Season 1 set for audience expectations, we feel that pressure too. And so we're just going to do our best to tell a story that feels within 'The Night Agent' universe, but that feels new, fresh, and exciting."
In an interview with Netflix in March 2023, Luciane Buchanan, who portrays Rose, noted that she wants "closure" for her character after devastating losses in Season 1:
"[The ending] leaves it really open-ended… I also want closure for her, I'm like, 'This girl needs a lot of therapy after everything she's been through.'"
Aside from Peter's newfound status as a Night Agent in Season 2, the series could also explore the ramifications of Gordon Wick's escape. The mysterious CEO was the one who hired the assassins who targeted the U.S. president.
In the same interview with Netflix, Ryan teased what to expect in a future clash between Peter and Wick:
“We liked the idea that this wasn’t so clean. That there is one person who, because of his resources and everything, is able to slink away. Maybe we’ll deal with him again in some way.”
In April 2023, Gabriel Basso spoke with TV Line to share his theories about what's next for Peter Sutherland in Season 2:
"I think he’d have to defer to the president, which is a tricky situation because that’s his job now. So, even if he wants to go do something, he does not have the personal sovereignty. He signed up to do something, and I don’t know if he’s fully aware of how involved it is now."
Where To Watch The Night Agent Season 2 When It Releases
The Night Agent Season 2 is expected to premiere on Netflix.
During the show's renewal, it was confirmed that The Night Agent Season 2 would consist of 10 episodes.
Netflix is known for releasing all episodes of their TV shows at once, and a similar treatment could be done for Season 2.
The Night Agent Season 1 is streaming now on Netflix.
