Now in its third season (and renewed for a fourth), The Night Agent is a bingeable, implausible espionage romp with a likeable protagonist. In the first season, FBI Special Agent Peter Sutherland (Gabriel Basso) saved a lot of lives thwarting a DC Metro bombing. A year later he’s working for White House Chief of Staff Diane Farr (Hong Chau), who has him manning a seldom used phone service—the secret Night Agent program. The phone rings, thrusting Peter into the center of a vast conspiracy. It’s a great setup, and each subsequent season is better.
THE NIGHT AGENT
What’s it rated? TV-MA
When? 2023-present
Where’s it showing? Netflix
There are too many characters and plot twists to make sense of in a short review, but Basso is a great lead—earnest, patriotic, but increasingly worldly enough to start seeing things in shades of gray instead of black and white. His Peter wants to do right, but as the story unravels, we see him beginning to shift to the importance of outcomes rather than strict ethics.
The third season’s main villain, Jacob Monroe (Louis Herthum), is a worthy opponent, and it’s fun to hate on U.S. President Richard Hagan (Ward Horton) and his even worse wife, Jenny (Jennifer Morrison). (30 45- to 56-min. episodes). ∆
This article appears in Spring Arts Annual 2026.