UPDATED (May 6, 2024): Agent of the night Production on the second season has begun, and series director Gabriel Basso has shared a behind-the-scenes look at the upcoming season one!
More than a year after its publication, Agent of the night Season 2 is marching towards its inevitable Netflix debut.
Created by Shawn Ryan, the hit action thriller series is based on Matthew Quirk’s novel of the same name and follows an FBI agent named Peter Sutherland as he hunts down a traitor bent on destroying the US government.
Agent of the night The season premiered on Netflix on March 23, 2023, and Season 2 will be announced in February 2023.
The Night Agent Season 2 Release: When Will It Come Out?
In April 2023, Netflix was renewed Agent of the night 10 episodes for the second season.
Agent of the night showrunner Shawn Ryan shared the following statement during the announcement:
“The last week has been a whirlwind because we’ve finally been able to share Night agent with the world. Seeing the overwhelming response to the show has been a great joy and a credit to our cast, writers, directors, crew and partners at Sony Pictures Television and Netflix. We couldn’t be more proud or excited to kick off Season 2 to share more Night Action adventures with our new fans.
The decision came a day after it was reported that the series had a record weekend viewership.
Netflix shared it via Deadline Agent of the night it amassed 168.7 million viewing hours in its first week on the service, making it Season 1 TV’s third-best premiere week for all Netflix originals.
In April 2023, Ryan spoke to TV Line that he only then started picking up the phone to discuss Season 2 with Netflix:
“Honestly, I have my first call today at 11 o’clock with the studio to discuss (season 2). I mean, the pickup really surprised me because it was so quick, so I wanted to take a week to think about it. But the first call about the production, where to shoot and what the possible schedule is, happens after about an hour and a half.
Agent of the night the showrunner then confirmed that the show’s writers room is meeting to brainstorm potential story ideas for the sophomore episode:
“Now that the pickup is official, we have a writers’ room that comes together to tell these stories. Like last year, we have ideas, we work to implement them, and we change our minds along the way if we come up with something better.
It is not known when Agent of the night Season 2 premieres on Netflix, but it’s coming soon.
Filming for the second season began in February 2024. Netflix announced that the series is back in front of the cameras and took to Instagram (via Digital Spy ) to let the world know. “Agent of the night is back in production for season 2″ included is a photo of the director of the series, Gabriel Basso, holding the director’s desk.
With production underway, it is possible that the series will return by the end of 2024. Either that or – the next most likely place – would be sometime in early 2025.
Night Agent Season 2 Cast: Who’s Coming Back?
Agent of the night is filled with an impressive cast playing prominent characters, and a few of them are expected to return for a second season.
Of course, Gabriel Basson’s Peter Sutherland returns as the show’s titular FBI agent as he takes on more espionage-based activities.
He is joined by other series mainstays such as Hong Chau as Dian Farr and Christopher Shyer as Vice President Redfield.
A couple of new names have also been added for season 2. Amanda Warren joins the cast as Catherine, a supervisor of the Night Action investigative team who is recruited by Basson’s Peter.
New additions to the cast also include Arienne Mandi as Noor (Iranian UN envoy in New York), Louis Herthum as Jacob Monroe (a well-connected global business magnate) and Berto Colon as Solomon (fixer to some of the world’s most powerful people).
Here’s every actor expected to appear as a sophomore on the show:
- 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 season 2 of night agent?
At the end Agent of the night Season 1, Peter was able to prevent an attack on the President of the United States at Camp David with the help of Rose and Agent Arrington. This led to the arrest of Vice President Redfield and Diane Farr.
Season 1 ended with the reveal that Peter is finally a night agent, meaning he’ll be a full-fledged spy moving forward.
Speaking to TV Line in April 2023, Agent of the night Showrunner Shawn Ryan teased that it will be difficult to create new stories for Season 2, mostly because Matthew Quirk didn’t write another novel featuring these characters:
“He’s written a lot of books, but nothing with these characters in this world. So that’s something we’re working on now with the pickup truck.”
Still, Ryan said he and his co-authors “There were certainly ideas” what happens next in the new adventures of FBI Agent Sutherland:
“I’ve certainly had ideas from the beginning about what we could do in season 2. We’re still working on ideas and we have to pitch them to Sony and Netflix.”
Ryan went on to confirm that Agent Sutherland’s first assignment would be as a night agent “starting point” in season 2:
“I’d say it’s a starting point to see what he was sent to do. But we have surprises… I don’t want to say too much because until you shoot it yourself, stories can always change.”
In April 2023, Ryan confirmed to Comicbook that Season 2 would not be set in Washington DC, noting that Peter’s first mission as a night agent would take place. “in another part of the world:”
“So one thing I’ll tell you about Season 2 is that it’s not set in the DC area where Season 1 took place. So we’re in a different part of the world and we’re exploring different characters than we had in Season 1. And we’re going to determine who from Season 1 may appear in season two. But basically we’re going to tell a whole new story that’s exciting and scary. And season 1 puts the audience on edge, so we’re doing our best to tell a story that feels like ‘The Night Agent’ new, fresh and exciting.
In an interview with Netflix in March 2023, Luciane Buchanan, who portrays Rose, stated that she wants “closure” for her character after her devastating losses in Season 1:
“(The ending) leaves it really open-ended… I want closure for her as well, I’m like, ‘This girl needs a lot of therapy after everything she’s been through.’
In addition to Peter getting a new position as a night agent in season 2, the series could also explore the consequences of Gordon Wick’s escape. The mysterious CEO was the one who hired the assassins who attacked the President of the United States.
In the same interview with Netflix, Ryan teased what to expect in Peter and Wick’s upcoming showdown:
“We liked the idea that this was not so pure. That there is one person who, with his resources and everything, can slip away. Maybe we’ll get along with him again somehow.”
In April 2023, Gabriel Basso spoke with TV Line to share his theories about Peter Sutherland’s upcoming season 2:
“I think he would 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 doesn’t have personal sovereignty. He signed something, and I don’t know if he’s fully aware of how that is now involved.”
Where to watch The Night Agent season 2 when it releases
Agent of the night The second season is expected to premiere on Netflix.
During the revision of the presentation, this was confirmed Agent of the night Season 2 would consist of 10 episodes.
Netflix is known for releasing all episodes of its TV shows at once, and a similar treatment could be done for the second season.
Agent of the night Season 1 is now streaming on Netflix.