The Night Agent season 2 has been confirmed, but when is it finally time? We've got everything covered for you, including the returning and new cast, possible plot and of course our guess at the release date.
The Night Agent brought conspiracy action to Netflix, with a traitor within the White House itself! But thankfully, our main characters made it through the first season more or less unscathed, and with The Night Agent season 2 already being confirmed, that leaves us with the question of when it will release and how things will unfold from here on out.
The Netflix series is based on a book of the same name by Matthew Quirk and tells the story of FBI Agent Peter Sutherland, who has been assigned a seemingly unimportant beat in the White House. But then Peter receives a critical call from Rose Larkin, a former tech CEO, whose family has been murdered. From there on, it becomes his mission to protect Rose while also uncovering the traitor in the White House.
There will be spoilers for the first season of The Night Agent, so continue at your own risk.
The Night Agent Season 2: Release Date Estimation
After the adrenaline fueled story of the first season, you're probably glad to hear, that the show was quickly confirmed for another season, with a total of 10 Episodes.
It took around 2 years for the show to officially release, after it was initially announced, so, sadly, that might be a similar timeframe we can expect for its continuation.
Season 2 of The Night Agent was announced on March 29, 2023 and production has started in February 2024. The production process seems well planned out, though: Netflix has announced that The Night Agent Season 2 is coming in 2024:
Mission Accepted: The Night Agent Season 2. Coming 2024 pic.twitter.com/2ukNSbcuHl
— Netflix (@netflix) March 29, 2023
That seems pretty ambitious, doesn't it? Filming and post production in the span of not even a year? While a winter release could be manageable, it's also still possible Netflix might have to delay Peter's return. The 2024 release of the next season was announced before the great Hollywood shutdown in 2023, so it's entirely possible the strikes ruined those plans. But, for the time being, they still seem to be on track. We'll keep you updated on that!
The Potential Cast For The Night Agent Season 2
Regarding the cast, there should be no question that we need most of our main characters to make a return for season 2 (besides the ones that died, obviously).
For the time being, only Gabriel Basso and Luciane Buchanan confirmed their return as Peter Sutherland and Rose Larkin. But we got some of the new cast members for you! Amanda Warren will play Catherine Weaver, Peter's mentor.
Joining the cast are also Brittany Snow, Teddy Sears, Arienne Mandi, Louis Herthum and Berto Colon.
Fun Fact: The actor for Peter Sutherland, Gabriel Basso, is a real-life badass who was on his way to become a Navy SEAL, before he had to drop out because of a shoulder injury.
What Will Be The Plot Of The Night Agent Season 2?
Although Shawn Ryan explained that most characters won't return for the sequel, he also explained his plans for a (at that time potential) season 2. It looks like we can expect the show to still center around Peter and Rose with a whole set of new characters.
Ryan sat down with Collider when the second season was still a thing fans only hoped for, sharing his plans for what's to come:
In a Season 2, if we do one, I think it would be a whole new location with a whole new set of problems, and a small number of characters from Season 1 would be part of that, but mostly new characters would be surrounding them. And then, that would tell a one-season story.
And in the name of everything that's good and holy, I'd personally like to thank Shawn Ryan for telling stories until the very end. I can't be the only one that has enough cliffhangers to last for the rest of my life, right?
The writers could also get some inspiration from some of Matthew Quirk's other work . There are endless possibilities, all of them promising!