The Night Agent Season 2: Everything We Know

A huge amount of anticipation has been built for Netflix’s action thriller The Night Agent season 2 following season 1’s success. Based on The Night Agent novel by Matthew Quirk, FBI Agent Peter Sutherland (Gabriel Basso) is informed by a former tech CEO named Rose Larkin (Luciane Buchanan) that there is a mole in the upper levels of the United States government who is involved in a secret conspiracy to take down the President (Kari Matchett).

The Night Agent was created by The Shield and S.W.A.T. creator Shawn Ryan and features an incredibly talented cast that includes Basso, Buchanan, and The Whale‘s Hong Chau who plays White House Chief of Staff Diane Farr, who hired Peter. The action thriller series also features the creative involvement of producer James Vanderbilt, who is best known for writing Zodiac, and Seth Gordon, who directed documentaries like Freakonomics. Excitement is high for season 2 of The Night Agent, and it is already becoming Netflix’s next big TV series.

The Night Agent Season 2 Latest News

Netflix Reveals Season 2’s Release Date & Trailer

Though the wait has been long for concrete information about the upcoming episodes, the latest news comes in the form of the release date and trailer for The Night Agent season 2. Netflix dropped the sub-one-minute teaser in November 2024, and though it doesn’t reveal much, it does show Peter running, jumping, and shooting his way through various action-packed sequences. The real purpose of the teaser is made clear by the ending, when it is revealed that The Night Agent season 2 will arrive on the platform on January 23, 2025.

A synopsis for season 2 was also revealed by Netflix which reads:

Based on the novel by Matthew Quirk, The Night Agent is a sophisticated, character-based, action-thriller centering on a low level FBI Agent, Peter Sutherland (Gabriel Basso), whose efforts to save The President in Season 1 earn him an opportunity to become a Night Agent in Season 2. But working in the secretive organization of Night Action will propel Peter into a world where danger is everywhere and trust is in short supply.

Netflix has preemptively renewed
The Night Agent
for season 3 as well.

The Night Agent Season 2 Release Date

Season 2 Arrives In Winter 2025

Netflix swiftly renewed
The Night Agent
season 2 because it quickly became one of the most-viewed shows on the entire platform

Only a week after the action thriller show’s release, Netflix swiftly renewed The Night Agent season 2 because it quickly became one of the most-viewed shows on the entire platform. Also, the decision is said to have been spurred on by the anticipation of the WGA strike that would potentially complicate the second season’s production schedule. Since then, production wrapped in June 2024 and Netflix has now scheduled the sophomore outing to premiere on January 23, 2025.

The WGA strike began on May 2nd, 2023, and lasted until September 27th, 2023.

The Night Agent Season 2 Cast

A Mostly New Ensemble For Season 2

Though the entire cast of The Night Agent season 2 hasn’t been fully announced yet, many big names have already been attached, including new and returning stars. While the new season will feature mostly new characters and an entirely new plot, Gabriel Basso is confirmed to reprise his role as Peter Sutherland, and he will be joined by Luciane Buchanan as Rose Larkin. The only character who is unlikely to return in season 2 is Diane Farr, because her storyline has reached its natural end.

Various new names have been added to the ensemble, including Marwan Kenzari who will play Reza, a soldier who is being court-martialed for a crime he didn’t commit. Meanwhile, Elise Kibler has been tapped to play a high-class British socialite, Sloane, and the convicted war criminal and former dictator, Viktor, will be played by Dikran Tulaine.

The confirmed cast of The Night Agent season 2 includes:

The Night Agent Season 2 Story Details

A Brand-New Story For Season 2

Netflix has yet to confirm the exact story details of The Night Agent season 2, but it is known that it will become an anthology series. This means that the next entry, and any other potential future seasons, will focus on entirely new storylines and characters with some protagonists from the previous season making small appearances. Netflix’s synopsis for season 2 is quite vague, and though it’s confirmed that Peter is an official Night Agent, nothing else is known about his mission.

Even the lead actor of The Night Agent season 1, Gabriel Basso is unsure about what the exact story details of season 2 will be. According to Basso, “I know at some point the writers and Shawn [Ryan] are going to reach out to me to sort of hear my thoughts, and we’re all going to collaborate. But I think they’re trying to just map out the general sense of the show right now” (via TV Line). However, regardless of what the exact story details of this newest entry will be, The Night Agent season 2 is hotly anticipated.

The Night Agent Season 2 Trailer

Watch The Teaser Below

In order to help announce the show’s January 2025 release date, Netflix dropped a brief teaser for The Night Agent season 2 in November 2024. Mostly composed of action shots from the upcoming season, the trailer is narrated by a voice that talks about the qualifications needed to be a Night Agent. Peter is seen running through streets and gunning down baddies, before he speaks a secret code into a phone, presumably to the voice that was narrating.