{"id":567044,"date":"2023-03-23T10:01:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T07:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-night-agent-review-netflixs-pleasantly-pulpy-new-spy-series\/"},"modified":"2023-03-23T10:01:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T07:01:00","slug":"the-night-agent-review-netflixs-pleasantly-pulpy-new-spy-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-night-agent-review-netflixs-pleasantly-pulpy-new-spy-series\/","title":{"rendered":"#\u2018The Night Agent\u2019 Review: Netflix\u2019s Pleasantly Pulpy New Spy Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a419a0425fbd\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a419a0425fbd\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-night-agent-review-netflixs-pleasantly-pulpy-new-spy-series\/#%E2%80%98The_Night_Agent_Review_Netflixs_Pleasantly_Pulpy_New_Spy_Series\" >\u2018The Night Agent\u2019 Review: Netflix\u2019s Pleasantly Pulpy New Spy Series<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-night-agent-review-netflixs-pleasantly-pulpy-new-spy-series\/#The_Night_Agent\" >The Night Agent<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%98The_Night_Agent_Review_Netflixs_Pleasantly_Pulpy_New_Spy_Series\"><\/span>\u2018The Night Agent\u2019 Review: Netflix\u2019s Pleasantly Pulpy New Spy Series<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    For all the things Amazon does as a streaming platform that make very little sense to me, I\u2019ve always thought the service does a good job adapting airplane or beach novels for TV, delivering <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a>ly fast-moving genre pieces for an audience pre-disposed to devour them. Some (<em>Bosch<\/em>) have been good, some (<em>Reacher<\/em>) have been decently true to the spirit of the source material, and even the ones that were awful at least played directly to their target audience (please stop sending me DMs, <em>Terminal List<\/em> fans). All felt like reasonable plays for a company that, in its free time, has been known to sell books on the side.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Netflix doesn\u2019t have that same business model, but Shawn Ryan\u2019s adaptation of Matthew Quirk\u2019s novel <em>The Night Agent<\/em> still feels like an Amazon-style show. It\u2019s less textured and grounded than <em>Bosch <\/em>and its main character isn\u2019t as instantly distinctive as Jack Reacher, but it\u2019s better than <em>The Terminal List<\/em>, while blending many of the same elements of patriotism and revenge. Generally, <em>The Night Agent <\/em>is well-paced, reasonably entertaining (especially in its second half) and features an effective central turn from Gabriel Basso. Maybe it feels a little thin when it comes to its main mystery and political world-building, but it sets itself up comfortably for an ongoing <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> after this 10-episode introduction.<\/p>\n<div class=\"review-summary-card\">\n<div class=\" lrv-u-flex lrv-u-flex-direction-column@mobile-max lrv-u-padding-a-125 u-background-color-honey-light \">\n<div class=\"lrv-u-flex lrv-u-flex-direction-column u-width-275@tablet u-border-b-1@mobile-max u-border-r-1@tablet u-border-dotted lrv-u-margin-r-150 lrv-u-padding-r-150 lrv-u-margin-r-00@mobile-max lrv-u-padding-r-00@mobile-max lrv-u-padding-b-125@mobile-max lrv-u-margin-b-075@mobile-max\">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  lrv-u-font-family-primary u-font-size-34 u-font-size-38@desktop-xl lrv-u-line-height-small lrv-u-margin-b-125 \"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Night_Agent\"><\/span>\n<p>                    The Night Agent     <\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>                    <span class=\"lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase lrv-u-font-family-accent lrv-u-font-weight-bold lrv-u-color-brand-primary lrv-u-font-size-16 lrv-u-display-block\">The Bottom Line<\/span><br \/>\n                    <span class=\"c-span  u-font-size-22@tablet u-font-style-italic lrv-u-font-family-secondary\"><\/p>\n<p>    Fluffy and fast-moving, like an airplane book.<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"lrv-u-line-height-large a-children-icon-spacing-none lrv-u-font-family-accent lrv-u-font-size-18\">\n<p>                            <strong>Airdate: <\/strong>Thursday, March 23 (Netflix)<br \/><strong>Cast: <\/strong>Gabriel Basso, Luciane Buchanan, Hong Chau, D.B. Woodside, Fola Evans-Akingbola, Eve Harlow, Phoenix Raei, Enrique Murciano, Sarah Desjardins<br \/><strong>Creator: <\/strong>Shawn Ryan, from the book by Matthew Quirk<br \/>\n            <span><br \/>\n                                            <\/span>\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Basso, who clearly hasn\u2019t missed an arm day at the gym since his juvenile performances in things like <em>Super 8<\/em>, stars as Peter Sutherland, a fledgling FBI agent who stops a major Metro bombing in the taut opening scene. Peter should be a hero, but the lack of answers surrounding the bombing sullied his name, as did the identity of his father, a notorious alleged traitor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    One year later, Peter is working a secretive and entirely dead-end job in a windowless office of the White House, stationed in front of a mysterious phone that never rings. Until it does. At the other end of the phone is Rose Larkin (Luciane Buchanan), a disgraced former cyber-security CEO who got the number for the highly secure phone from her aunt and uncle before they were murdered by a pair of vicious assassins (Phoenix Raei and a nicely wild-eyed Eve Harlow). Rose is shocked to find out that her aunt and uncle were spies and she\u2019s concerned by a conversation she overheard about both an upcoming terrorist attack and a mole in the White House.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Peter believes Rose and Diane Farr (Hong Chau), the president\u2019s chief of staff, believes Peter, but Peter\u2019s FBI boss (Robert Patrick) isn\u2019t so sure. Oh and yes, this may remind you of Netflix\u2019s CIA-centric <em>The Recruit<\/em>, a more dishy and ridiculous (for better and worse) take on the spy thriller.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    We meet Chelsea Arrington (Fola Evans-Akingbola), a Secret Service agent assigned to the only gig more menial than Peter\u2019s closet duty: protecting the vice president\u2019s daughter, Maddie (Sarah Desjardins, having a big weekend with this and the return of <em>Yellowjackets<\/em>). Chelsea is assigned a new partner in D.B. Woodside\u2019s Erik Monks, returning to the job years after taking a bullet for a previous president. His experience will come in handy when \u2014 try not to be shocked here \u2014 the storyline with the vice president\u2019s daughter intersects with Peter\u2019s case.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Soon, everybody is on the run, everybody is being looked at as a potential suspect in some scandalous stuff, and potential traitors and other red herrings are popping out of the woodwork at a rate of one or two per episode. The body count rises as an explosive finale nears.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    <em>The Night Agent<\/em> pilot, written by Ryan and directed by Seth Gordon, has an exciting opening and wastes very little time in establishing Peter\u2019s dead-end position and then the danger facing Rose. But the opening episodes are inconsistent, at least partially by design.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    There isn\u2019t close to enough story to fill 10 hours, and it\u2019s interesting how much of that expanded space goes to conversations that are, on the surface, pretty meaningless small-talk. That means lots of banter between Peter and Rose, an almost instant flirtation of the sort I rarely buy. There are also conversations between the two assassins, who never even get actual names, and lots of foundation-laying for the bond between Chelsea and her evasive ward. This doesn\u2019t always mesh with Peter and Rose\u2019s investigative process, which quickly falls into a rut of following a trail \u2014 stretching across Vancouver locations that never pass convincingly for the Beltway \u2014 to a person who gives them partial information and then recounts a personal story that im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely puts them in jeopardy. Lather, rinse, repeat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Around the sixth or seventh episode, though, some real tension begins to build, and all of that banter turns out to have engendered some investment in some of the characters. Imagine that, right? Without those earlier scenes, Maddie\u2019s just another prestige cable teen doing really dumb things, Peter and Rose are just pretty people constantly squished into tight quarters together, and those assassins are just slasher movie villains constantly popping up to wreak havoc. There are still plenty of surprises that are way too obvious and elaborate plots held together with the flimsiest of logic, but I tore through the last five episodes without pause, only scratching my head occasionally.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Basso starts off almost uncomfortably stolid, but as he digs deeper into Rose\u2019s case and into his own past, the increased emotion offers a reminder of how good he was back on <em>The C Word<\/em>. Buchanan, a New Zealand actress in her first American TV lead, similarly gives the initial impression of woodenness \u2014 I blame the accent \u2014 but as the show goes along she becomes a regular source of humor and takes advantage of the show\u2019s determination to buck some damsel-in-distress stereotypes. Chau and Patrick add value to frustratingly underwritten roles, though this isn\u2019t really a peak for either.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    The series solves its main mystery and answers several key character questions within these 45-to-50-minute installments, which would have passed broadcast content standards other than some limited swearing. And without exactly ending on a cliffhanger, it concretely lays a foundation for more. <em>The Night Agent<\/em> may not be consistently gripping, nor is it the stuff of fine literature, but it\u2019s serviceable, pulpy entertainment.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" class=\"optanon-category-C0004\">\n!function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\nif (f.fbq) return;\nn = f.fbq = function() {n.callMethod ? n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);};\nif (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\nn.push = n;\nn.loaded = !0;\nn.version = '2.0';\nn.queue = [];\nt = b.createElement(e);\nt.async = !0;\nt.src = v;\ns = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n}(window, document, 'script', 'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '352999048212581');\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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