We can see with each successful hack and each day that goes by with both of them alive that they’re building an inseparable bond. Instead, The Night Agent allows itself to organically intertwine its leads and their strengths so that they’re never really apart from one another. It’s very easy for a spy thriller that incorporates a romantic connection to feel as though they are randomly inserting conversations to show the two leads talking to one another. There can be times when Peter is off sneaking around a building and Rose is on her laptop hacking into a storage file, but they’re doing so in unison which allows for them this slow burn. Together, though, they begin to reach their potential, bringing the best out of one another in a perfect blend of skills. Individually, they are each more than capable at their jobs, though both of them find themselves being underutilized. This goes back to the natural build-up of these two. Peter could have remained stone-cold in completing his mission of getting her from Point A to Point B, but he shows a level of concern and comforts Rose, which eventually gets her to a place where she sees him as the only one she can trust. Rose is scarred from having seen her family members murdered in cold blood, so she's in a state of disarray through that first night. At this point, there's a clear connection budding but nothing that suggests this is going to be anything more than a job for Peter. The level of care in ensuring Rose makes it out alive is evident as are the ensuing moments where the two meet face to face and his only objective is protecting her through the night until she's in a safe house. It was brilliantly written and acted as we could tell then and there that Peter has much more to offer than waiting around for phone calls. Let's be honest, watching the scene where Peter calmly talks her through the procedure on how to handle an armed assailant following her into a house had us on the edge of our seats. It's not until Rose calls the “in case of emergency” number given to her by her aunt and uncle that we see both Peter and Rose reach their full potential, not just individually but as a cohesive unit. Despite what the audience sees in Peter’s heroics, we follow him one year later working a thankless job as a glorified telephone operator. Right away we see him interact with a mother and her child on the train before we see him go into hero mode and save all but one of those in the tunnel from an explosive that was planned to do far more damage than it did. He's just a good-natured guy who wants to do right by his country. It doesn't take long for us to get a sense of who Peter is. There was nothing unnatural or forced about what we see play out on our screens between Peter and Rose, and for that, The Night Agent can captivate us way more than a run-of-the-mill spy thriller. Peter Sutherland ( Gabriel Basso) is phenomenal as the underdog who wants to rewrite the script but pair him with Rose ( Luciane Buchanan) and you get the electric chemistry between The Night Agent’s two co-leads that shape it into the Netflix success story we’ve come to find it. While the gun fights, explosions, and political manipulation found within this 10-episode series are engaging as any prior spy show, what separates this from the pack is the ease at which it delivers its blossoming love story. The show succeeded in striking a chord with its audience as the program has found itself atop the streaming service’s Top 10 since releasing on March 23. Created by Shawn Ryan and based on the novel by Matthew Quirk, what this spy thriller aimed to do was deliver an action-packed narrative that depicted some intricate government conspiracy with twists and turns at each corner. Editor's Note: The following contains spoilers for Season 1 of The Night Agent.There was nothing new that The Night Agentset out to do in its first season on Netflix.
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