The Night Agent Season 3 Brings Istanbul Manhunt, New Partners and Praise for Tighter Storytelling
Gabriel Basso returns as Peter Sutherland in season 3 of the night agent, which moves its central manhunt to Istanbul and pairs assassins, dark money and a relentless journalist — a shift critics say tightens the show after a sprawling second season.
The Night Agent heads to Istanbul
Off the heels of season 2, Peter is still operating as a double agent and takes on a mission to track down FinCEN employee Jay Batra (Suraj Sharma), a young Treasury worker accused of murdering his boss after uncovering sensitive government intel. Peter locates Jay in Istanbul, and what begins as a straightforward manhunt quickly spirals into a sprawling investigation that involves dark money, political influence and paid assassins determined to eliminate anyone who gets too close.
New partners and returning faces
Genesis Rodriguez joins the cast as journalist Isabel De Leon, who teams with Peter as the case widens, and David Lyons comes aboard as Peter’s new partner — though one article notes Peter isn’t entirely sure he can trust him. Chelsea Arrington (Fola Evans-Akingbola), a season 1 favorite, is once again inside the White House serving on the Secret Service detail for the President and First Lady Jenny Hagen (Jennifer Morrison). One source lists the President’s name as Richard Hagan and another spells it Richard Hagen; that discrepancy is noted in the provided context. A named FBI deputy appears as Aidan/Aiden Mosley in the context and is described as a principled, no-nonsense leader with decades of experience who is one of the few who knows Peter’s secret about the broker and backs him.
Jacob Monroe, Catherine Weaver and the broker plot
Peter’s nemesis remains the intelligence broker Jacob Monroe, played by Louis Herthum. The season offers a closer look at Monroe, showing the human side behind the villain. Amanda Warren’s Catherine Weaver is described as the sharp, no-nonsense operator who pulled Peter out of trouble and gave him a shot at redemption; this season she is determined to finally take down the elusive broker.
Cast credits, character notes and creative promises
Expect "new thrills, new worlds, new stunts, new characters, and new adventures, " one article states. The context lists several actor credits: Gabriel Basso’s other credits include Super 8 (in which he is said to have played J. J. Abrams), A House of Dynamite, The King of Summers, Hillbilly Elegy, The Big C and Trigger Warning. Fola Evans-Akingbola is noted for Siren (Maddie Bishop), Ten Percent (Zoe Spencer), Black Mirror, Game of Thrones, the film Back in Action and the crime series Death in Paradise. Louis Herthum’s credits include Westworld, Longmire, The Peripheral and Murder, She Wrote. Ward Horton’s credits include John Form in Annabelle and Annabelle: Creation, The Wolf of Wall Street and Ford v Ferrari, with television appearances in The Gilded Age and Pure Genius. Albert Jones is listed for Echo Valley, The Bourne Ultimatum and The Spiderwick Chronicles, and Amanda Warren for The Purge, The Leftovers, Dickinson, East New York and Gossip Girl.
How critics frame season 3
A review in the provided context says The Night Agent premiered in 2023 and became one of the platform’s most-watched series of all time. That review says season 1 married high-octane action with political intrigue and was anchored by Basso’s performance, while season 2 expanded the world by pulling Peter out of the White House and sending him across the globe — at times overpacking the plot and loosening the emotional throughline. The review calls season 3 a return to the show’s roots: tighter, more focused and the strongest the series has produced so far. In that telling, Chelsea’s instincts about tensions inside the administration and Peter’s Istanbul investigation begin to converge for what the review describes as some of the show’s most satisfying storytelling.
The review also highlights the absence of Luciane Buchanan’s Rose as a major talking point, saying season 3 lets the relationship rest while keeping Rose as Peter’s moral compass so her impact isn’t cheapened by her absence. One source in the context ends a sentence mid-phrase with "This shake-up in the cast also makes roo" — unclear in the provided context.
Release timing and any update on a fourth season are unclear in the provided context; further details on premiere dates or renewals were not included in the material provided.
