With “The Night Agent,” one of the most successful Netflix series ever is entering its second season

Almost no one had this on their radar. But after almost exactly two years of break, one of the biggest surprise successes on Netflix is ​​entering its second season.is a pure agent series about conflicts in the White House and lots of explosions. Even Netflix probably had no idea that this series with Gabriel Basso and Luciane Buchanan would be such a resounding mega-success. But the Netflix audience loves agents and explosions and watched the series so intensely that they...is still one of the most successful English-language Netflix series of all time. And surprise:The second season of starts nowThe Night Agent– and things continue just as exciting and fast.

In the first season ofThe Night AgentFBI agent Peter Sutherland (Gabriel Basso) becomes involved in a far-reaching conspiracy that reaches into the highest levels of the US government and has to do with the Night Action program - all top secret. To save the nation, he sets out to find a traitor while protecting former technology CEO Rose Larkin, whose aunt and uncle were murdered. And because an action thriller series is always oneRose and Peter naturally fall in love. Yes, that's a spoiler - but honestly, it's kind of not.

In the second season ofThe Night AgentSutherland is then part of the Night Action program himself and acts internationally as a Night Agent. During a mission in Bangkok, he realizes during a surprising hail of bullets that someone must have leaked his safe position. The suspicion: There must be an informant in the CIA and not just at reception, but several salary levels above. Peter Sutherland has to go into hiding. And no one is allowed to know where he is, not even the CIA - because that's exactly where he suspects the problem is. Oh yes: an extremely dangerous chemical weapon – which could wipe out thousands of lives – also plays a role.

It's the dream of every production team, every actor and of course Netflix itself: a series that just starts like that becomes an absolute surprise success. That's exactly what it isThe Night Agenthappened. Why? It simply has to be because of the storyline. Everyone loves conspiracies, suspense, action and agents - fact. AtThe Night Agentyou get exactly that on the twelve. Well, a super attractive cast. This mix ensured that the first season was streamed almost 100 million times. If you look at the whole thing critically, nothing happens in this Netflix series that you haven't seen several times before. Probably thinksNow: just don't think about it and carry on like that. Makes sense - the second season is guaranteed to follow on from this success.

We were already able to watch the first episodes ofThe Night Agentlook at it and can't say anything other than: The vibe continues right where it left off two years ago - and Gabriel Basso now has a beard. Joking aside. In fact, it's exactly as we suspected. Netflix took the recipe from the first season, swapped out a few irrelevant ingredients and put it on the table as a new dish. The bad thing about it: It feels like it's repeating itself. The good thing about it: it still tastes damn good. If you're looking for entertainment that's as good as the first season, you'll fall asleep happy and satisfied at the end. And let's be honest: sometimes we're not looking for anything else.