The Night Agent season 3: Release date and latest news

*Warning: Contains full spoilers for The Night Agent season 2*

It's time for another mission, with Peter Sutherland taking on a brand new case in The Night Agent season 3.

The new season, which officially entered production before season 2 even debuted, has now got a confirmed release date, with an explosive first-look trailer also having been unveiled.

The new season is set to introduce a whole host of new characters, and will pick up after the major cliffhanger to season 2, which saw Peter and Rose (Luciane Buchanan) bidding farewell once more, and Peter taking up a vital new covert operation.

But what could happen in The Night Agent season 3, when might it land and will fan favourite characters such as Rose be back? Read on for everything you need to know.

The Night Agent season 3 release date

The Night Agent season 3 will officially debut on Thursday 19th February 2026.

The season is arriving just over a year after season 2 - far quicker than the gap between seasons 1 and 2, which lasted for almost two years.

This is likely because the new run was commissioned and started filming before season 2 had even been released. In a show of confidence in the series, The Night Agent was renewed by Netflix back in October 2024.

Filming on season 3 began in Istanbul in 2024, with the shoot continuing in 2025 in New York.

Creator Shawn Ryan told Netflix Tudum of the show's renewal: "We’re so excited that our fans will get to watch season 2 of The Night Agent in early 2025, and we’ve been hard at work writing season 3 to deliver more breathless Peter Sutherland Night Action adventures to our rabid audience."

Who will be back to star in The Night Agent season 3?

As expected Gabriel Basso will be back to lead the cast of The Night Agent season 3, with Amanda Warrenalso returning as Catherine.

Other stars we know are returning include Ward Horton as Richard Hagan and Albert Jones as Deputy Director Aiden Mosely, both of whom have been promoted to series regulars, along with season 1 star Fola Evans-Akingbola, who is back in a prominent role after making a cameo at the end of season 2.

Louis Herthum is also back as Jacob Monroe, and when it comes to new characters in season 3, we know that Genesis Rodriguez, David Lyons, Jennifer Morrison, Stephen Moyer, Callum Vinson and Suraj Sharma have all joined the show.

While Rodriguez is taking on the role of journalist Isabel, Morrison will be playing the first lady.

Ryan said of bringing in the new characters: "Even though it’s incredibly difficult to create a new world each season and create all these new characters, there’s something that I think keeps the show fresh, that is a great challenge to us as writers that we love, and that in the same way that you wouldn’t watch season 1 and then expect that Iranian mission storyline in season 2.

"I would say there would be some storylines that you wouldn’t expect in season 3 just based on watching season 2."

Sadly, there is a key character from seasons 1 and 2 who won't be returning - Lucianne Buchanan's Rose Larkin.

Peter and Rose parted ways once more at the end of season 2, and Buchanan confirmed the news of her departure when speaking with Deadline, telling the publication: "I won’t be returning to Season 3 of The Night Agent.

"As much as that show has been so amazing, especially for my career — being a lead on a US show from little New Zealand was such a whirlwind — the writers decided that they wanted to follow Peter and his journey based on what happened at the end of Season 2.

"And so, we don’t get to see what happens to Rose, but I think it’s a really exciting time for the show, and who knows, it’s not a goodbye forever."

Buchanan continued: " They called me not so long after Season 2, and they were like, we’ve been trying to find a way to bring her in, but we want to do her character justice and not make her a sub-character. I totally respected that decision and agreed. I was like, if it makes sense to a story, I’ll do that. If it doesn’t, let’s not force that.”

Creator Shawn Ryan also gave a statement to the publication, saying he adores "Luciane as a person and as a performer and I don’t believe that this means we’re done telling the story of Peter and Rose".

"I hope circumstances ultimately allow for the return of Rose to our Night Agent universe," he added.

Buchanan confirmed she would be up for returning, saying: "If there is an opportunity that makes sense to the story for her to come back, I’m sure they’ll explore that, because they really loved the dynamics of Peter and Rose, and I know a lot of audiences loved that dynamic. So I’m sure Shawn Ryan and his team will find a little way; maybe we’ll make a little cameo along the way."

Here's a list of all the characters confirmed to appear in The Night Agent season 3:

• Gabriel Basso as Peter Sutherland
• Amanda Warren as Catherine Weaver
• Louis Herthum as Jacob Monroe
• Ward Horton as Richard Hagan
• Fola Evans-Akingbola as Chelsea Arrington
• Albert Jones as Deputy Director Aiden Mosely
• Genesis Rodriguez as Isabel
• David Lyons as Adam
• Jennifer Morrison as the First Lady
• Stephen Moyer as The Father
• Callum Vinson as TBC
• Suraj Sharma as TBC

The Night Agent plot: What will happen in season 3?

The official synopsis for The Night Agent season 3 says: "Coming off the explosive events of season 2, Night Agent Peter Sutherland is called in to track down a young Treasury Agent who fled to Istanbul with sensitive government intel after killing his boss.

"This kicks off a sequence of events where Peter investigates a dark money network while avoiding its paid assassins, while putting him on a collision course with a relentless journalist. Working together, they uncover buried secrets and old grudges that threaten to bring the government to its knees - and get them both killed in the process."

The treasury agent is being played by Suraj Sharma, while Genesis Rodriguez will play the journalist. The latter seems to be taking on a role similar to the one previously played by Luciane Buchanan's Rose.

This season will likely pick up on threads left hanging following the season 2 ending, which saw Catherine let Peter out of jail and recruit him to go undercover, acting as though he is under the control of Jacob Monroe while he will really be feeding her information with regards to his connection to the new president, Hagan, and their plans together.

Gabriel Basso told Deadline of where we will pick up with Peter: "I think he’s still technically a night agent. He’s still working for Catherine, but his assignment within Night Action is to do this other job and to be a double agent. But everyone has deniability.

"It’s almost like, if he gets busted, Catherine’s not going to pick up the phone and bail him out. So he’s in a very fragile place and alone in a lot of ways. We’ll see where that goes, where that gets him."

Meanwhile, creator Shawn Ryan told Deadline: "We’re still crafting season 3, so I’m reluctant to talk too specifically about it.

"But what I will say is that Peter, because he is a good, decent person at the end of season 2, he realises that, while he got the desired result of saving Rose, stopping the attack on the UN, that the actions that he took to achieve that had some unintended consequences that could be even bigger, perhaps, than the things he stopped.

"That will be a part of season 3, him trying to emotionally and logistically deal with the unintended consequences of his actions in season 2."

He also told TVLine that fans should be "very worried" about Hagan's role as the frontrunner in the presidential election, while he told The Hollywood Reporter that he and the team would endeavour to keep the show "realistic and grounded".

"We understood that in a movie, Peter and Rose would end up together," he continued, mentioning the fact that the two separated at the end of season 2. "But in an ongoing series, what are the realities that these characters are facing? How different are their lives?

"How does Peter’s decision to want to be a Night Agent [affect them], and [what are] the dangers that attach to that?

"In many ways, his desire to separate from Rose at the end of season 2 reflects his connection with her. It’s because he cares so much about her that he feels like she needs to be away from him.

"Where that goes over the course of the series, I don’t know yet. We always treat each season as a separate season.

"So I think it’s unknown to us as writers, and that’s unknown to the audience, exactly what’s going to happen with Peter and Rose, but I think that’s because of the realities of the situation that they’re in.

"The last thing we would do is manufacture crisis after crisis season after season that feel artificial to keep them together."

We now know that Rose won't be appearing in season 3 - but, of course, that doesn't count her out from returning further down the line.

Is there a trailer for The Night Agent season 3?

There is! You can watch the first trailer for season 3, which was released on 3rd December 2025, right here now.

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