All was revealed at the end of the 10-part Netflix thriller, but who was Peter able to trust?

By James Hibbs

Published: Monday, 03 April 2023 at 12:00 am

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The latest spy-thriller The Night Agent comes to a dramatic end on Netflix with FBI agent Peter Sutherland (Gabriel Basso) finally finding out the truth about corruption going on at the centre of power in the United States: the White House.

Based on the novel of the same name by Matthew Quirk, the spy series revolves around Peter as he goes from a low-level agent manning an emergency and usually silent phone in the White House, to a fully-fledged field agent embroiled in a deadly political conspiracy.

Across the first 10 episodes of the series, Peter is tasked with saving the country, rescuing the Vice President’s daughter Maddie, and uncovering the identity of a mole, but does he manage to succeed?

You’ll need to keep up to date as the series has already been renewed for a second season on the streaming giant.

Read on for everything you need to know about the ending of The Night Agent.

Warning: The following contains major spoilers for The Night Agent.

The Night Agent ending explained

Who was behind the murder of Rose’s aunt and uncle?

Throughout the series, it turned out that while the Metro bombing was committed by former soldier Colin, the identical twin brother of Matteo, and the murders of Rose’s aunt and uncle Emma and Henry were committed by Dale and Ellen, all of these acts were ordered from way above.

The conspiracy actually linked back to the Vice President, Redfield, along with CEO and military contractor Gordon Wick. Together, they had arranged the Metro bombing in order to kill foreign political leader Omar Zadar – something which was stopped by Peter’s quick jump into action at the start of the drama.

Emma and Henry were then subsequently killed because they were getting too close to the truth about the Metro bombing and the Vice President’s involvement.

Redfield and Wick later also wanted to take out the President herself, in order to stop her showing public support for Zadar while they were meeting at Camp David.

Who else was in on the conspiracy in the Night Agent?

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Devastatingly for Peter, his closest confidant Diane Farr, the White House Chief of Staff, also turned out to be involved in the conspiracy, having been roped in by Redfield.

Farr’s motivations were slightly more complex than Redfield and Wick’s, as she only involved herself in the conspiracy in order to protect President Travers and her administration.

In the end, Rose saved Farr’s life after she had been shot, and predicted that she would stand trial, go to prison and be widely known as a traitor.

What happened to Peter, Rose and the rest of the central characters?

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At the end of the series, having foiled the plot and saved the President’s life, helped along by Redfield’s daughter Maddie and her security detail Chelsea, Peter and Rose are thanked privately by Travers, with the pair preferring to stay out of the public spotlight.

As a thank you, Peter is given a tape revealing the truth about his father, who had been accused of treason. As it turns out, he had in fact committed treason and is seen in a confessional tape admitting he had accepted money from a foreign agent to feed them information.

Peter’s father had later become a double agent, working for the US again to rectify his wrongs, but was killed while doing so.

At the very end of the finale, with Peter and Rose now a couple, Peter boarded a jet and was given his first assignment as a Night Action agent, confirming that he is indeed the titular Night Agent and setting up more adventures in a potential second season.