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‘The Night Agent’ Season 4 Needs To Address These 7 Things (or Else)
Spoiler Alert: This list contains spoilers for The Night Agent Season 3.The Night Agent Season 3 ended with a neat and tidy resolution to Peter’s (Gabriel Basso) latest case. But his work doesn’t stop here. While the hit Netflix series hasn’t officially been renewed for a fourth season, there has been talks of a shift in production location that suggests one will be in the works. Considering The Night Agent remains one of the streamer’s most-watched series, and Season 3 is arguably the best one yet, it’s almost a given that it will continue.
That leads us to where the plot will go from here. While it’s obvious Peter will pick up another case while working as a night agent for the secret Night Action branch of the FBI and government, there are other questions that need answers beyond just what the case will be and what actors will be joining and returning to the cast.
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Who is Peter’s Potential New Partner?
At the end of Season 3 of one of the most anticipated Netflix shows of 2026, FBI Deputy Director Aidan (Albert Jones) urges Peter to take some time off. He hasn’t taken a break for over a year, arguably longer. Since getting that phone from Jacob Monroe (Louis Herthum), he had been biding his time, taking on case after case while waiting for the fateful call to help take the billionaire broker down. Now that the case is over and Jacob is dead, Peter can finally relax. And Aidan wants him to do just that.
But he also tells Aidan that once he does return, likely very soon, he has put in a request for a partner. Aidan mentions that he has someone in mind for him, so the big question is who this person will be. Will it be a character we already know or a new cast member? This is probably the biggest question for Season 4 as this person will likely be a big part of the story.
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Does Peter Ever Reunite With Rose?
We knew after Season 2 of the action thriller, one of the best spy and secret agent shows on Netflix, that Luciane Buchanan would not be returning to the show. In the plot, she and Peter decide that it’s best they stay away from one another, as much as they want to be together. When she is around, people use her importance to Peter to get to him, and he ends up making dangerous decisions to protect her. It’s best that they separate so others can’t use her against him, and he doesn’t feel like he’s putting her in danger. His job requires him to travel the world anyway, going to places to work on jobs he can’t reveal. So, a relationship simply wouldn’t work.
That said, a reunion of sorts would be nice. In Season 3, Peter visits the human resources department to ask about leaving his benefits in the event of his death to someone, and he names Rose. But he’s told that he can only leave them to family, a stark reminder that Peter has no living relatives or even close friends. Rose is all he has, so it would be nice to see her in his life in some capacity, even if not romantically.
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What Will the Next Big Case Be?
Of course, the big question about Season 4 of one of the best spy shows of the 2020s, is what the next case will be and who will be the bad guy or gal Peter is chasing down. It could be something local since it has been confirmed that the show will be moving from New York to Los Angeles to qualify for a tax credit, according to Deadline. Assuming fans still have an appetite for the series, and it gets an official renewal, the show may either see Peter working a case in Los Angeles or using sets in Hollywood to recreate other locations around the world.
Peter has traveled all over throughout the show, including to countries like Turkey in Season 3 and Thailand in Season 2. So, we can expect a case with international intrigue for Season 4. So far, he has fought off political corruption, a war criminal plotting a chemical attack, and a billionaire broker making money by selling intelligence. A story and script has reportedly already been devised for a fourth season, but we’ll have to wait and see what it will be about.
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Do Peter and Adam Ever Cross Paths Again?
Adam (David Lyons) was a compelling character addition in Season 3, a new partner for Peter who, as it turns out, is close personal friends with the President. While Peter is initially hesitant about Adam, the two hit it off and become something close to friends. However, Peter quickly learns that Adam is on assignment of the president and will do whatever is asked of him without question, including trying to kill Chelsea (Fola Evans-Akingbola).
By the end, however, Peter gets through to Adam, who is inherently a good person. He lets the man know that President Richard Hagan (Ward Horton) is not the same man he once knew. He has changed and has done, and continues to do, heinous things. This has fans wondering if maybe Adam might be the person Aidan has in mind to be Peter’s new partner, or if he will have moved on and won’t cross paths with Peter again.
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Will We See Chelsea’s Wedding?
The season had us back and forth about Chelsea’s husband and whether he was a good guy or not. It turns out any hints that he might have been working against her were false, and he is indeed a good man. By the end, they were planning their wedding, and it was a joyful moment to see this character who has always been surrounded by death and destruction. Fans wonder if her wedding will be part of the plot of Season 4 or at least shown as a happy occasion where Peter can finally let his guard down and enjoy a night out in a suit and tie.
Season 3 started to dive more into Peter’s personal life, notably his relationship with his mother, who he lost when he was young to cancer. With Chelsea arguably Peter’s only friend and the only person he trusts implicitly (aside from Aidan and Rose), seeing their friendship grow would be nice. Chelsea’s wedding would be a welcome reprieve from the constant intense action.
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Will Peter Start To Focus on a Personal Life?
Not since Rose has Peter had a romantic interest. While it’s understandable that he steers clear of that because of his job, maybe it’s time for him to let someone in. Is it possible his new partner is a woman with whom he begins a romantic relationship? This could complicate things, and fans likely don’t want to see Peter tied down and distracted from his work. But he also needs a personal life, too, and seeing him flourish in this respect is one of the reasons you should be watching The Night Agent.
Even if it’s to go out and have drinks with friends, like Adam, Chelsea and her soon-to-be-husband, even Isabel (Genesis Rodriguez) once she returns to the U.S. or Jay (Suraj Sharma), since they seemed to get along well, it would be nice to see Peter relax a little and focus on himself outside of work. At the very least, he needs to have more open and vulnerable conversations like he did with Chelsea in the car. Recalling the memories of being at the beach with his mother helps further humanize the character, making him even more likable to fans.
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Will The Father Be Back?
One of the best new characters in the season is the assassin known only as The Father (Stephen Moyer), a man hired by the bad guys to take out anyone who gets in their way. At one point in time, he’s tasked with killing Peter. He’s such a complex character, a man who, after killing two targets, realized they had a baby and took the little boy in as his own. Raising him ever since in hotels and random places, he has clearly done a good job homeschooling the child and turning him into a strong, smart, independent young boy.
In the end, The Father decides to take Peter’s advice and end his cycle of kills, targeting his final victim before heading off into the sunset with the boy. But what is next for him? There could be a whole spin-off about this character! Does he take a basic job and live in the suburbs as a single dad, leaving his assassin past behind him? Has he accrued enough money to run away to another country and live comfortably for the rest of his days? Or does he fall back into his old ways? Inquiring minds need to know! That can’t be the end of his story.
The Night Agent
- Release Date
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March 23, 2023
- Network
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Netflix
- Directors
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Adam Arkin, Guy Ferland, Millicent Shelton, Ramaa Mosley