The Night Agent
The Call
TV Flash files “The Call” as a desk essential hour — The Night Agent (2023–) on Netflix, season 1, episode 1, aired 2023-03-23, 55 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E01: listed hour 1 of 30 in the The Night Agent guide, first listed hour of season 1. It aired 2023-03-23 (55 min). No earlier hour is listed in this guide. Next is “Redial” (S01E02).
Essential hour: “The Call”. The Call as the basement-phone contract: White House night action, mid-budget FBI pulp, the decade's proof pretty-good conspiracy still prints Netflix numbers.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
While working the night action desk, FBI agent Peter receives a distress call and is soon put in charge of protecting cybersecurity expert Rose.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Call sit in the The Night Agent guide?
S01E01 is listed hour 1 of 30 — first listed hour of season 1, season 1 episode 1.
When did The Night Agent S01E01 air?
The Call aired 2023-03-23 and is listed at 55 minutes.
Where should I start?
Season one, the night phone. Distressed line into conspiracy is the contract; later seasons assume you already ran through the basement.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Mid-budget FBI pulp that became a quiet Netflix monster. A night-action phone in a White House basement, conspiracy comfort food, and the reminder that thrillers still print numbers when they move. Watch for plot velocity over prestige sulk — the decade's proof that pretty-good can own the Top 10 without a think-piece halo.
A night phone in a White House basement owned the **Top 10** without a think-piece halo, and that is the whole briefing. The Night Agent, 2023 onward on Netflix, is Shawn Ryan's mid-budget FBI pulp: Gabriel Basso as Peter Sutherland answering a distressed line and falling into a conspiracy, Luciane Buchanan as Rose Larkin, Hong Chau as Diane Farr. Quiet viewing monster. Conspiracy comfort food. Plot velocity over prestige sulk. The decade's proof that pretty-good still prints numbers when it moves. Renewal felt…
Filed against
- Gabriel Basso as Peter Sutherland
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- Luciane Buchanan as Rose Larkin
Luciane Buchanan kept the conspiracy moving as Rose Larkin on The Night Agent — mid-budget FBI pulp that became a quiet Netflix monster, a night-action phone in a White House basement, plot velocity over prestige sulk. Pretty-good craft…
- Hong Chau as Diane Farr
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