The Night Agent
The Marionette
TV Flash files “The Marionette” as hour 5 of 30 in the TV Flash guide — The Night Agent (2023–) on Netflix, season 1, episode 5, aired 2023-03-23, 51 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E05: listed hour 5 of 30 in the The Night Agent guide, hour 5 of 10 in season 1. It aired 2023-03-23 (51 min). The listed hour before it is “Eyes Only” (S01E04). Next is “Fathoms” (S01E06).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Peter visits someone close to Hawkins. Rose makes a key connection. Maddie's night out takes a dangerous turn, spurring the Secret Service into action.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Marionette sit in the The Night Agent guide?
S01E05 is listed hour 5 of 30 — hour 5 of 10 in season 1, season 1 episode 5.
When did The Night Agent S01E05 air?
The Marionette aired 2023-03-23 and is listed at 51 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
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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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