The Night Agent
Desperate Measures
TV Flash files “Desperate Measures” as hour 14 of 30 in the TV Flash guide — The Night Agent (2023–) on Netflix, season 2, episode 4, aired 2025-01-23, 54 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E04: listed hour 14 of 30 in the The Night Agent guide, hour 4 of 10 in season 2. It aired 2025-01-23 (54 min). The listed hour before it is “Government Property” (S02E03). Next is “A Family Matter” (S02E05).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Peter and Rose infiltrate a party at the Iranian ambassador's home, arousing Javad's suspicion. Tomás and Markus lock horns over the Foxglove plan.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Desperate Measures sit in the The Night Agent guide?
S02E04 is listed hour 14 of 30 — hour 4 of 10 in season 2, season 2 episode 4.
When did The Night Agent S02E04 air?
Desperate Measures aired 2025-01-23 and is listed at 54 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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