Netflix’s hit series The Night Agent delivered another compelling, adrenaline-pumping season that saw Peter Sutherland (Gabriel Basso) and Rose Larkin (Luciane Buchanan) teaming up to save the day again. Season 2 welcomed exciting new characters like Noor (Arienne Mandi). It delivered an action-packed ending that will leave you longing for a Season 3. And shortly after its release, it became Netflix’s top TV show again. All in all, Season 2 was a success, but it had one major, unshakable flaw: We needed more Brittany Snow!
When news broke that the 38-year-old actor from American Dreams, John Tucker Must Die, Hairspray, Prom Night, Pitch Perfect, Someone Great, and dozens more TV series and movies would be joining The Night Agent Season 2, I was ecstatic! What a get! How fun! Just think of the potential!
Details surrounding Snow’s Night Agent character were largely unknown ahead of the premiere, but when I smashed play on the Season 2 premiere and learned that she and Peter were partners on an undercover Night Action mission in Bangkok, Thailand, I shrieked with excitement. The two were even pretending to be a real life couple, which often leads to real romance! Eeek! (Sorry, Rose. I had no choice but to stan.) In the moment, my hopes for the season skyrocketed, only to plummet mere minutes later because of an infuriating move I genuinely didn’t see coming. Before we unpack that dark twist, however, let’s remember the good times!
Season 2 opens with Peter and Alice (Snow) holding hands while deep in conversation. As they get up and take a stroll, their natural chemistry makes you wonder how their romance started, but once they see a target (Teddy Sears) ahead of them checking for tails, Alice encourages Peter to “keep up the honeymooners act” and lets us know they’re in this for business, not pleasure. (Fine by me! I love a good platonic pair!) Less than five minutes into the episode, three things are abundantly clear: Alice is calling the shots. Peter trusts her with his life. And I can’t wait to see where the season takes this new dynamic duo.
The Night Action agents follow their guy a bit longer, keeping up the flirty banter along the way, but when he meets with someone they don’t recognize, they go their separate ways and communicate through ear pieces. Much to my dismay, before they reunite again, the mission goes wrong and Alice is — wait for it — KILLED! 10 MINUTES INTO SEASON 2! WHO ON EARTH MADE THIS DECISION, I JUST WANT TO TALK!
“I have a problem with #NightAgent already. How can you kill off Brittany Snow within 10 minutes….like how!?!” a fan of the series asked on X. “Was excited to watch Night Agent season 2 bcs of brittany snow.. then she was only in it for few minutes…. disappointed,” another viewer wrote.
After BARELY overcoming my outrage, confusion, straight-up annoyance over The Night Agent depriving us of more Peter and Alice, I had a thought. SURELY we’d see flashbacks to Peter’s first Night Action mission and learn more about what he’s been up to since Season 1 and his time with Alice that way, right? Right — except instead of multiple flashbacks over the course of the season or one super satisfying flashback episode, Snow only returned in the Season 2 cold-open for less than two minutes. The Night Agent, I need you to be SO serious right now…
On my quest to see if anyone else was upset about Snow’s premature departure from the series, I learned that she initially read for the role of Rose. Though Luciane Buchanan landed the part, creator and showrunner Shawn Ryan was such a fan of Snow’s audition that he made sure to include her in the series another way. Love that! I just wanted more, sir!
Despite the limited screen time, Snow proved that Alice was a badass agent with serious skills and a heck of a personality, which is why I was so excited to see her live up to her potential. It’s rare to get attached to a character so quickly, and while I’m glad that Peter and Catherine (Amanda Warren) honored her throughout the season, I was still left unsatisfied.
Look: I know we saw Alice get shot. I know we watched her fellow Night Action agents spread her ashes. But also, find a way to bring Brittany Snow back in Season 3?! And if not, please don’t hurt me like this again, Shawn Ryan.
The Night Agent Season 2 is now streaming on Netflix, and here’s what we know so far about Season 3.
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