A grave mistake almost killed Reacher, and The Night Agent's upcoming season 2 must avoid repeating it at all costs. Based on Lee Child's Jack Reacher books, Amazon's Reacher has become one of the most valuable IPs for the streaming platform. Both of its seasons received positive reviews from viewers and critics and also managed to drive impressive numbers on the streamer. Although The Night Agent has yet to recreate Reacher's success, it seems to be on the right path towards achieving the same.
The Night Agent's season 1 presently has 803,200,000 hours of viewing time on Netflix and boasts 98,200,000 views in total on the streaming giant. If it continues to drive such big numbers in season 2, it could become one of the most popular action thriller shows on air and even compete with Amazon's Reacher. However, despite having a solid run so far, The Night Agent must tread carefully and avoid repeating one mistake that almost led to Reacher's downfall in season 2.
The Night Agent Season 2 Can’t Be Too Different From Season 1 After Record-Breaking Success
It Cannot Risk Repeating Reacher Season 2's Mistake
Audiences will expect The Night Agent season 2 to bring something new to the table since, unlike season 1, it will follow an original storyline. At the same time, as a follow-up to a successful season, The Night Agent season 2 will also have to find new ways to further raise the stakes for Peter Sutherland to ensure viewers remain invested in its storyline throughout its runtime. However, even though The Night Agent has the perfect opportunity to explore fresh narratives with its upcoming installments, it should not risk drifting too far from all the elements that made season 1 work.
The Night Agent season 2 is happening, raising the question of how many more Peter Sutherland stories there are for the Netflix show to cover.
Even though The Night Agent season 1 did not receive unanimous critical acclaim, it shattered many viewership records on Netflix and became one of the highest-viewed English-language shows on the streaming platform. Its commercial success highlights that it got many things right when it captured the audience's attention. If it walks too far from season 1's established formula for success, it could repeat the mistake that made Reacher season 2 a less compelling installment than its predecessor.
Reacher Season 2 Struggled To Recapture The Magic Of The First Season
Reacher Season 2 Forgot What Made Season 1 Appealing
Although Jack Reacher teams up with Roscoe and Finlay in Reacher season 1, he never loses his identity as a solitary figure because the two law enforcers never seem as formidable as him. In Reacher season 2, however, the titular character joins forces with his former team members from the 110th Special Investigation Unit, who are equally skilled and intimidating in their own right. While Reacher still serves as their leader, all of them turn out to be equal contributors to solving the overarching mysteries and overpowering the villains.
Show
Rotten Tomatoes Critics' Score
Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score
Reacher Season 1
92%
91%
Reacher Season 2
98%
78%
The Night Agent Season 1
74%
78%
Reacher season 2 is still entertaining and rarely leaves a dull moment, explaining why it has an almost perfect Rotten Tomatoes score of 98%. However, when compared with its predecessor, it is hard not to notice how it seems to lack the charm and raw intensity that made season 1 a unique entry to the crime thriller genre. The second season also took things a little too far with its action scenes by portraying Reacher and his team members as ruthless and invincible heroes. This again did more harm than good because it undermined the story's overarching tension.
How The Night Agent Season 2 Is Already Avoiding Reacher Season 2’s Mistakes
It Is Marking The Return Of One Season 1 Character
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Since The Night Agent has already exhausted its source material's content, its second season will follow an original storyline. Given how the Netflix show's ending is also fairly conclusive, its second season will likely take the anthology route like Reacher and present a standalone story. However, despite taking the same narrative route as Reacher in its upcoming installment, The Night Agent is retaining some crucial elements from season 1.
While Jack Reacher is close to 6 feet 5 inches tall in the original Lee Child books, Peter Sutherland is around 6 feet in the source material.
As reports suggest, The Night Agent season 2 is marking the return of Peter's season 1 love interest, Rose. While the details of her role remain under wraps, her return confirms the show's two seasons will have some semblance of continuity. Hopefully, The Night Agent season 2 will have many other story parallels with season 1 and avoid repeating Reacher season 2's mistakes.
The Night Agent is a Netflix original series based on the novel by Matthew Quirk. The show centers on a young entry-level FBI agent named Peter Sutherland (Gabriel Basso) who handles a hotline in the basement of the White House that never rings. When the phone finally does, Peter finds himself embroiled in a dangerous conspiracy that climbs all the way to the top.
Produced by Amazon Prime Video, Reacher adapts Lee Child's Jack Reacher book series to live-action. The series follows veteran Military Police Officer Jack Reacher as he unravels a dangerous conspiracy in the fictional town of Margrave, Georgia. Played by the towering Alan Ritchson, the titular hero collaborates with officer Roscoe Conklin (Willa Fitzgerald) and Chief Detective Oscar Finlay (Malcolm Goodwin) to clean his name and save Margrave from crime and corruption.
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