There have been solely two actors on The Night time Agent who have been sequence regulars within the first two seasons: Gabriel Basso, who performs primary protagonist Peter Sutherland, and Luciane Buchanan, who performs cybersecurity extraordinaire Rose Larkin. Properly, forward of The Night time Agent Season 3’s launch, it’s been revealed that Buchanan is not going to be again for the subsequent spherical of motion within the Netflix subscription-exclusive sequence. The actress, in addition to The Night time Agent creator, govt producer and showrunner Shawn Ryan, defined the reasoning behind her departure, however there might also be some excellent news to remove from this.
Whereas talking about her new TV sequence Chief of Warfare (which could be streamed with an Apple TV+ subscription), Luciane Buchanan knowledgeable Deadline that The Night time Agent’s writing workforce determined that there wasn’t room for Rose in Season 3, although that doesn’t essentially spell the tip of the character. She stated:
I received’t be returning to Season 3 of The Night time Agent. As a lot as that present has been so superb, particularly for my profession — being a lead on a U.S. present from little New Zealand was such a whirlwind — the writers determined that they needed to observe Peter and his journey based mostly on what occurred on the finish of Season 2. And so, we don’t get to see what occurs to Rose, however I feel it’s a very thrilling time for the present, and who is aware of, it’s not a goodbye perpetually.
In The Night time Agent Season 2 finale, Peter and Rose determined that they may not be collectively due to the chance it posed to her, and Peter was arrested shortly thereafter. Whereas he was later launched in order that he may work as a double agent towards the mysterious Jacob Monroe for Night time Motion, Rose returned to California, was promoted at AdVerse, and checked in on Noor Taheri, who’d been resettled together with her mother. No matter threats Peter Sutherland has to take care of in Season 3, they received’t put Rose within the crosshairs this time round.
There wasn’t an absence of making an attempt to deliver Rose Larkin again for The Night time Agent Season 3. Luciane Buchanan talked about that the writers known as her “not so lengthy” after Season 2 and advised her that they’d been looking for a method to deliver Rose into the subsequent batch of episodes, however they needed to “do her character justice and never make her a sub-character.” Buchanan “revered that call,” and not less than it sounds just like the door’s been left open for Rose to return again if The Night time Agent continues previous Season 3. Shawn Ryan echoed that sentiment in a separate assertion to Deadline:
I am keen on Luciane as an individual and as a performer and I don’t consider that this implies we’re accomplished telling the story of Peter and Rose. I hope circumstances in the end enable for the return of Rose to our Night time Agent universe.
After acknowledging that Peter and Rose’s relationship has been “an enormous half” of The Night time Agent’s success, Ryan stated that with the way in which the Season 3 story had been damaged, the writers “didn’t have a satisfying place for Rose.” Fortunately, they sound prepared to loop her again into The Night time Agent for potential future seasons ought to the chance come up. The trick is that if the motion thriller sequence can final previous three seasons, a milestone that few Netflix originals have completed.
But when that’s within the playing cards, then Luciane Buchanan is assured “Shawn Ryan and his workforce will discover a little bit manner” for Rose Larkin to reenter the image, even when it’s simply “a little bit cameo.” In the meantime, The Night time Agent Season 3 wrapped filming in July, and we’ll be seeing much more of Fola Evans-Akingbola’s Chelsea Harrington in it. Anticipate the subsequent season to premiere subsequent 12 months moderately than squeezed in among the many 2025 Netflix launch dates.