The Night Agent
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iariaI enjoyed it.
+ The pacing was really good, good action, good characters, interesting mystery/conspiracy.
+ I love how women are portrayed in this series. I love that they're never just helpless victims who need to be saved by a man. Yes they do sometimes need to be saved but they're also active in protecting themselves and also in moving the story.
+ Rose was great and one of the things I loved best about her was how tenacious she was and that when a situation broke out she was right in there trying to help.
- I love that Rose involved herself in the fight with Dale. She didn't run, she grabbed a piece of driftwood and then she stayed on the sidelines and attacked at every opportune time. She was essential to them killing him and I love that so much. She didn't just hit him oncec and then become an observer. She was in there at every opportunity kicking he crap out of him and never once got made a hostage! Fucking yay for that.
- I love Rose rushing in out of nowhere to push Ellen off the tower. It makes complete sense that in hearing everyone running and hiding for their lives she would come and try to help. She is not someone who likes to be kept out of the action. She did get really lucky. If the railing hadn't broken I don't think she'd have won against Ellen in a fight. She put her life on the line and I find that sort of bravery very admirable.
- I love Rose grabbing the knife and stabbing the communications goon in the leg during his fight with Peter.
+ Rose going bloodthirsty and telling Peter to kill Dale was great honestly. He murdered her beloved aunt/uncle/only family and has terrorised her for days.
+ I loved Maddie helping to save herself. She was terrified but she also kept her cool. She did her best to work Colin and earn his sympathy. She found a weakness in her cage and exploited it to find more information on her location. She used the empathy she'd built with her captor to get a message out and left a code for Chelsea to follow. Then she didn't even wait for rescue. She got herself out of her restraints, attacked her captor and escaped herself! She needed to be rescued from that point but whoa she did good. Also in the good column - remembering the safe room door code.
+ I really liked Diane Farr. Sure, she murdered a lot of people and was involved in a conspiracy but look I really like loyalty in people and loyalty that leads to extreme actions. Sometimes it misses and sometimes it hits, and in Diane's case it was a hit. I absolutely get Rose's rage at her and through that her disbelief but I do buy that Diane did it all out of loyalty and ended up in one of those sinking holes where you find yourself accidentally going deeper and deeper. Her silently enraged freakout after learning from Ashley the truth about the bombing was an amazing moment. Her going all in on the cover-up because she refused to let it potentially destroy Michelle's presidency was kind of great even if it was wrong. I liked how she took control of the situation, I liked her demeanor. I love her ruthlessness. I liked that when she learned Michelle was in danger she immediately worked to save her. I, like Peter, was shocked and disappointed when it was revealed she was a part of the conspiracy but I ended up loving how it all came together and played out. I enjoyed her scenes with Michelle a lot and Michelle slowly starting to doubt her, and Diane's anger that Michelle could ever doubt her loyalty to her.
+ I really wanted a scene between Michelle and Diane at the end. Diane did horrible things to 'protect' Michelle's presidency and I feel like we should have gotten a moment between them after Michelle learned about it.
+ I liked how it ended. Peter becoming a Night Agent was great. Chelsea getting a place on the President's detail was great. I loved that Chelsea and Maddie's friendship continued. I appreciae Maddie finally being free to live her life. I liked that Rose got some closure in confronting Diane.
+ I do wish that we'd gotten some hint of what Rose was going to do going forward. The other two got job upgrades but Rose, whose professional life had completely imploded at the start of the show, doesn't get even a hint of what she's doing now and it bothered me. In fact we don't get any more backstory on Adam or why he did what he did which now seems a little weird.
+ I loved the Chelsea and Maddie friendship. Chelsea' new school approach to her job in actually allowing herself to care for Maddie and forge a friendship with her was great and I enjoyed them and loved their final scene. Ended up shipping them a bit.
+ I can't blame Lorna for distrusting Peter because that coincidence of him saving the metro train and then ending up becoming connected two years later is suspicious. In fact it was a coincidence that bothered me from the beginning but that I put aside as kind of the basis of the story. So the reveal that Diane was part of the conspiracy actually made this coincidence a lot better because it wasn't. It was Diane continuing her clean up efforts by keeping the only witness close to use as a fall guy. And I love that by doing that she ends up causing the downfall of the conspiracy by putting him in the one place where he would eventually be able to get involved in it again.
+ Both Lorna and Cisco were really great. I found both immediately likable and was sad at their deaths.
+ Holy fuck was Ashley Redfield a fucking abusive dickwad. We knew he was a terrible controlling asshole of a father at that point but to watch him put Sarah's death on Maddie at her funeral was infuriating! 'You were supposed to be watching her'? How about you as a parent was supposed to watch her, you abusive piece of shit! Maddie was what, five at the oldest? You don't have your five year old watch your three year old! You don't blame your five year old to her face! I'm glad that Maddie got to hear him finally admit that it wasn't her fault cause it's something I think she needed to move on.
And like the thing is I do believe Redfield's remose and guilt, and his fear for Maddie when she was kidnapped but said remorse and his tears all felt very too little too late fucker, you know? Plus when push came to shove he chose his future over her life so I guess his sadness wasn't that important.
Meanwhile: "She doesn't understand real politics. She's soft." Oh fuck you, very much!
+ When Monks said that he was taking his daughter camping that summer after years of not seeing her it raised such a death flag for me. After Lorna and Cisco I was prepared and yet it was still a bit of a surprise when he actually was killed and certainly a bummer. But actually I liked how his death was done. It was sudden during a dangerous situation where people certainly do die though where the good guys usually get out of, and it there were no drawn out last words. He got shot doing his job and he died.
+ Almora's death had a similar feel - sudden and a bit of a shock. I was expecting the character to do more and thus things with him felt weirdly unfinished when he died so quickly.
+ I felt bad for Almora over Monks death. They were friends and former partners, and Almora gave him that detail because it was supposed to be an easy (safe) way to ease him back into work. Instead he died, ouch.
+ There is no way those guards should have let Diane through to Camp David without checking her trunk. Bad guards.
+ After Peter's name got dragged through the mud so hard on Maddie's kidnapping plus the insanity of everything that happened and how involved he was at every step how can his name be kept out of it? I have a hard time buying it. Obviously his name was cleared in Maddie's kidnapping but I wish we'd gotten a little about how they cleaned that mess up. I'm so curious about what the conspiracy website has to say about him at the end of the series.
+ I'm happy that Maddie is finally free from her father and his control but also wow is her life going to be a bit of a shitshow now. Her father's actions are always going to hover over her now and I can't imagine how difficult the immediate future is going to be.
+ I liked the reveal that Peter's dad was in fact guilty.
+ I didn't believe for a moment that Hawking's was part of the conspiracy. I really liked the scene between Peter and Hawking's widow.
+ The pacing was really good, good action, good characters, interesting mystery/conspiracy.
+ I love how women are portrayed in this series. I love that they're never just helpless victims who need to be saved by a man. Yes they do sometimes need to be saved but they're also active in protecting themselves and also in moving the story.
+ Rose was great and one of the things I loved best about her was how tenacious she was and that when a situation broke out she was right in there trying to help.
- I love that Rose involved herself in the fight with Dale. She didn't run, she grabbed a piece of driftwood and then she stayed on the sidelines and attacked at every opportune time. She was essential to them killing him and I love that so much. She didn't just hit him oncec and then become an observer. She was in there at every opportunity kicking he crap out of him and never once got made a hostage! Fucking yay for that.
- I love Rose rushing in out of nowhere to push Ellen off the tower. It makes complete sense that in hearing everyone running and hiding for their lives she would come and try to help. She is not someone who likes to be kept out of the action. She did get really lucky. If the railing hadn't broken I don't think she'd have won against Ellen in a fight. She put her life on the line and I find that sort of bravery very admirable.
- I love Rose grabbing the knife and stabbing the communications goon in the leg during his fight with Peter.
+ Rose going bloodthirsty and telling Peter to kill Dale was great honestly. He murdered her beloved aunt/uncle/only family and has terrorised her for days.
+ I loved Maddie helping to save herself. She was terrified but she also kept her cool. She did her best to work Colin and earn his sympathy. She found a weakness in her cage and exploited it to find more information on her location. She used the empathy she'd built with her captor to get a message out and left a code for Chelsea to follow. Then she didn't even wait for rescue. She got herself out of her restraints, attacked her captor and escaped herself! She needed to be rescued from that point but whoa she did good. Also in the good column - remembering the safe room door code.
+ I really liked Diane Farr. Sure, she murdered a lot of people and was involved in a conspiracy but look I really like loyalty in people and loyalty that leads to extreme actions. Sometimes it misses and sometimes it hits, and in Diane's case it was a hit. I absolutely get Rose's rage at her and through that her disbelief but I do buy that Diane did it all out of loyalty and ended up in one of those sinking holes where you find yourself accidentally going deeper and deeper. Her silently enraged freakout after learning from Ashley the truth about the bombing was an amazing moment. Her going all in on the cover-up because she refused to let it potentially destroy Michelle's presidency was kind of great even if it was wrong. I liked how she took control of the situation, I liked her demeanor. I love her ruthlessness. I liked that when she learned Michelle was in danger she immediately worked to save her. I, like Peter, was shocked and disappointed when it was revealed she was a part of the conspiracy but I ended up loving how it all came together and played out. I enjoyed her scenes with Michelle a lot and Michelle slowly starting to doubt her, and Diane's anger that Michelle could ever doubt her loyalty to her.
+ I really wanted a scene between Michelle and Diane at the end. Diane did horrible things to 'protect' Michelle's presidency and I feel like we should have gotten a moment between them after Michelle learned about it.
+ I liked how it ended. Peter becoming a Night Agent was great. Chelsea getting a place on the President's detail was great. I loved that Chelsea and Maddie's friendship continued. I appreciae Maddie finally being free to live her life. I liked that Rose got some closure in confronting Diane.
+ I do wish that we'd gotten some hint of what Rose was going to do going forward. The other two got job upgrades but Rose, whose professional life had completely imploded at the start of the show, doesn't get even a hint of what she's doing now and it bothered me. In fact we don't get any more backstory on Adam or why he did what he did which now seems a little weird.
+ I loved the Chelsea and Maddie friendship. Chelsea' new school approach to her job in actually allowing herself to care for Maddie and forge a friendship with her was great and I enjoyed them and loved their final scene. Ended up shipping them a bit.
+ I can't blame Lorna for distrusting Peter because that coincidence of him saving the metro train and then ending up becoming connected two years later is suspicious. In fact it was a coincidence that bothered me from the beginning but that I put aside as kind of the basis of the story. So the reveal that Diane was part of the conspiracy actually made this coincidence a lot better because it wasn't. It was Diane continuing her clean up efforts by keeping the only witness close to use as a fall guy. And I love that by doing that she ends up causing the downfall of the conspiracy by putting him in the one place where he would eventually be able to get involved in it again.
+ Both Lorna and Cisco were really great. I found both immediately likable and was sad at their deaths.
+ Holy fuck was Ashley Redfield a fucking abusive dickwad. We knew he was a terrible controlling asshole of a father at that point but to watch him put Sarah's death on Maddie at her funeral was infuriating! 'You were supposed to be watching her'? How about you as a parent was supposed to watch her, you abusive piece of shit! Maddie was what, five at the oldest? You don't have your five year old watch your three year old! You don't blame your five year old to her face! I'm glad that Maddie got to hear him finally admit that it wasn't her fault cause it's something I think she needed to move on.
And like the thing is I do believe Redfield's remose and guilt, and his fear for Maddie when she was kidnapped but said remorse and his tears all felt very too little too late fucker, you know? Plus when push came to shove he chose his future over her life so I guess his sadness wasn't that important.
Meanwhile: "She doesn't understand real politics. She's soft." Oh fuck you, very much!
+ When Monks said that he was taking his daughter camping that summer after years of not seeing her it raised such a death flag for me. After Lorna and Cisco I was prepared and yet it was still a bit of a surprise when he actually was killed and certainly a bummer. But actually I liked how his death was done. It was sudden during a dangerous situation where people certainly do die though where the good guys usually get out of, and it there were no drawn out last words. He got shot doing his job and he died.
+ Almora's death had a similar feel - sudden and a bit of a shock. I was expecting the character to do more and thus things with him felt weirdly unfinished when he died so quickly.
+ I felt bad for Almora over Monks death. They were friends and former partners, and Almora gave him that detail because it was supposed to be an easy (safe) way to ease him back into work. Instead he died, ouch.
+ There is no way those guards should have let Diane through to Camp David without checking her trunk. Bad guards.
+ After Peter's name got dragged through the mud so hard on Maddie's kidnapping plus the insanity of everything that happened and how involved he was at every step how can his name be kept out of it? I have a hard time buying it. Obviously his name was cleared in Maddie's kidnapping but I wish we'd gotten a little about how they cleaned that mess up. I'm so curious about what the conspiracy website has to say about him at the end of the series.
+ I'm happy that Maddie is finally free from her father and his control but also wow is her life going to be a bit of a shitshow now. Her father's actions are always going to hover over her now and I can't imagine how difficult the immediate future is going to be.
+ I liked the reveal that Peter's dad was in fact guilty.
+ I didn't believe for a moment that Hawking's was part of the conspiracy. I really liked the scene between Peter and Hawking's widow.
