I said the same thing. The Night Agent was not very good this season. Peter came across as incompetent and Rose was annoying. I personally found the Recruiter far more interesting.
Thanks for the heads up. I saw season 1 a while back and thought that it was so-so, and the actress who played the villain was kind of wooden and obvious. I actually thought about watching season 2 tonight but then remembered season 1.
I seriously need to find a guide to every series and movie on Netflix and other services as surfing randomly with the remote has led to too many wasted binging attempts. It's almost like hiring someone. You want to see their resume and talk to them before committing.
I thought it started out ok but rapidly deteriorated as it became clearer who the villain was, with the person who played then not being a very good actor IMO. It relied on the tired old suspense/thriller trope of the villain being someone that you supposedly least expected who was doing it for some delusional greater good but who was actually clearly insane and/or evil. Same basic plot device used in The Diplomat, Murder at 1600, Enemy of the State, Zero Day, etc. It's just boring if overdone, and it is.
Ironically, we're kind of living through the real thing right now.
I enjoyed The Night Agent (S2 not so much), and I’ve attempted The Recruit but something about it just doesn't click. Does it get better after the first couple episodes, what am I missing?
Yes. It does get better. If I remember correctly, the first 2 episodes were kind of slow but it does lick up. Season 2 starts much better and is the better of the 2 seasons imo. Sucks that's all we will get though.
I can see that. His level of involvement in the spy game and especially with Max stretches any sense of creditability for an entertainment show. Even Max's ability to take down big trained assassins with salt and bare hands is a bit much but the show is fun to watch.
I thought it was the same deal for both shows actually, and with Recruit especially there's a need to suspend belief but I thought that was part of the magic. But just in general, both shows IMO can be stopped after the first season due to the drop in quality unless you're really into it.
That's a pretty low bar tbf. Season two was not great. I'm actually not surprised to see this news, Recruit S2 kind of went out with a whimper. I'd rank it as Recruit > Night Agent > Reacher.
It was better for sure. Can't understand how studios put so much money into these projects but allow terrible, illogical scripts with smart characters making dumb decisions. The Jack Ryan series became unwatchable after the first series. It's like the writers don't understand anything about current affairs, world politics etc. how can they not at the very least do their research or preferably use experts to check?
Because the studios are funded by the US state department. Its why you have you villains who have legitimate greiveances kill grandma's. It's to deligitmise resistance movements and to put the notion that there is a right way to fight oppression. Its why in Jack Ryan season 2 they straight up did a illegal invasion of Venezuela. Its all to manufacture consent.
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u/emelem66 Mar 06 '25
Weird. I liked it better than The Night Agent.