Netflix’s Best Answer To ‘Reacher’ Couldn’t Be More Different

Since the release of Amazon Prime's Reacher, it has felt like other streaming services have been looking for their rebuttal, an action thriller with a bit of mystery that can draw in viewers. Well, Netflix certainly succeeded in this mission through The Night Agent, yet it is how the show differs from Reacher that makes it a series that can stand on its own rather than simply being derivative. This political thriller follows Peter Sutherland (Gabriel Brasso), whose job is to answer a phone that special agents will call in an emergency. When Rose (Luciane Buchanan), an innocent civilian, calls the phone after her aunt and uncle are killed, Peter is thrown into a conspiracy theory that goes to the top of The White House.