‘The Night Agent’ Season 3 Episode Titles Revealed

With Netflix eyeing a January 2026 release for The Night Agent season 3, the episode titles have finally been revealed for the upcoming season. Below, we’ve listed them in alphabetical order, followed by brief breakdowns of each episode title with the aim of deciphering any clues that can be found.

The Night Agent serves as the television adaptation of Matthew Quirk’s novel The Night Agent, which is helmed by showrunner Shawn Ryan and produced by Sony Pictures Television.

Gabriel Basso plays the lead role of Peter Sutherland, a low-level FBI agent who mans the phone in the basement of the White House that never rings. When the phone finally rings, it begins a chain of events that throws Peter and civilian Rose Larkin into a conspiracy that leads back to the Oval Office.

 

Episode Titles

In alphabetical order, here are the episode titles of The Night Agent season 3:

• Call Waiting
• Dark Matters
• Lockstep Mesquite
• Murky Waters
• Once Upon a Time
• Orion
• Package Deal
• Razzmatazz
• The Isolation Play
• Truth Be Told

Please note: We expect the episode order to be revealed closer to the release of season 3.

We also know which episodes each writer was responsible for:

• Episode 1 – Written by Munis Rashid.
• Episode 2 – Written by Anayat Fakhraie.
• Episode 3 – Written by Seth Fisher.
• Episode 4 – Written by Eileen Myers.
• Episode 5 – Written by Corey Deshon.
• Episode 6 – Written by Imogen Browder.
• Episode 7 – Written by Andres Smith.
• Episode 8 – Written by Anayat Fakhraie & Cory Deshon.
• Episode 9 – Written by Aiyana K. White.
• Episode 10 – Seth Fisher & Munis Rashid.

Episode Title Breakdowns

Call Waiting

This could possibly be the first episode of the third season, and the title is evidently a throwback to the start of The Night Agent when Peter Sutherland’s job was to sit and wait for phone calls from Night Agents in desperate need of help. Ironically, his first phone call triggered a chain of events that would eventually see him become a Night Agent himself.

At the start of the second season, Peter was forced to phone the emergency line; however, in the third season, Peter will be deep undercover in Monroe’s network, and his mission is a complete secret, with only two people, Catherine and Mosley, who know of his mission. So, by Call Waiting, we expect to see Peter hard at work undercover.

Dark Matters

This could simply refer to shady dealings that Peter will be privy to while working for Monroe. With a president in Monroe’s pocket, Monroe effectively becomes the most powerful man in the world, allowing him to leverage his influence to secure lucrative government contracts.

However, if we are to put our tin hats on, it could also relate to a scientific breakthrough that threatens national security and, in the wrong hands, could provide a foreign nation with a significant advantage over the USA. Perhaps Peter is put into a situation where he needs to either extract or is asked to assassinate the person responsible for such a breakthrough, completely risking his cover.

Lockstep Mesquite

Most of the world will have seen “Lockstep” in action as it is a style of marching emulated by most of the world’s military, where each person marches as close as possible to the one in front. However, the term can be used as a way to describe conformity, ensuring discipline or lack of individual agency. This may be in reference to Peter’s profession, and the nature of his position as a Night Agent deep undercover, and he cannot react with the agency or risk exposing his cover.

Mesquite could be referring to the names of towns in Texas and Nevada. From this, we can infer that a military operation may be imminent in one of these towns, or that an impending disaster, of which Peter is aware, cannot be prevented, forcing him to maintain his cover. This suggests that while deep undercover, he lacks the flexibility to improvise.

Murky Waters

Depending on his position within Monroe’s network, Peter will likely be privy to some extremely sensitive conversations and meetings, which could not only impact national security but also the lives of innocent people. However, in order to earn the trust of Monroe and those around him, how far will Peter have to go? Is Peter willing to sacrifice the lives of innocent people if, in the long run, it means taking down a national security threat like Monroe for good?

In this episode, we’ll likely see the darker side of what it means to be undercover and how it impacts Peter.

Once Upon a Time

The term “Once Upon a Time” is synonymous with fairy tales, but in this grounded thriller, we might see flashbacks to the early days of Peter’s training as an FBI agent, and perhaps his struggles during training, such as bullying due to his father being known to the country as a traitor.

We also don’t know the full extent of Monroe’s influence so perhaps some further background on him could be revealed, and perhaps he may even have ties to what happened with Peter’s father?

Orion

It could be a name of an operative, or a nickname given to an important operation. It could also be related to technology, and if it has anything related to the “Dark Matters” episode, perhaps our prediction of a scientific breakthrough being related to this season isn’t that far-fetched after all. 

Package Deal

This title could have a whole bunch of different meanings; it could be in reference to a dead drop or a payload, a deal between characters such as Peter and Monroe, especially if Rose is involved in the third season. It could even be in reference to Monroe’s schemes and how getting into business with him is a package deal, meaning while there will be a financial or political gain from associating yourself with him, it also means you might be sacrificing a part of yourself, or forced to take part in illegal activities at his beck and call.

Razzmatazz

This could be an episode centered around Hagan, who, thanks to Monroe’s political influence, is all but guaranteed the presidency. As a populist politician, the key to Hagan’s popularity is charisma and posing for the cameras. If Peter ends up working for Hagan’s security detail as theorised, then he will have to spend a lot of time protecting a standing US President who could ultimately do more harm than good.

The Isolation Play

Another episode may focus on Hagan, who is pursuing an isolationist agenda for the United States, which means we’ll likely see the consequences of his actions, and perhaps the consequences of him being at the whims of Monroe. This could also be a reference to Peter’s work undercover, and how isolated he feels when only Catherine and Mosley know he’s a double agent.

Truth Be Told

This could be the episode with some major and shocking revelations. It could very well be the episode where Peter’s cover is finally broken, and he finds himself in grave danger. Not to mention this could be the episode where Monroe is taken down, and his influence on American politics and swinging the US presidential election could be brought to light. 

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