Clock struck 12 at midnight. My mind began its weekly recalling—midway, realising it’s Sunday that looms tomorrow. Being an age-old slave to habits, arms drifted toward the remote. Prime Video once again flickered to life, and I decided to embody The Night Manager tonight—nocturnal, solitary, utterly committed to devouring season 2 before dawn breaks its spell. We waited 10 years—a massive decade, that has showcased us the toughest times, including the malefic COVID. However, our patience remained firm for The Night Manager.
On 11th January, the makers dropped the first three episodes of the second season—typically, I am not a fan of episodes releasing in intervals, but this is what we get on plates nowadays. So be it. Was the wait worth it? Yes and no—the answer depends on how we perceive the situations as humans. Fiction often mirrors life—changes occur, evolution occurs, and character development eventually differs. So for me, the wait was a revisit—and who knows, it might just turn out to be a perfect match for the night owls in the upcoming episodes and seasons!
The opening three episodes of The Night Manager’s second season plunge viewers straight back into a maze of intrigue and deception. Jonathan Pine, now living under the alias Alex Goodwin and working a low-key MI6 surveillance post in London, is jolted out of anonymity by the sight of a face he thought belonged to the past. What follows is a perilous descent into the underworld of Colombian arms dealer Teddy Dos Santos. Adopting the swaggering persona of financier Matthew Ellis, and aided by the enigmatic Roxana Bolaños, Pine infiltrates the operation from within.
The tension towers at a cliffhanger at the end of Episode 3, when the series reveals its most shocking truth yet: Richard Roper is alive—and pulling every string from the shadows. Episode 4 is all set to release tomorrow. Verdicts to wait till the end, and to foresee whether it will arrive with a 3rd season after the season finale in February.
