The Night Agent - Netflix Series

The Night Agent | Official Trailer | Netflix
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Moderately stupid action thriller. For example, the show starts with a SUSPICIOUS character leaving a backpack on the subway. Our hero takes a look inside and realizes it's a bomb. He pulls the emergency door lever which brings the train to a screeching halt. And does he throw the backpack out the open door? No, he tells all the people to get off the train. What a good idea. Dump a trainload of people into a dark subway tunnel full of electrified tracks. Yes, the bomb could have been boobie-trapped, and the train could have been using overhead wires and not electrified rails, but I still think getting the bomb out of the train would have the right choice. Breaking out a window and throwing it overboard while the train is moving would have been better.

For another example, we have our hero and the girl driving across town in a Cadillac Escalade when the bad guys start chasing them in a Mustang. And the bad guys are shooting at them. Tell me, is it better to drive like a maniac and try to get away? Or do you just stomp on the brakes, stop, put it in reverse and back over them? OK, it's all fantasy, and whatever you do it's not going to come out like you expect. Unless you are writing the script, then it can come out anyway you like. And I like backing over the front of the Mustang and smashing the bad guys. Of course, that doesn't work if your next bunch of episodes are all about the bad guys chasing our hero and his damsel in distress. Can't put the bad guys out of action right away.

Anyway, lots of action, lots of suspicious government officials / employees. The obvious villain gets killed right away, so now we are left with the oh-so-considerate woman who is chief of staff in the White House. Her hair's a funny color, so she's obviously a no-good-nik.