Scorchin' Summer Streamin' 26 - The Night Manager - Season Two

The Night Manager is a British spy thriller television serial based on the 1993 novel by John le Carré and adapted by David Farr. 

The six-part first series, directed by Susanne Bier and starring Tom Hiddleston, Hugh Laurie, Olivia Colman, Tom Hollander, David Harewood and Elizabeth Debicki, began broadcasting on BBC One on 21 February 2016. So it's honest to say, it's been a while between drinks between seasons.

The Night Manager's first season was nominated for thirty-six awards and won eleven, including two Primetime Emmy Awards (for director Bier and music composer Victor Reyes) and three Golden Globe Awards (for Hiddleston, Colman, and Laurie). 

Back in April 2024, The Night Manager was renewed for a second & third series by BBC One and Amazon Prime Video, with Hiddleston and Colman reprising their roles, and Georgi Banks-Davies directing. 

The second series concluded on Amazon early last month. Since it's been a number of years between seasons, I just waited till all six episodes streamed to jump back in.

There was a queer/bi baiting screen grab used of Tom Hiddleston (Jonathan Pine), Diego Calva as Teddy Dos Santos, a Colombian arms dealer & Camila Morrone as Roxana Bolaños in a sexy dance scene. This was short lived!

Shame.

Oh well, a third season is set up majorly in episode six, which I will go through below. Warning spoilers ahead!

Roxana, under orders from Roper, calls Pine claiming to have narrowly avoided capture. They arrange to meet, where Pine narrowly avoids being killed by Roper's men thanks to a tip-off from Teddy, who has learned that Roxana is compromised. 

Carrascal becomes suspicious of Teddy, who subsequently kills him in an ensuing fight. Roper confronts Roxana, who suggests Teddy harbours feelings for Pine. 

Sally facilitates the escape of Chief Justice Arbenz from armed supervision. They assemble a team of journalists to observe the arrival of the electromagnetic pulse bomb and reveal the plot of Roper and British Intelligence. 

Meanwhile, Pine and Teddy head to Cabrera's military base, with Pine taking the guise of Teddy's prisoner. Teddy claims Roper and Pine are planning on double-crossing Cabrera by sending 50 armed men instead of the pulse bomb. Cabrera then agrees to divert the shipment to co-ordinates where Sally and Arbenz are waiting. 

Roper arrives at the military base, where the group turns against him. 

In London, Burr has gathered information against Mayra. The pair meet in a library where Burr announces the coup has been foiled. Back in Colombia, an aeroplane is heard overhead and it is revealed that Roper has sent two shipments. 

The pulse weapon arrives at the military base while Sally and Arbenz receive a container empty, but for a red rose. Roper regains Cabrera's trust and Teddy and Pine's deceit is exposed. The unmoved Roper kills Teddy, but Martin and Octavo arrive. Martin shoots to disrupt proceedings, and in the shootout Pine is injured. Martin sacrifices his own life to provide a distraction to allow Pine to escape with Octavo. 

Pine walks in the jungle with Octavo before collapsing. 

In London, Mayra walks away from the meeting triumphant, and Burr is later killed at her home in France. The episode closes with Roper in England picking up Danny from boarding school, while news of the ongoing Colombian civil war plays on the radio, which Roper changes to play Odetta's version of Bob Dylan's "Masters of War" as they drive away.

Will we have to wait another ten years for the third season? I doubt it. This has been a big hit again for Amazon. Continuing their fine start to 2026. With Cross, Steal and The Boys final season incoming. Plus the erotic hit, 56 Days. Amazon has come out of the blocks stronger than HBO. In mu opinion of course.

That said, can they keep up this pace. Till next time. Stay outta the humidity FML!