
Even with the helpful “PREVIOUSLY ON …” recaps we get before the beginning of each new episode of the slick and preposterous and action-packed and mildly addictive inside-the-Beltway Netflix thriller series “The Night Agent,” there’s a moment in virtually every episode where one of our main characters has to deliver a line that’s really intended for the audience’s benefit.
You know how it goes. Someone will all but look into the camera and say something along the lines of, “This photo clearly establishes a connection between the ambassador and our main suspect!” or, “Only three people in the world know about this, and two of them are in this room. The mole has to be inside the White House!”