The Night Manager Series 2 BBC

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The trailer for the second series of The Night Manager has been released.

The first episode is set to air on 1 January 2026!

Anyone else can't wait for this? All the talk over the years about a second series and it's almost here!

And Series 3 has been given the greenlight, too.

I couldn't get on with it though it was watchable over a glass of wine or two.

Too many improbabilities and corny dialogue. That Roper stuff about the frog in boiling water - hardly an original analogy is it.

At the beginning of episode 1 I think Teddy planted a massive bomb that took out most of a hotel. Nothing subsequently made him look like he was the kind of man who would know how to do such a thing.

I was hoping that Hugh Laurie would introduce us to his mean father via a flashback - George Roper - but I think the George and Mildred actor had died before filming started.

The whole thing had that 'let's draw it out' feel of a series that wants to eke itself out across three series. The way Roper had a chance to kill Pine but instead has lunch with him! Then, at the end of the episode murderously says 'I want to GET Pine!!' Mate, you had your chance, you just met with him!

Absolutely livid at the ending! Feel like I’ve wasted a whole month of Sunday evenings. As I said to DH, if I wanted a world in which the baddies prevail I could have just watched the news. I felt totally cheated of the catharsis of seeing them get their comeuppance.
Also a ludicrous number of people died. The whole thing was just depressing and a bit rubbish. And am gutted about Basil.

The whole thing had that 'let's draw it out' feel of a series that wants to eke itself out across three series. The way Roper had a chance to kill Pine but instead has lunch with him! Then, at the end of the episode murderously says 'I want to GET Pine!!' Mate, you had your chance, you just met with him!

Totally!!!

I think that's partly why series 1 worked so well. It was complete. Which is pretty rare these days, every first series seems to have to leave something dangling in case it's renewed.

In a way I'm glad Angela Burr is dead because she was just crap in this. I don't want to see her being crap in another series.

The thing I hated the most though was at the end when it was.implied that there was someone bigger than Roper behind it all. The whole point was that Roper was the worst man in the world.

I groaned at that point as it felt like Line of Duty did when it went off the rails.

It was a bit 'guess what? They're ALL H!' wasn't it?

Sums up how l I felt too.

Don't think I'll be bothering with Series 3.

He was. You are right. The body count at the end got so numerous. And the next series won't be set in Colombia, so no chance of reviving him, though I bet Basil and Colman might still be alive. I reckon the one supposedly beating Basil up /killing him off may actually be on his side, since Myra was never in the room when the beating took place.

I didn't enjoy it at all and won't watch the next series.

I liked the ending! But I would, wouldn't I? 😉
Pine was such a ridiculously arrogant white saviour, thinking he could stave off a whole regime change with a wardrobe of blue shirts (and 1 very efficient local detective who did all the graft). He did nothing except make eyes at Roxana and Teddy.

Teddy was an evil thug. I didn"t buy that he would turn on his own super rich dad just because his dad wouldn't take him to back the Athaeneum. He could just have been a King of S America. Still a better life than he had. They were two of a kind and there is absolutely no reason he would go over to Pine.

Angela Burr was extremely incompetent in this and deserved to be shot. But where is Mr Burr?

I missed why Roper let Roxana go?

I just think the death count was a bit excessive. Yes people will get killed in the illegal arms trade but it was all a bit relentless and depressing. The dogs, I mean why shoot the dogs.
I did like Angela's house bet she wished she'd had at least a ring doorbell to alert her to outdoor activity.

Very well summed up .

The death count was rather excessive, I agree. It didn"t make sense that Roxana would go so unscathed. I think they could have killed off Sandy and let Martin survive. Obviously Pine survives for S3.

Oh, Noah Jupe used to be so cute and has now turned into a surly teen with his trousers round his hips ( just like my DS did!).

Thanks @Gloriia!

Myra may have just left the room so she has a modicum of plausible deniability. Or be squeamish.

I would love if Basil survives but I doubt it. I think it would be more likely that Angela survived. That cold wintry ground would slow the blood loss etc (though I'm already questioning if it was snowing or not so my memory may be confusing me).

Is there any indication where they are at with season 3? I lose interest in shows where we're waiting 3 years or more, so hoping season 3 is out within 12 months.

I did re-watch season 1 before this started, but partly because my sister was staying with me for a couple of weeks and she had never watched it.

Myra being able to kill off Rex Mayhew, Basil and Angela really stretches credibility. Wouldn't someone notice?

The dogs, I mean why shoot the dogs. Because Roper is a psychopath. I thought that was a chilling moment and reminded us what Pine is dealing with.

I did like Angela's house bet she wished she'd had at least a ring doorbell to alert her to outdoor activity. I find it hard to believe that she didn't have security, but then again they made great play of her living in the middle of nowhere, so perhaps she thought la France profonde would be secure enough? Although after Myra said she'd come and see her she could have had a think about that.

Pine did nothing? He started and ran the whole operation, with limited support, from start to finish, and very nearly succeeded. He lost his career, and was almost killed on more than one occasion. I’d say he did a hell of a lot more than nothing.

Yes, he shouldn't have started the operation, because he had no backing and limited support in Columbia.

Martin did all the surveillance and recording with a supermarket device. Sally doctored the audio and got the judge out. Basil handled finance × surveillance and paid for that. Pine nearly got himself killed bcos of his stupidity. But he basically left a trail of carnage, in Columbia and at home.

So he should just have left Roper to his own devices? Martin, Sally and Basil did most of their work from a distance. Pine interacted directly, and repeatedly, with extremely dangerous individuals. Yes, the plan failed, leaving a trail of death and destruction in its wake. But it very nearly succeeded.

I think either Basil is potentially still alive or Sandy will change allegiance and work with Pine....otherwise hes just about run out of options to have any inside intel, (and have any sense of continuity for series 3) because literally everyone else has been killed!

It's not just Myra though is it? She's the head secret service honcho working with Roper and his cronies. She didn't shoot Basil, it was the nameless bloke who'd tortured him.

I meant: the nameless bloke and Angela's assassin are working under Myra's direction. Obviously she won't get her hands dirty. Still stretches plausibility. But now in S 3 they will reveal an even more evil man than Roper, to make it more convincing.

I thought this review summed it up well, especially Teddy's unconvincing conversion.https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/the-night-manager-season-2-finale-review-bbc-b2911925.html?test_group=lighteradlayout

I think the Telegraph's 2 star review is pretty on point.

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I agree with some of the points made

To me Teddy's conversion against Roper was a bit slick and no idea why they used the crush he had on Pine as part of the reason.
They should have had a full on affair or just dropped it
All the lingering looks and the dreadful dance was cringe.
Danny could have been reunited with Roper earlier flying him to Columbia and Teddy witnessing his Father lavishing attention on Danny would have ignited his rage and jealousy

Pine as weary night spy was a bit dull

He could have been Night Manager in Columbia
Bring back the suit I say!

Good point. I don’t think we saw his body did we?