Diksha Sundriyal
The second season of Prime Video’s ‘The Night Manager’ ends with a shocking finale that marks the deaths of several important characters. Despite Jonathan Pine’s best efforts, Richard Roper succeeds in outmanoeuvring him, and when the dust settles, things look pretty bad for the protagonist. Fortunately, this is not the end of the story, as Jonathan Pine’s quest will continue in the third season of the show. ‘The Night Manager’ had received a two-season renewal in early 2025, as the show’s creators confirmed that they had conceived the third season as a continuation of the second.
Writer David Farr and director Georgi Banks-Davies confirmed that they are currently in the process of writing the third, which could also be the final one, as it serves as the last instalment of Pine’s journey. They also assured the audience that it won’t take another ten years for the third season to be released. Given how everything has been fast-tracked, we expect ‘The Night Manager’ Season 3 to land sometime in 2028. SPOILERS AHEAD.
The Night Manager Season 3 Will Wrap Up the Saga of Jonathan Pine and Richard Roper
‘The Night Manager’ started about a decade ago with Jonathan Pine’s quest to end Richard Roper’s reign of terror by bringing him to justice and putting an end to his arms trade. It isn’t until much later that he discovers that Roper has escaped the consequences of his actions and is planning to return with even more force. The ending of the second season shows that Roper has learned from his experience with Pine, knowing exactly how his nemesis works, allowing him to have an upper hand on the situation that could very well have ended the same way it did the first time he lost.
Last time, Roper was caught off guard by Pine’s betrayal, but this time, he is aware of his enemy and his machinations. When Roxana tells him that she is not the one who fell for Pine, Roper realises that it’s Teddy that Pine had been targeting all along. This leads him to the conclusion that Teddy has already ratted out the details of the shipment and its delivery, so he makes arrangements to change it. With this, the shipment that is redirected to the attorney general carries nothing but a rose, while the real shipment finds its way to José Cabrera. With this, Roper gets his money to pay off the debt that had sent him into hiding for so long.
His action also fulfills his deal with Mayra, and he is allowed to return to London, with a lavish mansion and a new life waiting for him. Meanwhile, a civil war breaks out in Colombia, which is exactly what Roper and his accomplices had been edging for. This, however, doesn’t mean the end of the road for Roper. He’d previously revealed that he intends to repeat the same thing with other vulnerable and profitable countries, which means that the chaos in Colombia will not stop him in his tracks. At the same time, Angela Burr uncovered that the conspiracy with Roper and the British government runs deeper than previously imagined. The third season will focus on this, as new players come into the picture.
The Night Manager Will Introduce New Pieces on the Board
One of the most surprising things about ‘The Night Manager’ Season 2 is that it wipes off several main characters in the course of six episodes. It begins with Rex’s death, and then Basil falls victim to the villains. By the end, Teddy, Martin, and Angela Burr are gone, which leaves Pine with just Sally to lean on. With so many major characters out of the picture, it makes sense for new characters to show up and stir more trouble than Pine had imagined. With that in mind, several new cast members are expected to join the third season of ‘The Night Manager.’ At the same time, it will mark the return of familiar faces, like Tom Hiddleston’s Jonathan Pine and Hugh Laurie’s Richard Roper.
Camila Morrone’s Roxana Bolaños is one of the few characters to get entangled in the whole mess and still survive it. In the end, we see her leave for Miami, but this doesn’t mean she is completely cut off from the operation yet. Roper might rope her back into his business, while Pine may have a bone to pick with her. The third season is also expected to bring back Hayley Squires as Sally, Indira Varma as Mayra, and Noah Jupe as Danny Roper. Supporting characters like Alistair Petrie as Alexander “Sandy” Langbourne, Michael Nardone as Frisky, and Kerr Logan as Adam Holywell are also expected to return.
With Olivia Colman’s Angela Burr dead, there is a good chance we might not see Colman again, though the flashbacks keep the window of possibility open for her return. In the same vein, Diego Calva’s Teddy Dos Santos will most likely not be a part of the third season, unless he comes back as a memory or a ghost. One of the major characters from Season 1 who did not appear in the second season is Elizabeth Debicki’s Jemima “Jed” Marshall. Roper does mention Jed when he asks Pine how she is. With Roper taking his son, Danny, back, it is possible that Jed may intervene, which would bring her and Pine back in each other’s orbits.
The Night Manager Season 3 Will Explore the Dark Side of Jonathan Pine’s Psyche
Apart from being an espionage thriller about bringing down the worst man in the world, ‘The Night Manager’ also deals with the themes themes like father-son relationships, crooked sense of morality, and, in particular, Pine’s quest to find love that “works in a way that isn’t destructive, or a kind of passion that’s manipulative.” His work has forced him to put on a mask, which has become second nature to him in such a way that, often, he doesn’t know whether what he’s feeling for the other person is real or just another tactic of manipulation.
Having lost almost everything and hitting rock bottom at the end of the second season will lead Pine to self-reflect and decide what he truly wants for himself. With most of his team gone, and him finding out about Basil and Angela Burr’s deaths, it is confirmed that he will continue his vendetta against Roper and will not stop until he succeeds. At the same time, his quest and how far he is ready to go with it will also shed light on who he has become over the years, and whether he is truly capable of forming connections or just faking them.
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