The Night Manager: Series 2
Nine years have passed since Jonathan Pine tricked Richard Roper in Egypt and delivered him to his Syrian captors. Roper is now dead, and Jonathan Pine has assumed the identity of Alex Goodwin, working as a low-level intelligence officer with MI6. However, Pine spots an old Roper mercenary in London, causing his new secure life to begin to unravel.
Season 2 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Jonathan Pine is a former British soldier who navigates the shadowy recesses of Whitehall and Washington.
- An unholy alliance operates between the intelligence community and the secret arms trade.
- To infiltrate the inner circle of lethal arms dealer Richard Onslow Roper, Pine had to become a criminal himself.
- Pine previously tricked Richard Roper in Egypt and sent him into the hands of his Syrian captors.
Season overview
Nine years have passed since Jonathan Pine tricked Richard Roper in Egypt and delivered him to his Syrian captors. Roper is now dead, and Jonathan Pine has assumed the identity of Alex Goodwin, working as a low-level intelligence officer with MI6. However, Pine spots an old Roper mercenary in London, causing his new secure life to begin to unravel.
Episode Guide
Season 2 Progress Shield
Episode 1
Jan 1, 2026 · 60 min
Pine's past resurfaces after a chance sighting. He's pulled into a deadly conspiracy reaching from Colombia's jungles to the heart of MI6.
Episode 2
Jan 4, 2026 · 57 min
Pine is on the run and using a new identity. Under the name Matthew Ellis, he travels to Colombia to get inside Teddy dos Santos's operation and uncover the mystery of the Cartagen
Episode 3
Jan 11, 2026 · 61 min
Pine gains Teddy's trust and secretly finds the proof he needs to connect the Cartagena shipment to covert British intelligence interests. But then things start to go wrong.
Episode 4
Jan 18, 2026 · 61 min
Pine has the proof he needs to expose the British-backed overthrow of the Colombian government. But Teddy no longer trusts Matthew Ellis, and Gilberto Hanson is on his tail.
Episode 5
Jan 25, 2026 · 61 min
Matthew Ellis has been exposed, and Pine can no longer run. He meets Gilberto Hanson and offers a deal. Then, Pine covertly starts to work on Teddy and dismantle the Colombia opera
Episode 6
Feb 1, 2026 · 61 min
Pine works with Teddy to bring down Gilberto Hanson’s Colombia coup from the inside. But Hanson has found a new ally of his own. It is winner-takes-all.