Rose Larkin

**Rose Larkin** is a main character on *The Night Agent* .

Young tech entrepreneur Rose is staying with her aunt Emma and uncle Henry after falling on hard times. But things get worse when assassins come for her relatives and she barely escapes alive. After calling a mysterious phone number at her aunt and uncle’s urging, Rose uncovers some dark truths about her family as she and her newfound protector Peter are forced to run for their lives.

## Throughout The Night Agent

### Season 1

Rose prepares for her Ted Talk about cybersecurity. A woman mics her up, and then Rose's assistant brings her the seed funding documents to sign.

One year later, Rose reunites with her aunt and uncle when they get home from their conference. She helps them with their bags, and they talk about her startup. The board officially fired her that day. They go inside for dinner, where Rose recaps the terrible events that led to the funders turning on her and the board firing her. She's officially bankrupt. Emma assures Rose she can stay there as long as she wants. They toast to bankruptcy.

Rose is sleeping in her bed when two people, Dale and Ellen, arrive outside the house with guns. She wakes up to hear Emma and Henry arguing. There's no cell service or electricity. Rose goes down the hall and overhears them discussing a document and warning Osprey. The country is in trouble and no one in the White House can be trusted. They decide to burn everything they have. Emma pulls a gun on Rose, who questions everything. Emma can't tell her everything, but they're under attack. Henry gives her a number and instructions to call it from the neighbor's house. They tell Rose to run.

Emma and Henry clear the house while Rose escapes out the back. She hears the gunfire and sees the flashes from the front yard. Dale unmasks himself and then sees Rose. She takes off running and breaks into the neighbor's house. She dials the number.

Peter is working on the file when the phone rings. He answers and flips through a binder as Rose struggles to give him the information he requests. Peter tells her it's the wrong number, but she tells him everything she knows. He gets her help and alerts Hawkins and Farr that Sidewinder and Gazelle are in danger. Peter tells Rose he's going to help her. She sees Dale approaching the house with a flashlight. Peter calmly tells Rose how to hide. She positions a mirror so she can see the hall. She hides in the closet and watches Dale while talking to Peter. When it seems Dale is coming her way, Peter tells her that if he finds her to fight like hell against him. After a long time, the door opens, and a police officer is there. Peter tells her that he's proud of her and hangs up. Rose hugs the officer but sees an open window.

Rose is at the crime scene when Hawkins introduces himself. He's sorry, but her aunt and uncle were dead when the police arrived. Hawkins works in the White House and hopes they can figure out what happened together. Peter arrives and tells Hawkins his orders. Farr has authorization from the president that is in Hawkins' inbox. Rose recognizes his voice, and he tells her they'll get her some clothes. He's going to take her away from all this.

Peter drives Rose away and notices her finger tapping again. He answers the questions that he can - he works for the FBI and they're going to his apartment. She asks who her aunt and uncle are, but he doesn't know as he didn't know about them before tonight. Even if he knew, his boss didn't want them to tell each other anything.

They arrive at Peter's apartment and he tells her they'll need to be debriefed tomorrow. He convinces her to hand over her phone so he can tell if they're being tracked. He instructs her to get clothes out of one of the closets, enough for a few days. She finds a binder of newspaper articles about a traitor. He comes in and she notices the White House clearance badge. She wants to go somewhere safe, but he insists they don't know where safety is. He doesn't have time to get her to trust him. But his orders are to protect her with his life, and he will do that. They head out of the apartment building.

Peter and Rose walk toward their car when he notices two people following them. He ends up in a fight and quickly overtakes the assailants. They don't know who Rose is - they came for Peter. They claim Peter tried to blow up the metro last year, though Peter refutes it. They believe Rome Tome and not him. Peter demands their wallets and Rose picks them up, thinking they're robbing the men. Peter just needs their licenses and tells her to give them back after. He has the men wait until the FBI arrives.

Farr is in the White House when Peter tells her about the Rome Tome guys that attacked them. They'll need questioning and some first aid. Farr agrees and tells him to take care of Rose, and he will. Rose asks what the guys mean about the metro bombing. He was there but not part of the attack. He stopped it and isn't a traitor, neither was his father. He confirms the binder she found was about his dad. People accused him but he died in a car accident before he could clear his name. Rose asks why Peter answers the White House phone in the basement. Most nights he analyzes reports. He had one call before hers, but it was the wrong number. He notices they're being followed and tells her to stay low. He has her call Night Agent and tells the agent on the line what's happening. Dale shoots at them from his car. Peter notices she's bleeding and makes sure it's just from the glass. A bullet-ridden car chase ensues. She recognizes Dale as being the guy from her aunt's house. Peter causes Dale to get in an accident and then escapes.

Peter and Rose arrive at an Airbnb under his friend's account. He secures the house and then patches up her wound. She changes into the clothes she got and Peter explains they're his ex-fiancée Zoe's. He tells her to get some sleep while he works. She worries the assassins are after her, and he surmises they think she knows or saw something. She should tell them everything in the debrief. She wants to know what he does, but he's under orders not to. He finally tells her about Night Action. Her aunt and uncle were agents, but he didn't know anything about them.

Peter watches both the road and the camera he set up in his house, while Rose sleeps in the bed.

In the morning, Peter takes Rose to be debriefed by Farr. Rose asks Peter to come with her as it'll make her more comfortable. Peter agrees to come inside. He gets an update on the guys who attacked him and the people who broke into his apartment. Hawkins begrudgingly accepts that Peter will be there, but makes him wait in the hall. This worries Rose, but Peter assures her that she can trust them. She tells him that her aunt said not to trust someone in the White House. She decides to trust Peter. She won't tell Farr and Hawkins the truth, not if it can get her killed. She goes into the room and Hawkins shuts the door.

Three months ago, Rose gives an interview about her cybersecurity company. She has to leave for a call from Lawrence Finster, her biggest client, who is panicking because his company has been hacked. She runs to talk with Hadim, a coder, who tells her someone messed with the code on their end. She realizes it's Adam and tries to fix it.

Now, Hawkins grills Rose for answers, convinced she isn't telling them the truth. He accuses Rose of being involved in what happened or at least dishonest. Peter listens from the hallway. Farr insists they're on the same side. Rose calls Hawkins an asshole and storms out. Peter asks how it went and Hawkins insists Rose is hiding something. Farr agrees but hopes Peter can get her to talk. They have a car outside that will take her to a hotel where she'll be under Secret Service surveillance. Rose, who is back, insists on walking, so Peter escorts her. When they're gone, Hawkins tells Farr he doesn't like Peter being near a witness as he doesn't have the training. Farr doesn't underestimate Peter and believes he can do this.

Peter and Rose walk together as he asks about her plan. It's to stay alive for as long as possible. She only trusts Peter to a degree. Someone in the White House wants her dead and if they know she can ID the guy who killed her aunt and uncle that makes her a bigger target. His life might be at stake now too.

They arrive at the hotel and Peter shows her the room. He asks her to stay out of sight. She can order anything from room service, has a mini bar, and agents guarding her. She doesn't have any books or a laptop to read. She's just stuck there. He suggests she work on her pool game. He then assures her they'll get the guys after her. He has to work and prepares to leave. She's surprised and wonders if this is goodbye forever. The Secret Service guys will be better at protecting her than he is. She thinks he did okay. He returns the sentiment. She thanks him and gives him a hug. He leaves and tells the agents to take care of Rose. He goes to the lobby and passes a book stand. He selects a few and has the front desk send them up to Rose's room. Peter asks they tell her they're from Peter.

Rose calls Peter that night on the Night Action line. She couldn't sleep and remembered the number. She needed to hear a voice and doesn't have anyone. He's there for her. They talk about Night Action phone calls and exchange witty banter. She asks what happens next with her. He wishes that he knew. They talk about their previous aspirations. She starts to fall asleep, which he notes is a good thing. She tells him how lonely she is. He agrees to have breakfast with her tomorrow after his shift.

In the morning, Peter bursts in, frantic as her security wasn't in the building. He clears the hall and finds Rose inside. The lock on her door doesn't work so they escape together.

Rose spots Dale in the stairwell and he shoots at her. Peter returns fire then helps Rose over the railings. They end up in a conference room where a shootout occurs. Peter and Rose manage to get out but are followed by Dale. They hide in a room as Peter knocks out the glass window panes, devising a plan to get them out of the situation since he's out of bullets. He stands on a glass ledge but falls through. He encourages her to jump next, and she decides to jump to distribute her weight better. He breaks her fall and they run away, narrowly escaping Dale.

Peter and Rose enter a boutique so she can get some clothes. She's only in a bathrobe. She steals one of the customer's phones, something Peter notices. Once in the changing room, she gives the phone to Peter to find out who pulled her security.

Peter calls Farr and debriefs her on the situation. She puts him on speaker with Farr, Almora, and Briggs. Almora finds an order telling the agents to disengage. They realize Director Hawkins also has the power to do that. Briggs can't reach Hawkins. Peter refuses to tell Farr where they are until she can prove they have things under control. He's doing whatever is needed to protect Rose, hanging up. Rose wants to figure out what her aunt and uncle were hiding.

Rose takes Peter to her aunt and uncle's house. She sees the spots where they died and tells Peter about her childhood in the home. She wants to get the people who did this and so does he. Rose admits she didn't tell him everything she heard her aunt and uncle talking about that night. She realizes he's really on her side and tells him as Osprey. She starts rummaging to find what they hid. He tells her to use her excellent memory to remember what else they said. She remembers her aunt saying they had seven days before "it" happened. They deduce that her uncle said "the drive in the woods" not "a drive". He tells her to get shoes and clothes.

Rose and Peter drive to her uncle Ron's cabin in the woods. Her aunt and uncle kept the cabin as a place to find peace. He just wants to keep her safe while the FBI figures things out. He promises the stint at the hotel won't happen again. After a while, they arrive at the cabin and begin searching for the drive.

Their search is fraught, though they have a fire to keep warm. Peter finds a loose rock in the fireplace and carves it out. He finds a hard drive hidden inside. She hooks it up to her computer but it has protection she can't get around. She compares it to national-security level. All they have is a file with the name 2781. Peter knows that's the number of the metro train, meaning her aunt and uncle were investigating it. Peter calls Night Action to contact Farr. He learns Hawkins ordered it from a computer in his office, but Hawkins's body was found in a field in Maryland, murdered. Peter tells Farr about the hard drive and its connection the bombing. She orders him to come in with Rose and the hard drive.

## Appearances

### Season 1

* The Call
* Redial
* The Zookeeper
* Eyes Only
* The Marionette
* Fathoms
* Best Served Cold
* Redux
* The Devil We Know
* Fathers

## Trivia

* Rose went to a community college before transferring to UC Berkley.
* She shoplifted for the first time at 8 years old.

## References

1. ↑ Season 1, *The Call*
2. ↑ Season 1, *Redial*
3. ↑ The Zookeeper