The Call

## Episode Guide

**The Call** is the first episode of the first season of The Night Agent.

## Synopsis

While working the night action desk, FBI agent Peter receives a distress call and is soon put in charge of protecting cybersecurity expert Rose.

## Plot

Peter Sutherland is on the Washington D.C. Metro where he generously gives up his seat for a mother and her young daughter. He notices a suspicious-looking man leave a backpack on the train. Peter investigates and realizes it's a bomb. He pulls the emergency stop lever on the train and shows his FBI badge. The passengers react to the news of a bomb and flee. Peter goes back to help the mother and daughter. The bomb detonates seconds after he's off the train.

A police officer looks over Peter and determines he might have a concussion. He asks how many are dead; just one, so it could have been worse. When the officer leaves, Peter notices a man fitting the description of the bomber in the crowd and chases him. They end up in an alley, and the bomber ambushes Peter. They fight, and Peter sees the snake tattoo on his side. He chases the bomber into the street and is hit by a car, which lets the suspect escape.

Rose Larkin 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, Peter wakes up at 5:00 PM for his night shift at The White House. He goes through security and meets with Diane Farr, who shows him a video from Rome Tome. Elliot Rome, the person in the video, accuses Peter of being involved in the bombing that night, claiming to have new evidence as proof. Elliot brings up Peter's father. He sold out the country and killed himself. Peter snaps that his father died in a car accident and wasn't charged. Peter learns Deputy Director Hawkins sent the video to Farr. She reminds him that everyone, including the president and herself, believes in him. Farr has him practice saying "No comment." She reminds him of their deal; he pays his dues in Night Action, and better things will come his way. Both Diane and Hawkins have to sign off on a promotion. She gives him a file to mark up on her way out.

Peter heads to the basement, where the director of the secret service Ben Almora reminds Peter of the president's pick-up basketball game tomorrow. He still wants Peter to work for him in the Secret Service, but Peter isn't willing to take a bullet for someone just because they got more votes than someone else. They're interrupted by Hawkins, who talks to Peter about a report Diane assigned him. Peter's supposed to report to both Diane and Hawkins. He suggests Peter hitch his wagon to someone else.

At exactly eight o'clock, Peter takes over for the other agent on night action duty. He starts going over the file Diane gave him.

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. Henry clears the staircase when a neck wire drops from above, strangling him. Emma is attacked but fights back. Henry dies from the strangulation. Ellen pulls a gun and shoots Emma in the chest. Rose 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.

Peter answers Farr's call and tells her about the incident. She tells him to get to Rose before Hawkins and take her somewhere that even Farr doesn't know about.

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. When Rose is gone, Peter opens a secret compartment in his desk and takes out weapons and a camera. He sets up the camera in his apartment. Rose 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 Action 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. Someone breaks into his apartment so Peter calls Farr to tell her. The agents positioned outside rush in. The intruders are gone by the time the agents enter. Peter goes through the footage and takes a screenshot of the insignia ring on the man's hand.

In the morning, Peter takes Rose to be debriefed by Farr. Rose asks Peter to come with her, and Farr allows it as it'll make Rose 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 he 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.

A woman is cleaning her house when she sees Dale and Ellen who are posing as a young couple outside with a baby. Ellen is showing the house to Dale, claiming she's feeling nostalgic for her childhood home. The woman invites them inside and they talk. Ellen slips up in her story and the woman figures out she's lying. Dale chokes her from behind with a wire, killing her. Dale finds what they came for and they leave without the baby. Dale texts with an unknown number to let them know the job is done. He's instructed to come back to D.C.

In the woman's house, the radio reports on a missing 10-month-old baby. The baby is on the coffee table.

## Cast

* Luciane Buchanan as Rose Larkin
* Fola Evans-Akingbola as Chelsea Arrington (Credit only)
* Sarah Desjardins as Maddie Redfield (Credit only)
* Eve Harlow as Ellen
* Phoenix Raei as Dale
* Enrique Murciano as Ben Almora
* D.B. Woodside as Erik Monks (Credit only)
* Hong Chau as Diane Farr

Guest Starring* Robert Patrick as Jamie Hawkins
* Simone Kessell as Emma Campbell
* William MacDonald as Henry Campbell
* Richard Harmon as Elliot Rome
* Chris Webb as Kurt
* Jason Day as Glen
* Sarah Peguero as Abby
* Bronwen Smith as Denise
* Leanne Buchanan as Single Mother
* Remy Marthaller as Remy
* Bailey Corneal as Lisa
* Bruno Feldeisen as Older Man
* Alex Rose as Liam
* Umar Khan as Wayne
* Lucas Penner as Police Officer
* Sam Rahmani as Stage Manager
* Allan Luna as Alternate Night Agent