Warning! SPOILERS about The Night Agent season 2, episode 5 ahead.
Many characters risked their lives and a few died inThe Night Agentseason 2, but one death in particular was so unfortunate due to the unpredictable string of events that led to it.The high-intensity investigation that characterized the action thriller seriesturnedThe Night Agentseason 1 into one of the most popular TV shows globally, but it alsomade it less likely for multiple characters to survive as the story went on. That was also the case forThe Night Agentseason 2, where one deathin particular felt exceptionally devastating because of how unnecessary it was.
The Night Agentseason 2 seamlessly blended multiple storylines centering on different characters into one, connecting them via a common thread. The Bala family’s story at first seemed entirely severed fromAlice’s sad fate inThe Night Agentseason 2’s premiereand Noor’s plight to find quality information that would guarantee asylum for her and her family in the US. As every puzzle piece was nonetheless connected, it finally made sense once the bigger picture was revealed. However,what remained detached from the main story and a senseless tragedy is Farhad’s death inThe Night Agentseason 2, episode 5.
The extraction of Noor’s family from Isfahan, Iran was already extremely dangerous as Sami had to plan it in less than 48 hours, but it became almost impossible to go seamlessly when Sami reached Azita and Farhad’s house inThe Night Agentseason 2, episode 5.Farhad’s negative reaction caused trouble because it alerted the neighbors, inciting an altercation that led him, Azita and Sami to barely escape unharmed. Then, it also attracted the police’s attention, which eventually caused the shootout on the way to the airport and Farhad’s unwise decision to take the gun and point it at Sami.
The circumstances of Sami and Farhad’s interactions and the incident happening after the shootout with the police made Sami’s reaction to shoot Farhad after he fired at him understandable from his perspective.
By the moment Farhad decided to shoot at Sami, he had already put everyone in danger by opposing the extraction.Sami shot Farhad in self-defense after Farhad fired at him, making his reaction understandable, given the difficult circumstances of their interactions and based on the incident happening right after the shootout with the police. Sami could have attempted to shoot Farhad to hurt him and not kill him, but his training might have impeded that, and doing so could have nonetheless led to Farhad’s death given the long trip awaiting them to go to the US via Istanbul and Paris.
Sami’s Split Second Decision Protected Himself & The Mission
The aftermath of Sami shooting Farhad showed Sami’s contrition for what happened, with his call to Peter and his behavior with Noor and Azita emphasizing it. However, in the split second it took to realize Farhad fired the gun pointed at him, Sami had already reacted in the way he had been trained to by shooting to kill.The time sensitivity of the extraction, coupled with the even bigger danger they were all in because of the commotion at Azita and Farhad’s house, made Sami’s reaction logical.
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While Sami might have regretted killing Farhad at a later time, given his speech to Peter about having a moral anchor and how Farhad wasn’t an enemy, it was impossibly difficult to make a different choice in the heat of the moment.Farhad handling a gun that he didn’t know how to use was a threat at that moment, to Sami and the mission, as, if he hurt Sami, he could have jeopardized his safety and the objective, which was Azita’s extraction from Iran even if Farhad couldn’t go. This made Sami’s decision justified in the moment he made it.
The series of events that led to Sami killing Farhad was deeply unfortunate, as any variation could have easily led to a different, happier outcome. Sami instinctively reacted by shooting to kill as he was trained after feeling threatened by Farhad pointing a gun at him, and the situation was made more difficult by Azita and Farhad’s neighbors threatening them and the police following them.Noor also felt responsible, as their extraction from Iran wouldn’t have happened ifNoor hadn’t worked to get asylum inThe Night Agentseason 2for her and her family by betraying her country.
The Night Agenthad already been renewed for season 3 ahead of season 2’s release.
Azita endangered the already challenging extraction by not telling Farhad about the plan in advance because she expected him not to want to go, letting Noor force Catherine and Peter’s hands without all the information available, thinking she could have pushed Farhad to agree when the time came. Peter felt partially responsible as Farhad died after he pushed to get Noor what she wanted instead of going with Catherine’s plan. All this made Farhad’s death inThe Night Agentseason 2 the result of a series of worst-possible scenarios becoming real, turning something avoidable into a tragic certainty.
The Night Agentseason 2 is now streaming in its entirety on Netflix.
