The Night Manager’s 12 Episodes: A Prime Video Spy Thriller Series With Perfect Ratings From Start to Finish

Pine’s mission begins

The Night Manager’s first season aired on AMC in the United States in 2016. Hiddleston plays Jonathan Pine, a former British soldier working as the night manager of a luxury hotel.

After Pine tries to bring arms dealer Richard Roper, played by Hugh Laurie, to justice, the plan goes wrong and someone is killed. Pine then vows to take down Roper. The six-episode season earned a 91% critics’ score and an 89% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.

A return after ten years

Prime Video and BBC One partnered on a second season, which debuted nationwide on Prime Video on January 1, 2026. Its six episodes bring Pine back, this time pursuing Colombian arms dealer Teddy Dos Santos.

The new season has an 86% critics’ score on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 51 reviews. It also changes Roper’s status, though the story does not provide further details about that change.

Why the wait mattered

Hiddleston told Deadline that the team took time to find the right story for a follow-up. He said author John le Carré had been happy with the first adaptation, and that the team wanted to get the next story right.

The show’s IMDb episode scores offer another measure of its consistency: the lowest-rated episode is a 7.4, while most are rated 7.8 or higher. The series is praised for tension, complex characters, action, brisk pacing and twists.

A cast and more to come

The cast includes Hiddleston and Laurie, along with Olivia Colman, Elizabeth Debicki, Tobias Menzies, Camila Morrone, Diego Calva and Noah Jupe. A third season has been confirmed for Prime Video. The series has 12 episodes released so far, spanning its two seasons.