The Night Manager returned to BBC One on New Year’s Day – a decade on from the first series.
The hotly-anticipated comeback saw national heartthrob Tom Hiddleston, 44, reprise his role as former British intelligence operative, Jonathan Pine.
As the first episode aired of the six-part second series, viewers admitted they found it slow moving and had completely forgotten what had happened in season one.
Fans wrote on X: ‘Sorry but the night manager? Does anybody even remember the last season? What’s the point’;
‘I remember it was good but apparently it’s been like a decade since it was on?? I can’t remember a show I saw last year let alone this!’;
‘The Night Manager Season 2 referencing the Season 1 storyline like they didn’t have a ten year gap in between’.
The Night Manager returned to BBC One on New Year’s Day – a decade on from the first series
As the first episode aired of the six-part second series, viewers admitted they found it slow moving and had completely forgotten what had happened in series one (pictured Hugh Laurie)
‘Enjoyed the first series of The Night Manager, but found the start of the second series very tedious. Hope it improves, but fear it won’t. ‘
‘I watched the first episode of #TheNightManagerS2 earlier. However, I felt there were quite a few holes in the plot. So then I binged watched #RedEyeS2 which I really enjoyed. Yes, you did had to suspend belief at times but it felt much more engaging than The Night Manager.’
There were, however, mixed reviews from fans, with some very impressed. They wrote: ‘The Night Manager season 2 a bit slow to begin with but is getting interesting’;
Other viewers were impressed by the first episode and wrote: ‘The Night Manager’ Series 2 Episode 1 – outstanding!
Olivia Colman, 51, returned as Angela Burr. Camila Morrone, 28, meanwhile, has replaced Elizabeth Debicki as the main love interest of the show.
The show opened in Syria, four years after Jonathan managed to blow up the arms deal that Dickie Roper (Hugh Laurie) had set up as well as siphoning off his $300 million.
Local police arrested Roper and his team, and his furious buyers seize the convoy.
In the opening scene, set in Syria four years after the events, Jonathan meets Angela who says of Roper: ‘There’ll be no official autopsy, no photos, no record of death. We’ll just identify the body, then they’ll burn it.
Olivia Colman, 51, returned as Angela Burr
The show opened in Syria, four years after Jonathan manages to blow up the arms deal that Dickie Roper (Hugh Laurie) had set up and siphoned off his $300 million
As the first episode aired of the six-part second series, viewers admitted they found it slow moving and had completely forgotten what had happened in series one
‘No-one gets the ashes. No one will know, not even his family. Well hello to you, too!
‘Richard Roper will remain a missing person and you, Jonathan Pine, you never came to this godforsaken place.’
They identify Roper’s body at the Syrian morgue, with his long beard giving an indication he had been held hostage for a long time.
There were, however, mixed reviews from fans, with some very impressed. They wrote: ‘The Night Manager season 2 a bit slow to begin with but is getting interesting’
The action expands the story of the novel of the same name by writer John le Carré, which follows an ex-soldier helping penetrate the secret world of ruthless arms dealers.
Now living under the alias Alex Goodwin, low-level MI6 agent Jonathan is running a quiet surveillance unit in London, with a comfortable and uneventful life.
But one night, after a chance sighting of an old Roper mercenary prompts a call to action and leads Pine to a violent encounter with a new foe: Colombian businessman Teddy Dos Santos.
Following the shady character, played by Diego Calva, on a perilous new journey, Pine will come across Roxana Bolaños, portrayed by Camila Morrone.
The businesswoman helps him to infiltrate Teddy’s arms operation on the ground in Colombia, and the agent is once again plunged into a deep into a deadly plot involving arms and training of a guerrilla army.
The tense action will see allegiances splinter, as Jonathan has to race to expose a conspiracy designed to destabilise a nation.
The synopsis teases ‘betrayal at every turn’ that will see the MI6 operative having to decide who he can trust, and how far he’s willing to go before it’s too late.
Series two also stars Diego Calva (Babylon, Narcos: Mexico), as Teddy, Emmy Award nominee Camila Morrone (Daisy Jones & The Six) as Roxana, alongside Indira Varma (Obsession, Obi-Wan Kenobi) as Mayra.
Paul Chahidi (Wicked Little Letters, The Serpent Queen)will portray Basil and Hayley Squires (Adult Material, Beau Is Afraid) as Sally.
Set to return are Alistair Petrie (Sex Education, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story) as Sandy Langbourne, Douglas Hodge (Joker, Black Mirror) as Rex Mayhew, Michael Nardone (Traces, Rome) as Frisky, and Noah Jupe (A Quiet Place, Honey Boy) as Daniel Roper.
