Warning: finale spoilers forThe Night Agentseason two.When Netflix renewedThe Night Agentfor season three ahead of season two streaming, it gave the show the chance to tell a longer continuing story. Season one, adapted from Matthew Quirks novel of the same name, had been a mostly contained plot, and very few of its supporting cast recurred after the finale. Many of season twos new characters, however, will be back next time because their story is only just beginning.Chief of those new characters is Jacob Monroe, played byWestworlds Louis Herthum. The shadowy intelligence broker has been illegally trading information, having people assassinated by his fixer Solomon Vega, and generally pulling important global strings for years. Now, hes just weeks away from having a US presidentanda Night Action double agent in his pocket. Whats his game and what will it all mean for Peter Sutherland?Who is Jacob Monroe?Chronologically, the earliest we see Jacob Monroe inThe Night Agentseason two is in the eight-years-ago flashback that opens the finale. At an event to mark the opening of a new building that Monroe funded (but, preferring to remain behind the scenes, chose not to have named after him), hes approached by Richard Hagan, the populist politician whose nomination President Travers declined to endorse.Hagan, the series makes quite clear, is a douchebag and a racist whose red-hat wearing supporters share his unenlightened America-first views (see the rally scene in which Noor cleverly weaponizes their bigotry against Muslim men like Javad in order to escape him). To Monroe, Hagan bemoans the Asian surname on the new building and is coldly reminded that the philanthropist it belongs to is American born and bred.Jacob Monroe therefore, is not a racist asshole. Neither, it turns out, is he a bad boss. When his fixer Solomon asked for a 10% raise and haplessly negotiated that down to 3%, Monroe happily gave him 15% and a promotion. Unfortunately for them, Night Actions Catherine Weaver negated the good news when she killed Vega news that Monroe was visibly upset by hearing.So, Jacob Monroe is capable of fairness, affection and has the same distaste for soon-to-be US president Richard Hagan shared by every other right-thinking person inThe Night Agent. All of this is worth establishing because everything else we know about Monroe tells us that hes basically the devil.President HaganOver the last eight years, Monroe has fixed three elections for Hagan, smoothing his path to the Oval Office. Most recently, he leaked documents that incriminated Hagans opponent Knox and forced him to drop out of the presidential race.If Monroe hates Hagan, then why? Because having the president of the United States in his control will make him more powerful. Monroes business is intelligence brokering. He sources national secrets and sells them on, regardless of the risk to life and national security this may cause. As Catherine Weaver explains to Peter in the season two finale, Hagans isolationist policies will actively help Monroes business. When international cooperation breaks down, the demand for intelligence sky-rockets. With access to every classified file that passes through the presidents desk, Hagan will be the most powerful man in the world.What drives him? At this stage, its hard to say. Monroe seems to be an extreme pragmatist whos able to compartmentalise feelings of guilt or empathy in order to continue accruing leverage, money and power. He sold the information leaked by the CIAs Warren Stocker about the Foxglove chemical weapons project to a USA-hating terrorist hell-bent on getting revenge on America for a past wrong. He sold a list of the names and addresses of Iranians whod escaped Irans oppressive Revolutionary Guard and were living under asylum in Europe straight back to the IRGC. He had apparently no misgivings about allowing a fearsome chemical agent be released in Manhattan or the many deaths he ordered Solomon and his goons to commit.Peter the Double AgentA pet US president isnt the only thing Monroe gained inThe Night Agentseason two; he also took control of Peter Sutherland or so he thought. Realising how much Peter cared about Rose Larkin, Monroe manipulated him into committing a criminal act in exchange for information that would lead Peter to rescue Rose. He did it so that he could make use of Peter at a later date and have something over him to ensure his cooperation when the time came.Join our mailing listGet the best of Den of Geek delivered right to your inbox!To save Rose, Peter broke into the UN building in NYC and stole a classified file. Monroe then used his connections to wipe all trace of Peter from the UN buildings security systems, but could use the footage to expose Peters crime at any time. Peters now on the hook to Monroe and has to answer his call whenever it comes.However, Peter Sutherland and Catherine Weaver have struck a deal: Peter will be pardoned for letting suspect Solomon Vega out of custody, in exchange for becoming a double agent, just like his dad planned to before he was killed. When Monroe does call, Peter will answer, and then hell secretly infiltrate Monroes group and report everything back to Weaver in order to in Weavers words expose and destroy.Did Monroe Make Peter Sutherland Sr. a Leak?Heres a theory: when Peters dad was first approached to leak government secrets for money, was Jacob Monroe behind it?Its a good fit for Jacobs MO, and narratively, would give even more significance to Catherine Weaver having been on the Night Action mission that investigated Peter Sutherland Sr. in the first place. Consider all the parallels too, between Warren Stocker and Peters father both were agents and family men targeted by Monroe to sell secrets, and after Solomon shot Warren, both left behind a single son.We know that Solomon cant have been Peters dads murderer, but will something in season three throw up a connection between his ignominious end and Jacob Monroe? How would Peter react to finding that out? Thats a confrontation wed all like to see.The Night Agent season two is streaming now on Netflix.