All 12 Episodes Of Prime Video's Spy Thriller Series Are Perfect From Start To Finish

Published Nov 13, 2026, 2:00 AM EST Felipe Rangel is a Movie and TV Journalist ScreenRant. He has been writing about movies and TV since 2021. Felipe joined ScreenRant in 2022, working across different teams, covering everything from breaking news to features to reviews and more. Felipe is a writer who is an avid film and TV fan, with superhero movies and series being his biggest passion. He graduated from college in 2019, having studied Journalism. Before college, he spent a month studying at the Oxford English Centre. His superhero knowledge expands to the comics, with his undergraduate thesis being "Politics Reflected In American Comics." Prime Video is the home of a spy thriller series that is not only one of the genre's best releases, but has also managed the impressive feat of having all of its 12 episodes released so far be perfect from start to finish. The espionage genre has become quite popular over the last few years, which is not to say that it was not already effective. After all, some of the biggest movie franchises of all time are espionage stories, including iconic franchises like James Bond and Tom Cruise's Mission: Impossible. The former has helped boost interest in the genre recently, as Dune director Denis Villeneuve is finally on to the final contenders to replace Daniel Craig as the next James Bond in the spy's upcoming movie. Among the Bond candidates is Jack Lowden, who has played a key role in the genre's recent successful phase on TV. After all, Lowden is the star of one of the best recent spy thriller shows, Apple TV's Slow Horses, which has already been renewed for two more seasons. Other notable spy shows on streaming include Netflix's The Night Agent and Black Doves, Paramount+'s The Agency, and more. Prime Video's slate of TV shows also features spy thriller series, with the streaming service getting in on the fun through projects like John Krasinski's intense Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan, Richard Madden's globe-trotting Citadel, and more. Among those shows is one led by Marvel's Loki star, Tom Hiddleston, The Night Manager. Excitingly, the spy series has no bad episodes. The Night Manager Is A Must-Watch Spy Thriller Series On Prime Video With No Bad Episodes The Night Manager season 1 originally aired on AMC in the United States back in 2016, focusing on Hiddleston's Jonathan Pine, a former British soldier who now works as the night manager of a high-end hotel. After making a move to take down Hugh Laurie's arms dealer, Richard Roper, Pine sees it backfire, with someone getting killed, which makes him vow to take the villain down. The Night Manager season 1, which has six episodes, holds a near-perfect 91% critics' score on Rotten Tomatoes based on 67 reviews. The John le Carré novel adaptation also boasts an 89% audience score. A decade later, Prime Video and BBC One teamed up for another season of the British espionage series, with the new 6-episode series debuting on the streaming service nationwide on January 1, 2026, starting the year with a bang. The Night Manager season 2 holds a stellar 86% critics' score on Rotten Tomatoes based on 51 reviews. The latest season of the British spy thriller series brought back Hiddleston as Pine, now going after the Colombian arms dealer Teddy Dos Santos, though the show also made a key change to the status of Laurie's Roper. The 10-year gap between The Night Manager seasons was due to an abundance of caution to craft the right follow-up, as Hiddleston told Deadline, "We took the time to try and get the story right. Principally, [author] John le Carré seemed so happy with our adaptation the first time and that was such a relief. So if we were to go again we needed to find the right story." Choose the movie with the higher Rotten Tomatoes score. On IMDB, where users give out scores for each episode of TV shows, is where those interested in checking out the returning spy series can see just how consistent the show is. The Night Manager's lowest-rated episode is a 7.4, with most episodes of the Prime Video thriller being rated 7.8 or higher. The Night Manager's episodes are so perfect due to how they are packed with tension, no filler, complex characters, engaging action, a fast pacing, shocking twists, and more. This is a genre show that has a clear goal and makes its way there with plenty of thrills. Helping the Prime Video series is the fact that its cast is filled with veterans and rising stars. Alongside Hiddleston and Laurie are names like Olivia Colman (Wicker), Elizabeth Debicki (The Crown), Tobias Menzies (Outlander), Camila Morrone (Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen, Diego Calva (Babylon), Noah Jupe (A Quiet Place), and more. With The Night Manager season 3 confirmed to be coming to Prime Video in the future, maybe the time to binge the show's excellent 12 episodes released thus far is now. Release Date 2016 - 2025-00-00 Network BBC One Directors Susanne Bier, Georgi Banks-Davies Writers David Farr Franchise(s) Based on a novel by John le Carré Creator(s) David Farr