Based on the Matthew Quirk novel of the same name,"The Night Agent" follows Peter Sutherland, a low-level FBI agent who works a graveyard shift in the White House basement watching a phone that never rings — until it finally does. The line is intended for distress calls from off-the-books"Night Agents" who handle covert operations, but this call is from Rose Larkin , the niece of two agents who've just been murdered.
Along the way, Stanford catches an all-time stray from Larkin, a tech entrepreneur who was the CEO of a failed cybersecurity startup in Silicon Valley. During the course of their investigation, Larkin and Sutherland end up at Georgetown University in Episode 5. While walking to the library, they offer up this vicious exchange:Larkin:"No. Those bastards rejected me. I went to a community college then transferred to Berkeley. When I started my company I hired a bunch of Stanford grads to grab me coffee."
Minutes later, the two are about to separate to follow up on two different leads, and again, Stanford ends up in the crosshairs:Larkin, sarcastically: "And call me if someone tries shooting at you, I've got some tips."