In the second season of The Night Agent, upstart Peter Sutherland deals with a shadowy information broker. When they finally meet face to face, the stakes are sky high. Not only are terrorists synthesizing dangerous chemicals as they speak, they even have Peter’s girlfriend Rose doing it for them.
The broker knows where they are, but of course, such sensitive information won’t come for free. He wants Peter to steal a file from a high-ranking UN diplomat in exchange for Rose’s location. Realizing that the dealer is about to sell out the very client he previously helped slip through Peter’s fingers, the latter is confused: “How is this file more valuable than the info on the chemicals?”
“Let me tell you something about value,” the man begins. “I didn’t know my grandfather very well. He died when I was a kid. I could see how much my mother loved him. The impact he had on my mother’s life. When he passed, I came into possession of one of his old bottles of aftershave. No monetary value, but to me, it was priceless. It’s hard to explain, really, but he had touched it. It was him. Or rather, what he represented: my mother’s happiness. That’s how value works.”
“What’s valuable to me is not up to you to decide,” the villain says. In the same vein, Peter could choose what he valued in this moment, he claims. “The decision is yours.”
One man’s trash is another man’s treasure. One woman loves a man another cannot stand. Some people value shiny cardboard, others eating fried eggs at sea. Value is what you decide. Decide for yourself, but never for others—and remember you can always change your mind.