History Series / TheNightManager

* AgeGapRomance: Roper is far older than Jed. Creator/HughLaurie as Roper is thirty one years older than Creator/ElizabethDebicki, who plays Jed. Laurie was about fifty six at the time, and she around twenty five.

* DisappearedDad: Jed is apparently a single mother, the father of her son unmentioned and unseen (we can surmise he isn't involved or providing them support as she's Roper's mistress since her family has cut her off).

* PrivateMilitaryContractors: Roper has a small army of mercenaries in his employ from across the world, from he calls the "real United Nations".

* PunchClockVillain: Despite being his other hired muscled, and in stark contrast to Frisky, Tabby comes off as a completely indifferent guy just doing his job. At best, he's polite and alright, at worst, does what he's asked without emotion. A bit ironic since he's the only guy in Roper's entourage with a BeardOfEvil.

* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: Roper is unconcerned with being caught since he has some very high-level connections in the American and British governments (including a top member of [=MI6=]). [[spoiler:His luck runs out eventually on that score though, since his business partners seek revenge and his MI6 connection is forced to drop him.]]

-->-- '''Geoffrey Dromgoole

-->-- '''Geoffrey Dromgoole, [=MI6=]'''

* StuffedIntoTheFridge: Sophie's bloody, desecrated body is left for Pine to find and seemingly to be stimulated into action.

* IdleRich: Averted in the case of Roper and Langbourne. You could not accuse either of them of being lazy. Played straight with their respective partners - Jed and Caroline both appear bored to tears, whilst being too addicted to the lifestyle to leave.

* CulturedBadass: Jonathan Pine is the Night Manager of several high class hotels. Having a taste for classic literature (Including Seven Pillars of Wisdom) and smart suits qualifies him for the cultured part. For the badass, he was a former soldier turned mercenary and now a dangerous criminal, manipulate [[MagnificentBastard Richard Roper]] and personally kill both [[spoiler: Freddie Hammid and [[TheDragon Lance Cochrane]].]]

* TheDragon: Major Lance “Corky” Cochrane, Roper’s number one man and front man. A large part of Jonathan’s plans involve convincing Roper to lose faith in Lance, and replacing him.

* MayDecemberRomance: Roper is far older than Jed. Creator/HughLaurie as Roper is thirty one years older than Creator/ElizabethDebicki, who plays Jed. Laurie was about fifty six at the time, and she around twenty five.

* TomboyishName: Jed Marshall. Usually though, despite having short hair she is highly feminine otherwise.

* StatuesqueStunner: Jed, albeit on the slim side.

* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: Roper is unconcerned with being caught since he has very high-level connections in the American and British government (including a top member of MI6). [[spoiler:His luck runs out eventually on that score though, since his business partners seek revenge and his MI6 connection is forced to drop him.]]

* TheMistress: Jed is Roper's, but not through genuine love or affection on either one's part. She's just a pretty trophy for him, and she only does it to support herself, plus her son.

* MayDecemberRomance: Roper is far older than Jed.

* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: To learn who she's working with, Roper gets Jed tortured through repeated partial drowning (her head being forced underwater).

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Roper shows genuine affection for his son, which also seems to be the only person Roper's got unselfish feelings for. Pine realizes this, and uses it to get into Roper's circle through rescuing the boy from a staged kidnapping.

* JackBauerTechnique: To learn who she's working with, Roper gets Jed tortured through repeated partial drowning (her head being forced underwater).

* TomboyishName: Jed Marshall.

* WickedCultured: Richard Roper is criminal mastermind who has a thing for high class hotels, living in style and fine dining.

* DrivenToSuicide: The daughter of the Spanish lawyer Apo (who is helping facilitate the Roper arms deal) commits suicide on her birthday, leading her father to[[spoiler: offer up information to Burr and her operation in order to seek absolution.]]

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Roper's character bio on AMC's website notes that his love for his son is "his only weakness."

* {{Faux Affably Evil}}: Richard Roper. Don't let his hospitality fool you, he has an underlying air of menace and intensity -- and no detectable moral limitations at all.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: The magic trick Roper does for the boys at his party is a classic sleight of hand trick, he later does a much bigger version of the trick in his arms smuggling deal. [[spoiler: He has the authorities focus on the trucks actually filled with farming equipment, with the actual weapons being smuggled separately.]]

* IdiotBall: [[spoiler:Roper entrusts a new guy who [[EngineeredHeroics heroically]] appears out of the blue and keeps [[IgnoredExpert ignoring]] and shunning his longtime ally and security expert Corkoran.]] He realizes too late he should have known something was wrong, and pays the price for it.

* LingerieScene: Jed has ''several''.
* LoveMakesYouDumb: Pine risks his own life - and jeopardizing his sting operation - to seduce and later protect Jed.
** And arguably Roper, as well. In his case it's love for his son, and therefore gratitude towards Pine for saving his life (from an attack that Pine set up himself), which overrules his common sense and makes him incapable of appreciating his underling Corkoran's suspicion of him.

* TheNapoleon: Major Corkoran, Roper's NumberTwo's most notable trait that he is quite short of stature. His second most notable trait is that he is a vicious {{Jerkass}}.

* Faux Affably Evil: Richard Roper. Don't let his hospitality fool you, he has an underlying air of menace and intensity -- and no detectable moral limitations at all.

* AffablyEvil: Richard Roper. Don't let his hospitality fool you, he has an underlying air of menace and intensity -- and no detectable moral limitations at all.