In a year where politics seems to rule everything, sometimes you just need a break. When real-life politics starts to feel overwhelming, Netflix is the perfect diversion: diplomata scathing political thriller series that oddly doesn’t make you feel any worse about our state of affairs, despite the fact that it’s essentially a treatise on how bad democracy and diplomacy have become. But as season two wraps up this fall, we’ll soon find out… how bad can things get?
Worse still, for Kate Wyler (the always excellent Keri Russell), a career foreign service officer married to another career diplomat, Hal (Lou Mr. Sewell, in his most arrogant and obnoxious way) – not a completely unlikable character holiday). After the cliffhanger of the Season 1 finale, it’s clear that Kate’s personal and political relationships are going to get even more explosive (too soon?) when the show returns.
Until then, here’s everything shared so far about what’s to come for Kate and her colleagues.
when diplomat Season 2 release date?
Considering how quietly the series’ renewal news went by, you might be surprised to learn that season two is coming to an end. It joins a long list of shows returning this fall, premiering on Thursday, October 31st. Yes, Halloween baby! Seems appropriate, because what’s scarier than politics at this point?
How does season one end?
Warning: Spoilers ahead!
In the very tense final minutes of season one, Kate realizes that it was British Prime Minister Nicole Trowbridge (Rory Kinnear) — not the Iranian government or Russia — who ordered the bombing of the British aircraft carrier “Brave” “Number. He then used the incident to score some points in the polls by promising “hellfire” to the perpetrators.
Kate flies to Paris to ask French Interior Minister Brielle Fournier (Mickey Sebastian) for permission to use British special forces to arrest Russian mercenary Lenkov in connection with the “Valiant” bombing. , she puts the pieces together. At that meeting, Fournier suggested that Trowbridge did not intend to arrest Lenkov—that he would assassinate him.
Although Kate initially fears that British Foreign Secretary Austin Denison (David Gyasi) knows about the extrajudicial assassination plan, his genuine shock when she confronts him proves otherwise. That’s when she connected all the dots, grabbed his phone, turned on loud music, and tossed both of their devices out of earshot of the bodyguard so their conversation wasn’t overhead proceed on.
“Listen to me,” she said, looking closely at Dennison. “Lenkov’s death would only benefit those who employed him. If Prime Minister Nicol Trowbridge wanted him dead—”
“Nicole Trowbridge hired him,” Denison finished her thought, the truth sinking in for both of them. Unfortunately, the conspiracy has unfolded, and its ripple effects have had fatal consequences. When British MP Merritt Grove tried to get into his car and leave after thinking Hal had failed to show up for a dinner they had planned, his car exploded.
Mission deputy leader Stuart Hayford (Ato Essandoh), office clerk Ronnie (Jess Chanliau) and Hal clashed almost simultaneously on the way to the Grove. Grove may be killed in the attack, can Stewart, Ronnie and Hal survive?
Also, why blow up Grove’s car? Did he have inside information about Trowbridge’s involvement in the Brave attack or subsequent assassination plot, and planned to share it with Hal – so Trowbridge decided to silence him too?
Who is the cast for Season 2?
Russell, who plays Kate Wheeler, is the only existing cast member to be officially confirmed to return. However, we can safely assume that Gyasi, who plays Austin Dennison, will be back since he was standing with Kate when the car exploded.
Other main cast members who may appear in season 2 include Sewell as Hal Wheeler, Kinnear as Trowbridge, Essando as Stuart Hayford (there’s no way they’re going to kill him off; We reject this idea!
In exciting casting news, Academy Award winner and seven-time Emmy winner Allison Janney will guest star as Vice President Grace Payne.
What is the new season about?
Heading into Season 2, fans will find out the answers to these questions… though those answers may lead to even more questions. Deborah Kahn, Creator diplomathinting to Netflix’s Tudum, “Everything we thought we knew about the Wheelers has changed, and everything they thought they knew about each other has changed.”
Given that Kate and Hal’s marriage was quite tumultuous (if we can call it that now), it wouldn’t be surprising to hear that there will be more tangles and unravels between the two.
But season two will also focus on Kate’s future as an ambassador. She now knows that the attack that brought her to Britain was the work of the British Prime Minister, with whom the United States shared intelligence. So how can she prove this now without falling victim to a politically motivated attack?
“I want people to want more,” Kahn said of the nerve-wracking ending. “I wanted to bring together all the different dynamics of political and personal relationships into one simultaneously divisive event.”
Mission accomplished, Kahn. We’re all ~into~ the political drama now.
