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Spoiler Alert! This post contains details from the second season of Netflix’s The Diplomat.

In The Diplomat, David Gyasi plays Foreign Secretary Austin Dennison who, as much as he holds an allegiance to his country, values his moral compass above all else. That is, until Season 2, when things start to become much less black and white.

He and Kate Wyler (Keri Russell) seemed to have been forming a quick alliance in Season 1, but that gets tested when Kate starts to make decisions without him and keep certain information from him in her quest to uncover the truth about what happened to that British aircraft carrier — and the car bomb that nearly killed her husband.

After Kate’s miscalculation nearly gets Margaret Roylin killed (and Dennison witnesses the Prime Minister nearly commit murder as a result of sad miscalculation), the Foreign Secretary is ready to switch sides, realigning with Prime...

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So, firstly the title is a bit misleading as Netflix had renewed the Keri Russell-led political thriller comedy-drama series for Season 3 twenty days before Season 2 came out.

Despite The Diplomat Season 2’s shorter runtime compared to its first season, the streaming giant seems to have immense faith in the series as they renewed the series nearly weeks before the second season was supposed to come out and now we know why. The way Season 2 ends it opens up a lot more possibilities to where the series could go next as Kate Wyler grapples with new and dangerous world she is now in.

Debora Cahn created The Diplomat, which also stars Rufus Sewell, David Gyasi, Ali Ahn, Rory Kinnear, Ato Essandoh, Adrienne Warren, and Allison Janney.

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According to Netflix’s press release the production on The Diplomat...

Note: The following story contains spoilers from “The Diplomat” Season 2 finale.

Just as Keri Russell’s Kate Wyler was ready to sound the alarms bells for British corruption, the politician plotting in “The Diplomat” Season 2 took a sharp turn.

The Netflix series finds Kate and her team collecting incriminating evidence against British Prime Minister Nicol Trowbridge (Rory Kinnear) to prove that he was behind the attack on British aircraft carrier, the Hms Courageous. But their investigation takes a turn when Trowbridge’s former adviser, Margaret Roylin (Celia Imrie), tells Kate that Trowbridge was not involved in the attack, and that she hired Russian mercenary Roman Lenkov to stage an attack that would create outrage, not harm. As we know, it didn’t go to plan and resulted in the death of 40 Royal Navy personnel.

As Vice President Grace Penn (Allison Janney) — whom Kate is supposedly meant to replace in the...

Note: The following story contains spoilers from “The Diplomat” Season 2.

After “The Diplomat” established the complex marriage between Keri Russell’s Kate and Rufus Sewell’s Hal, Season 2 digs into how the couple’s dynamic shifts after tragedy strikes.

“What we’re looking at is what happens after a trauma, what happens after a tragedy … the daily irritations and power struggles that happen that can be blown away in this kind of incident,” creator Debora Cahn told TheWrap. “It blows out all of the smoke of the mundane of a relationship, and suddenly, you’re dealing with the real heart of it.”

While Kate and Hal were inching towards a divorce by the onset of the Season 1 finale, the finale delivered an explosion in its final moments that left Hal’s fate hanging in the balance. Season 2 picks up just afterwards, with Kate dropping everything to tend to Hal, whose...

The Diplomat season 2 is officially done filming, according to star Nana Mensah. And, there's even more good news!

Mensah told TV Line that filming wrapped in the UK. She also shared that season 2 should be released on Netflix later this year. It's not the first time that we've heard the new season is going to premiere this year, so that's a great sign for fans who are eagerly awaiting the premiere of season 2 of the Netflix original series starring Keri Russell, Rufus Sewell, and David Gyasi.

Mensah also told TV Line that season 2 is “even better, more dynamic, more everything. The tensions have mounted in a way that is really propulsive and exciting.”

So, we don't know when production on The Diplomat season 2 actually wrapped, but it was still in production as late as this spring.

Assuming the plan really is to roll out season 2 later this year, we could...

The Diplomat. Keri Russell as Kate Wyler in episode 104 of The Diplomat. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2023

Keri Russell takes on the perfect post-The Americans acting job in Netflix’s slick new political thriller The Diplomat, which also stars Rufus Sewell as her on-screen husband, Hal Wyler. The marriage between Hal and Kate (Russell) is just one of many pivotal relationships in this talk-heavy drama that keeps you hooked and guessing from start to finish.

The Diplomat season 1 recap

Though The Diplomat is primarily a show about talking and strategizing, similar to The West Wing in many ways, it’s also entirely engrossing, and all of the performances are top-notch. Russell plays a career diplomat who must juggle a new high-profile job amid an international crisis while potentially being groomed for an even more notable position.

The following slideshow features recaps for all eight episodes of The Diplomat season 1. Bookmark this page and follow along!

Golden Globe Award-winning actress Keri Russell stars in a new Netflix series called The Diplomat. It’s definitely worth checking out if you enjoyed watching The Night Agent and The Recruit.

Created by Homeland writer and executive producer Debora Cahn, The Diplomat follows a career diplomat named Kate Wyler who finds herself struggling to balance her new role and marriage after landing the high-profile position of US Ambassador to the United Kingdom.

Of course, there are many other talented actors in the series besides Russell, such as Rufus Sewell, Ali Ahn, David Gyasi, Ato Essandoh, Rory Kinnear, Miguel Sandoval, Nana Mensah, Michael McKean, etc. If you want to know who’s who in the political drama, continue reading because we shared a cast and characters guide below.

Netflix The Diplomat cast and character guide The Diplomat. Keri Russell as Kate Wyler in episode 103 of The Diplomat. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix...

To the aggravation of her enemies, Kate Wyler's staying put in her role as the U.S. Ambassador! The Diplomat season 3 was officially renewed by Netflix on Oct. 10, three weeks ahead of the highly anticipated release of the political thriller's second season. There's much more political drama yet to unfold for Kate, especially after season 2's shocking ending.

As season 3 continues production, viewers will be eager to learn anything and everything they can about the new episodes, including where filming is taking place, how many episode there will be, and what could happen next in the series. We're sharing everything to know so far about The Diplomat season 3 as updates are revealed by Netflix.

More Keri Russell is always a good thing. The Diplomat Season 3 is officially a go.

Season 2 premieres October 31! pic.twitter.com/0oDtQCPev7

— Netflix (@netflix) October 10, 2024The Diplomat season 3 now filming

On the same day as the season 3 renewal,...

This post contains spoilers for Season Two of The Diplomat, which is now streaming on Netflix.

Few shows in recent memory have as good a handle on what they are as The Diplomat. That’s particularly impressive when you consider that the series — starring Keri Russell as Kate Wyler, a veteran State Department operative thrust into the job of America’s ambassador to Great Britain, in what is secretly an audition to replace the sitting vice-president — is often trying to be multiple shows at once: a knotty political drama, a screwball romance,...

“The Diplomat” Season 2 is here and ready plunge us into the world of international scheming and political espionage once again.

Picking up after the major cliffhanger in the Season 1 finale, “The Diplomat” Season 2 sees Keri Russell’s Ambassador Kate Wyler reckon with her newfound suspicion of the British Pm while awaiting word on her husband’s well-being. Season 2 will also introduce Allison Janney as Vice President Grace Penn.

But things pick up immediately where Season 1 left off, so if you need a refresher on how we got here, keep reading to get the full breakdown of what you need to remember from Season 1 of the Netflix thriller series before watching Season 2.

Kate is appointed as U.S. Ambassador to the U.K. in the wake of a terrorist attack

When audiences first meet Kate in Season 1, she is looking forward to embarking on her new post as ambassador to Afghanistan...

Spoiler Alert! This post contains major plot details from Season 2 of Netflix’s The Diplomat.

Foreign tensions escalate even further in Season 2 of The Diplomat as Kate Wyler (Keri Russell) continues investigating the bombing of a British aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf.

The breakneck six-episode season picks up right where things left off in Season 1, plunging viewers into the panic that broke out after a car bomb exploded in the heart of London, killing Parliament member Merritt Grove and leaving Kate’s husband Hal (Rufus Sewell) as well as her deputy chief of mission Stuart Hayford (Ato Essandoh) severely injured.

Kate and British Foreign Secretary Austin Dennison (David Gyasi) had begun to suspect that Prime Minister Nicol Trowbridge (Rory Kinnear) was behind both attacks, the first in an effort to quell Scotland’s independence movement and the second to silence Grove. However, as they dig deeper, it turns out...

The Diplomat season 2 finale is a game-changing episode for the series! I truly can’t believe everything that happened in this episode, and now, I can’t wait to see what creator Debora Cahn and the team have planned in The Diplomat season 3.

The Diplomat season 2 episode 6, “Dreadnought,” begins with Kate and Hal Wyler (Keri Russell and Rufus Sewell) discussing the big revelation at the end of episode 5. Vice President Grace Penn (Allison Janney) and the Americans are actually responsible for the attack on the Hms Courageous and for killing the Scottish independence movement.

Hal also reveals that the President doesn’t know what Grace did. Hal tries to slow down Kate. She wants to blow this up and make it a big deal, but Hal doesn’t want her to.

Kate tells Stuart that he wants to be Vice President

Kate comes to the revelation that she needs to make sure that she,...

The Diplomat season 2 episode, “Our Lady of Immaculate Deception,” begins immediately where the fourth episode ended.

In Scotland, Margaret Roylin (Celia Imrie) revealed to Prime Minister Nicol Trowbridge (Rory Kinnear) that it was actually her who hired Roman Lenkov to create a conflict and stop the Scottish secession movement, but the false flag operation went wrong.

Instead of hearing her out and listening to her reasoning, Trowbridge lost his mind and strangled Roylin. She falls to the ground and hits her head as the CIA agents who planned the operation rush in to pull Trowbridge off of her.

No, Trowbridge doesn’t kill Margaret Roylin

Thankfully, for the sake of the story, Trowbridge doesn’t kill Roylin. She’s injured badly, but she’s not dead. Not yet, anyway. She’s being treated for her wounds when the episode begins.

Kate Wyler (Keri Russell) leaves the room and goes back to the party.

The Diplomat season 2 is getting so good! After two great episodes, the third episode might be the best of the season so far.

The Diplomat season 2 episode 3, “The Ides of March,” begins with a news report of Prime Minister Trowbridge (Rory Kinnear) announcing to the world that Roman Lenkov, who was responsible for the attack on the aircraft carrier, was killed by special forces. It was not a firefight, though. It was an assassination.

We immediately see Ambassador Kate Wyler (Keri Russell) and CIA Station Chief Eidra Park (Ali Ahn) talking about the killing of Lenkov in front of Stuart. Margaret Roylin (Celia Imrie) told Kate and Eidra this would happen, and it did. Now, Stuart Heyford (Eto Assandoh) and Kate would like to turn her over to law enforcement after the main witness (Lenkov) was killed. Eidra won’t do it, though. She wants to learn more about what Roylin is hiding.

The Diplomat season 2 episode 2, “St. Paul’s,” begins with a funeral at St. Paul’s Cathedral for Merritt Grove’s funeral in London.

After calling Kate and the Americans at the end of episode 1, Margaret Roylin (Celia Imrie) is there with Eidra Park (Ali Ahn). She’s making an appearance in public for the first time since the bombing happened. As it appears, the CIA has made it look like many people look like Roylin in attendance to cause a distraction. We don’t know why exactly, but it’s to keep her away from Trowbridge’s men and the British government.

As we learn, they want people to stop looking for Roylin. She’s at the funeral, so she’s not missing, of course.

In exchange for protection, Eidra and Kate Wyler (Keri Russell) want information from Roylin. They want to know what she knows, and probably most importantly,...

The Diplomat season 2 begins immediately after the bombing at the end of the season 1 finale.

The opening scene of “When a Stranger Calls,” The Diplomat season 2 episode 1, reveals the aftermath of the bombing. Ronnie Buckhurst (Jess Chanliau), Stuart Hayford (Ato Essandoh), and Hal Wyler (Rufus Sewell) were injured in the bombing, but we don’t know the extent of their injuries.

In Paris, Ambassador Kate Wyler (Keri Russell) and Foreign Secretary Austin Dennison (David Gyasi) just realized that it seems like the Brits, possibly including Nicol Trowbridge (Rory Kinnear), are the ones responsible for the attack on the British ship before getting the call that there was a bombing in London involving Hal and Stuart.

From the first moments of the season, we know one person has died in the blast, but we don’t know if it’s Ronnie, Hal, or Stuart. We don’t have to wait long to find out.

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The Season 1 finale unmasked Sauron. If you remember anything beyond that, congratulations. If you’re like me before a chaotic rewatch that relied heavily on the fast-forward key: Sauron tricked Elven smith Celebrimbor into creating the first three Rings of Power; an army from idyllic Númenor sailed to Middle Earth and lost a battle to defend the Southlands, which was seized by Orcs; a halfling discovered a mysterious man known only as “The Stranger”; the Dwarves discovered the mystical ore mithril.

Season 2 begins shortly after these events. The three Elven rings create conflict among the Elves. Meanwhile, Sauron returns to Celebrimbor with plans to make more rings. Political unrest stirs as Númenorians mourn their losses from their battle in Middle Earth. The survivors of the battle navigate the ravaged lands.

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The Diplomat finds Kate Wyler (Keri Russell) navigating complex diplomatic relations with power players from all over the world. In a fast-paced job handling sensitive issues that can take down entire countries, she’s often whisked away to scenic locations throughout the UK and abroad at the drop of a hat.

Whether it’s to attend a secret meeting with a Russian ambassador at the Foreign Office in London, go toe-to-toe with Prime Minister Nicol Trowbridge (Rory Kinnear) at Chevening House in Kent, or chat with the French minister of the interior Brielle Fournier (Micky Sébastian) in Paris, the ambassador is always on the move.

In Season 2, the political drama sends Kate to Scotland, which felt particularly rewarding for executive producer Janice Williams.

“We shot at Inveraray Castle in Scotland, which, as a born and bred Scottish person, I was so proud to do,” she told Netflix. “It’s actually...

“The Diplomat” Season 2 is the bastard lovechild of “The West Wing,” Armando Iannucci’s British political satires and his American “Veep.” Whip-smart, psychologically insightful and sexy without sleaze, the series created by Debora Cahn is only getting better as it speeds into its second lap on Netflix this Halloween. The streamer has already greenlit a third season, signaling an awareness of the show’s quality and that audiences are tuning in.

Season 1 left the idealistic Ambassador to the Court of St. James’s Kate Wyler (Keri Russell) hanging by a thread or, actually, a lit fuse. Her rickety marriage to master gamesman and former Ambassador Hal Wyler (Rufus Sewell) was unraveling. Then, a London car bomb sent Hal to hospital in critical condition in a stunning series cliffhanger. Does her husband survive?

That final shocker raised the interpersonal stakes and exploded diplomatic relations between the US, Britain and Russia, the...

As The Diplomat returned for its second season, viewers were just as eager to see where the story would unfold after that explosive season one finale. Released October 31st on Netflix, season two picks up directly in the aftermath of a shocking bombshell that had left fans on the edge of their seats. Now the cast of complex characters is forced to navigate treacherous new terrain, both in their personal lives and in the complex world of international politics.

Over the course of its new season, the series continues delving deep into the tangled web of deception and double crosses that has become its hallmark. At the center of it all remains Keri Russell’s nuanced portrayal of Kate Wyler, still reeling from revelations that have shaken her very foundations. Around her, other fan favorites like Rufus Sewell’s Hal and Ali Ahn’s intriguing Eidra also find their own journeys evolving in surprising ways.

Keri Russell and Rufus Sewell are stepping out for the premiere of The Diplomat!

The co-stars posed for photos together on the red carpet at the season 2 premiere of their Netflix series on Monday (October 28) held at The Plaza Hotel in New York City.

Fellow cast members in attendance included David Gyasi, Ali Ahn and boyfriend William Jackson Harper, Rory Kinnear, and Ato Essandoh along with showrunner and executive producer Debora Cahn. Rufus also had the support of wife Vivian Benitez at the premiere.

Here’s the synopsis for the second season: A deadly explosion in the heart of London shatters US Ambassador Kate Wyler’s world (Russell). Struggling to rebuild the lives that broke and the team that split apart, Kate’s worst fears unfold: The attack that brought her to the UK didn’t come from a rival nation, it came from inside the British government. As Kate chases the truth,...

As it turns out, the British prime minister didn’t have any blood on his hands … until now. When Nicol Trowbridge (Rory Kinnear) learns his former advisor Margaret “Meg” Roylin (Celia Imrie) is the one who ordered the attack on the British carrier Hms Courageous, he lunges for her neck in anger. She falls back in her chair, head bleeding.

The fallout from learning that Trowbridge didn’t order the bombing sets off a fresh round of drama as alliances and understandings between all the key players shift.

American ambassador to the UK Kate Wyler (Keri Russell) has always been about conscientiously serving the people, but she’s quickly learning there are serious exceptions when it comes to dealing with nuclear powers. She’s aware that Roylin is “Our Lady of Immaculate Deception,” as Trowbridge puts it, but there may be some other deceptive people among them. The intel Hal...

Despite taking place on the Fourth of July, the vibes in The Diplomatfeel much more like the title of The Diplomat Season 2, Episode 3: “The Ides of the March.” On that date in 44 Bce, Roman dictator Julius Caesar was assassinated by a group of senators in order to preserve the republic — and things are trending the same way here in the British government.

Members of British Prime Minister Nicol Trowbridge’s (Rory Kinnear) own government, led by British foreign secretary, Austin Dennison (David Gyasi), believe that Trowbridge himself ordered the execution of Russian mercenary Roman Lenkov (Sam Douglas), as well as the London car explosion and attack on the Hms Courageous, and are preparing to vote him out. But things don’t go exactly as planned, especially when there’s a lavish American Fourth of July party as the backdrop.

From creator Debora Cahn, the latest...

Editor’s note: Spoilers for Season 1 of “The Diplomat.”

Viewers would be forgiven for not remembering all the details from the explosive (literally!) Season 1 finale of “The Diplomat.”

A lot happened in the eight-episode first season — even before the fire-y final moments that found Kate’s (Keri Russell) husband Hal (Rufus Sewell) possibly blown up by a car bomb. At one point, even more international shit was going to go down.

“Because I’m an idiot, I believed that in the first season, the entire plot that is Season 1 and Season 2 would fit into Season 1,” creator Debora Cahn told IndieWire. “We then got to Episode 7, and I started writing 7, and I was like, ‘This is too much plot. This is stupid.'”

Needless to say, the team hit the ground running in Season 2, which picks up immediately after the explosion. In the Season 1 finale, Kate, the titular U.S. diplomat to the U.

Are you ready for a new week of streaming? Before the new month starts that will bring with it new releases on multiple streamers, October is closing out with The Diplomat season 2 on Netflix, as well as some more exciting releases. Looking for something to watch? Check out what's coming this week, Oct. 28 - Nov. 1, 2024:

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Rebekah Fortune’s Learning To Breathe Under Water, starring Rory Kinnear and The Apprentice actor Maria Bakalova, has wrapped production in Galway, Ireland, as Bankside Films unveils a slew of pre-sales on the project.

The comedy drama has sold to Benelux (September Film), Bulgaria (Beta), Eastern Europe excluding Poland (HBO), Former Yugoslavia (Karantanija Cinemas), Middle East (Front Row), Poland (Best Film) and airlines (Aardwolf).

The project is produced by Jack Tarling of the UK’s Shudder Films and Patrick O’Neill of Ireland’s Wildcard, who previously collaborated on Ireland’s international Oscar film race entry and box office success, Kneecap.

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The Diplomat is a political thriller comedy-drama series created by Debora Cahn. The Netflix series follows the story of Kate Wyler, a career diplomat who is married to a political star as she is recruited as the United States ambassador to the United Kingdom amid an international crisis. The Diplomat stars Keri Russell in the lead role with Rufus Sewell, David Gyasi, Rory Kinnear, Georgie Henley, Ato Essandoh, Ali Ahn, Jess Chanliau, and Nana Mensah starring in supporting roles. So, if you loved the hilarious comedy, political thrills, and compelling characters in The Diplomat here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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Keri Russell has a new co-star in The Diplomat Season 2 and was a little “nervous” about her joining the cast.

Allison Janney was cast in the new season of the Netflix drama, which made Russell a little nervous because she is a fan of her.

“Just because she’s awesome and so good,” Russell told People about her co-star. “I love her. There’s a scene she does in Primary Colors – that movie is so good – where she does this physical comedy fall up the stairs. So I think I was a little nervous, but she’s everything you want her to be. She’s gracious and funny and smart and cool.”

The Diplomat is a political thriller series starring Russell as Kate Wyler, a newly appointed US ambassador to the UK who helps defuse international crises while managing her deteriorating marriage. Season 2 introduces a new adversary to Kate, Vice President Grace Penn,...

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The Diplomat returns later this month for its second season, but viewers do not have to worry about the series ending there. Netflix has announced a third-season renewal. The second and third seasons were reportedly ordered together so that they could be filmed back-to-back. Season three is already filming in London and New York City.

Keri Russell, Rufus Sewell, David Gyasi, Ali Ahn, Rory Kinnear, and Ato Essandoh star in The Diplomat series, which follows Katherine “Kate” Wyler (Russell) after she is assigned to the United Kingdom as ambassador.

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Netflix’s The Diplomat will arrive ahead of the 2024 presidential election at the end of October.

The political thriller series, starring Keri Russell, received a renewal order for another season in May 2023 after Season 1 premiered on Netflix on April 20, 2023. The ending left viewers wondering as to the fate of a certain character, and a teaser trailer for Season 2 has revealed what happened.

Find everything we know about Season 2 of The Diplomat below.

When does The Diplomat Season 2 come out?

The second season of the political drama arrives Oct. 31 on Netflix.

How many episodes are in Season 2 of The Diplomat?

There are six episodes in Season 2.

Did Hal Wyler die in Season 1 of The Diplomat?

No. Although an explosion at the end of Season 1 in the heart of London put Kate Wyler’s (Russell) husband Hal’s (Rufus Sewell) life in danger, he will be back alive and well in Season...

Keri Russell’s exploits as a foreign ambassador are not over yet.

The Diplomat has been renewed for a third season at Netflix, marking an early renewal for the series ahead of Season 2’s premiere at the end of the month. Production already is underway in London and New York, according to the streamer.

“Season 3 flips the chessboard. Kate lives the particular nightmare that is getting what you want,” creator and showrunner Debora Cahn said in a statement.

All six episodes of Season 2 premiere on October 31. The upcoming season will see Kate dig deeper into the attack in London and the previous attack of a British aircraft carrier off the coast of Iran, which she now knows came from inside the British government rather than from a foreign adversary.

In her quest, she faces a fraught marriage, a complex dynamic with British Foreign Secretary Austin Dennison (David Gyasi), and a...

Netflix has renewed its critically acclaimed, Keri Russell-starring political thriller The Diplomat for a third season, three weeks before season two starts streaming on Oct. 31.

The streamer’s chief content officer Bela Bajaria shared the news while speaking at the Bloomberg Screentime conference in Los Angeles.

The six-episode second season finds Russell’s Ambassador Kate Wyler and her team at the U.S. embassy in the U.K. dealing with the fallout from an explosion at the end of season one that leaves Kate’s husband Hal (Rufus Sewell) injured and trying to figure out who in the U.K. government might be involved in the attack on a British warship at the beginning of the series.

Season two also introduces Allison Janney as Vice President Grace Penn, whom Kate is being considered to replace.

Production on season three is currently underway and will take place in New York and London.

“The Diplomat” will return for a third season at Netflix, with its action shifting to NYC.

The streamer has renewed the Keri Russell-led political thriller series for a third season, Netflix chief content officer Bela Bajaria announced Thursday at the Bloomberg Screentime Conference in Los Angeles.

Production is currently underway on Season 3, which had previous reported to have filmed back-to-back with Season 2, and is set to take place in London and New York City. Series creator Debora Cahn will return as an executive producer for Season 3, alongside Russell, Janice Wiliams and Alex Graves, with additional details set to be announced at a later date.

“After an amazing summer shooting in the UK, we brought London home to NY. Best of both worlds — filming in Brooklyn,” Cahn said in a statement announcing the news. “We love doing this. We’re so excited to get to keep going.”

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“The Diplomat” has been renewed for Season 3 weeks ahead of the show’s Season 2 premiere.

The Netflix political drama is premiering its second season on Oct. 31. Production on the third season is now underway in London and New York. The news was officially confirmed by Netflix chief content officer Bela Bajaria on stage at the Bloomberg Screentime Conference in Los Angeles.

Keri Russell leads the cast of “The Diplomat,” with Rufus Sewell, Allison Janney, David Gyasi, Ali Ahn, Rory Kinnear and Ato Essandoh also starring.

“After an amazing summer shooting in the UK, we brought London home to NY,” said series creator Debora Cahn. “Best of both worlds — filming in Brooklyn. We love doing this. We’re so excited to get to keep going.”

“The Diplomat” originally debuted on Netflix in April 2023 to strong critical and audience acclaim. Russell was nominated for both an Emmy and Golden Globe for Season...

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Netflix has released the official trailer for the second season of The Diplomat series. The new season will premiere on October 31, 2024.

The call is coming from inside the house. A deadly explosion in the heart of London shatters US Ambassador Kate Wyler’s world (Keri Russell). Struggling to rebuild the lives that broke and the team that split apart, Kate’s worst fears unfold: The attack that brought her to the UK didn’t come from a rival nation; it came from inside the British government.

As Kate chases the truth, her only real ally is her almost ex-husband Hal Wyler (Rufus Sewell), who is very much alive and very much involved. She faces a fraught marriage, a complex dynamic with British Foreign Secretary Austin Dennison (David Gyasi), and a threatening visit from Vice President Grace Penn (Allison Janney).

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In the official trailer for The Diplomat season two, Keri Russell’s ambassador, Kate Wyler, investigates who’s behind the explosion at the end of season one that left her husband Hal (Rufus Sewell) injured, as she is confronted with the consequences of her actions.

The preview for the Netflix drama, set to return on Oct. 31, picks up right where the series left off with a bombing in central London and Kate working with the British foreign secretary (David Gyasi) to figure out what happened.

Though a teaser trailer for the season revealed that Hal survived the blast, he’s shown in a hospital bed and visibly wounded as Kate asks him if he can hear her and he jokes, “No.”

The trailer then connects the explosion with the investigation into the attack on the British warship that started the series, as the British prime minister (Rory Kinnear) declares in...

Keri Russell vs. Allison Janney? Yes, please.

On Tuesday, Netflix dropped the trailer for Season 2 of “The Diplomat,” which offers a first look at Janney’s new character, Vice President Grace Penn. Season 2 of the Netflix political thriller picks up after the explosive (literally) Season 1 cliff-hanger when a car bomb detonated in the middle of London. The trailer reveals that Kate and her husband, Hal (Rufus Sewell), survived the blast — and the latter is, per Netflix, “very much involved” as Kate soon learns that the attack came from inside the British government.

Here is the official logline: “As Kate chases the truth, her only real ally is her almost-ex-husband Hal Wyler (Rufus Sewell), very much alive, and very much involved. She faces a fraught marriage, a complex dynamic with British Foreign Secretary Austin Dennison (David Gyasi), and a threatening visit from Vice President Grace Penn (Janney).” Janney’s VP arrives...

The second season of The Diplomat is almost here, and Netflix just dropped the full length trailer!

Here’s the synopsis for the second season: A deadly explosion in the heart of London shatters US Ambassador Kate Wyler’s world (Keri Russell). Struggling to rebuild the lives that broke and the team that split apart, Kate’s worst fears unfold: The attack that brought her to the UK didn’t come from a rival nation, it came from inside the British government. As Kate chases the truth, her only real ally is her almost-ex-husband Hal Wyler (Rufus Sewell), very much alive, and very much involved. She faces a fraught marriage, a complex dynamic with British Foreign Secretary Austin Dennison (David Gyasi), and a threatening visit from Vice President Grace Penn (Allison Janney). Ali Ahn, Rory Kinnear, and Ato Essandoh also star.

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The call is coming from inside the house in “The Diplomat” Season 2 — and Keri Russell’s U.S. Ambassador Kate Wyler is calling out corruption as she sees it.

Picking up after the dramatic explosion that left both Kate’s husband Hal (Rufus Sewell) and MP Merritt Grove (Simon Chandler) in danger, the trailer for the second season sees Kate ensure Hal’s safety before acknowledging her suspicions about the British government.

“The call is coming from inside the house, and three Americans just got blown up inside the house,” Kate tells her team, pointing to Prime Minister Nicol Trowbridge (Rory Kinnear), who claims the explosion was a second Russian attack.

“The last time we surveilled one of these, it almost ended NATO,” Ali Ahn’s Eidra tells Kate, who responds, “Everything is pointing to him.”

While Season 1 saw Kate and Hal on the brink of divorce, the explosion shifts the couple’s dynamic again,...

Netflix has released the trailer for Season 2 of the hit political thriller series “The Diplomat,” set to stream globally on the platform on Oct. 31.

The upcoming season picks up after the events of the Season 1 finale, which ended with a bang — literally — after a bomb is detonated in central London. Kate Wyler (Keri Russell), the U.S. ambassador to the U.K., attempts to figure out who is responsible for the bombing. Yet things take a turn when she discovers that the attack didn’t come from a rival nation, it came from inside the British government. Per the official synopsis, “As Kate chases the truth, her only real ally is her almost-ex-husband Hal Wyler (Rufus Sewell), very much alive, and very much involved. She faces a fraught marriage, a complex dynamic with British Foreign Secretary Austin Dennison (David Gyasi), and a threatening visit from Vice President Grace Penn (Allison Janney).”

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International relations are getting a little thornier on “The Diplomat” this season…

The Season 2 trailer teases a visit from the Vice President (Allison Janney) just as U.S. Ambassador Kate Wyler (Keri Russell) is contemplating a run for President. Of course, add in a domestic terrorist attack and Kate doesn’t know who to trust anymore.

The official synopsis for “The Diplomat” Season 2 reads: “A deadly explosion in the heart of London shatters U.S. Ambassador Kate Wyler’s world (Russell). Struggling to rebuild the lives that broke and the team that split apart, Kate’s worst fears unfold: The attack that brought her to the U.K. didn’t come from a rival nation, it came from inside the British government. As Kate chases the truth, her only real ally is her almost-ex-husband Hal Wyler (Rufus Sewell), very much alive, and very much involved. She faces a fraught marriage,...

Despite facing mixed reviews and backlash from some self-proclaimed “fans,” Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power ultimately emerged as a hit. The show’s second season, which premiered on August 29, 2024, and wrapped up on October 3, 2024, with the finale titled “Shadow and Flame,” has been hailed as a success by Amazon.

Both critics and fans agree that Season 2 marked a significant improvement over the first. While everyone eagerly awaits official confirmation of a third season, fans are buzzing over the major revelations in the final episode.

And it’s not just the fans—showrunners Jd Payne and Patrick McKay recently sat down with The Hollywood Reporter to share exciting insights about the finale. In this report, we’ll focus on the key revelations surrounding The Stranger, whose true identity has finally been unveiled!

Among the many intriguing characters in The Rings of Power, The Stranger has...

Despite facing some unfavorable reviews and backlash from self-described “fans,” The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power on Amazon ultimately became a hit series. The show’s second season premiered on August 29, 2024, and concluded on October 3, 2024, with the final episode titled “Shadow and Flame.”

Amazon has labeled the second season a success. Additionally, both critics and fans have noted that it represents an improvement over the first season. And while everyone is waiting for an official confirmation that a third season is going to be made, the fans are still discussing the revelations related to the final episode.

But not just the fans! Namely, showrunners Jd Payne and Patrick McKay sat down for a talk with The Hollywood Reporter in which they revealed several interesting details about the final episode. In this report, we are going to focus on those revelations that are related to The Stranger, whose...

The second season of Prime Video's The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power came to an end this week, and the finale seemed to leave little doubt as to the identity of the "Dark Wizard" played by Game of Thrones alum Ciarán Hinds.

However, all may not be as it seems when it comes to this mysterious and very powerful character.

We know that this blatantly evil sorcerer is an "Istar," and it was generally assumed that he must be Sarauman. Granted, it would be a pretty major change to the lore if this character "broke bad" prior to the events of Tolkien's trilogy, but so would the introduction of another Istari who was never mentioned in the saga at all.

This led to speculation that Hinds might be playing either Alatar or Pallando, the "Blue Wizards" who are never really discussed in any great detail in The Lord of the Rings...

[Editor’s note: The following post contains spoilers for “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power”]

A spotting session is a common practice in film and TV scoring that sets a composer up to write the music for a given project, where the showrunners/filmmakers watch cuts and figure out where they want music and discuss what they want that music to do. But talking about music in the abstract can, in the words of composer Bear McCreary, be a little bit like dancing about architecture. Even when you’re trained in music theory, part of what’s beautiful about it is you’re never quite going to build the idea out of words themselves.

“The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” concluded its second season with Sauron (Charlie Vickers) holding sway over Eregion — if not over the apparent elven ability to fall off of tall cliffs and survive. None of the twists and turns...

This article contains a massive spoiler for "The Rings of Power" season 2. Proceed with caution, and watch the finale first if you don't want The Stranger's identity spoiled!

Well, folks, the cat's out of the bag. After 16 episodes and two full seasons, the fading moments of "The Rings of Power" season 2 finale finally delivered the one word we've been itching to hear for endless hours of Middle-earth viewing: Gandalf. Yes, Daniel Weyman's mysterious and confused Istar is the one and only Grey Wizard. As the finale wraps up its various storylines and sets the stage for a likely third season to come, one of the last things we get is a scene between Tom Bombadil (Rory Kinnear) and The Stranger. As the sequence draws to a close, Bombadil coaxes the utterance of the inevitable from his companion, and the Wizard in training takes a deep breath and says that his name is "Gandalf.

[This story contains spoilers from The Rings of Power season two finale.]

Granted, you probably guessed this one. But The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power had a major reveal about The Stranger in its season two finale — along with a climatic Sauron-Galadriel fight, the climax of Sauron’s season-long seduction and betrayal of Celebrimbor, the Balrog being unleashed in Khazad-dûm, and more.

Below, showrunners Jd Payne and Patrick McKay answer The Hollywood Reporter‘s questions about the eighth and final episode, which brings to close a more smartly paced and visually lavish second season that has continued to perform well in the ratings for Amazon. There’s a lot to cover, starting with the confirmation that The Stranger is, yup, Gandalf the Grey…

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I was relieved that you didn’t stick with “Grand Elf” because I was thinking, “Oh, is this going to be some weird legally differentiated Kirkland version of Gandalf?” Was this a character you had rights to all along?...

It took two seasons and as many years but “Rings of Power” fans finally know who The Stranger (Daniel Weyman) really is – and it’s exactly who you think.

The Stranger found his name after coming face-to-face with the Dark Wizard (Ciaran Hinds) of Rhǔn at the Storers home. The wizard told The Stranger they were old friends and they came to Middle-earth together to face Sauron. The difference is that the Dark Wizard wants to rule in Sauron’s place.

The Stranger refuses and the Dark Wizard tries to bring the canyon down on the Storers. The Stranger manages to hold the collapse at bay until everyone is free. As morning comes, the Storers have decided to go on the move if Nori (Markella Kavanagh) and Poppy (Megan Richards) lead them.

As the group is leaving, they individually thank him as “grand elf.” Nori explains it’s probably because...