Netflix's The Diplomat releases official trailer ahead of season 2
The first trailer for The Diplomat season 2 has dropped ahead of its release later this month.
The new episodes of the Netflix political thriller will pick up straight after that huge explosion cliffhanger at the end of season 1, which caught Hal Wyler (Rufus Sewell) and Stuart Hayford (Ato Essandoh) in its crosshairs.
The thrilling first trailer gives a taste of things to come, confirming that Hal and Stuart are very much alive, while Ambassador Kate Wyler (Keri Russell) tries to unmask a conspiracy within the British government and around Prime Minister Trowbridge (Rory Kinnear).
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The clip also teases increasing closeness between Kate and Foreign Secretary Austin Dennison (David Gyasi), while we also get a first look at Oscar-winner Allison Janney as Vice President Grace Penn as she rocks up to the US embassy.
“A deadly explosion in the heart of London shatters US Ambassador Kate Wyler’s world (Keri Russell),” the synopsis reads.
“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).”
Previously opening up about the explosive season 1 finale, creator Debora Cahn told Tudum that she “wanted to bring together all of the different dynamics of the political relationships and the personal relationships in one event that splits apart all at the same time”.
"The essential conflict in the relationship is that these are two people [Kate and Hal Wyler] married to each other and in love with each other, who are colleagues, who were great collaborators and are sometimes great competitors,” she added.
“It takes all the dynamics of a relationship of a marriage and heightens them when you can’t ever get away."
The Diplomat season 2 will be available on Netflix from October 31. Season 1 can be streamed on the same platform.
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