Dead Boy Detectives Season 2 Chances Get Encouraging Update From Sandman Spinoff Showrunners
Summary
Dead Boy Detectivesshowrunner Steve Yockey offers some details on season 2, as the Netflix supernatural drama awaits a renewal. Based on the characters created by Neil Gaiman and Matt Wagner, and part of theSandmanuniverse, the series follows Charles Rowland (Jayden Revri) and Edwin Payne (George Rexstrew), two ghosts that decide to evade Death and remain on Earth to solve mysteries. After its debut back in April,Netflix has yet to renewDead Boy Detectivesfor season 2.
In recent comments toIndieWire, Yockey offered an update on what to expect from season 2. The showrunner, who shares the role with Beth Schwartz, discussed how the positive reception to the show’s first eight episodes impacted season 2. Yockey also talked about howthe drama’s established stories will pay off if the series is renewed. Read his full comment below:
“I think [plans for Season 2] stayed the same. The thing that has maybe come up for us is we’ve chatted a little bit about certain characters that might make return cameos because they’ve popped off in ways we didn’t expect. But the story and the emotional arcs of Season 2 are largely intact because of what happened in Season 1.”
“The fun of it is when people get all the way to the end, and then they’re like, ‘Oh, they were planting stuff in two, three, four, five, six that’s paying off,'” Yockey said. “I think Season 2 pays off some surprises from Season 1. And one of them we haven’t seen anywhere [online] yet.”
The Season 1 Finale Sets The Path Forward.
If it’s the case thatDead Boy Detectivesis brought back, there will be an opportunity to explore whether Edwin’s feelings evolve and what that could mean for the series more broadly.
The trickery of The Cat King (Lukas Gage) is over by theend ofDead Boy Detectivesseason 1, which means that Charles and Edwin are free to leave Port Townsend and return to London. To add to the good news, Night Nurse (Ruth Connell) and her supervisor (Tamlyn Tomita) appear and discover the case files that the duo have been working on.The supervisor is impressed and allows the detectives to remain on Earthwithin reason. She appoints the somewhat antagonistic Night Nurse as their chaperone to watch over them while they’re on Earth.
Niko’s fate is also clarified to a degree, as it’s revealed that she is sitting in an igloo. She’s warmed by the fire and joined by her Sprites. It serves as a hint that, despite Niko’s death, actor Yuyu Kitamura remains part oftheDead Boy Detectivescast, which also includes Kassius Nelson, Briana Cuoco, and Jenn Lyon. But it’s unknown how Niko will factor into season 2 if the show is renewed.
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Though Edwin confessed his romantic feelings for Charles, with Charles gently explaining that he doesn’t currently feel the same way, the best friends are in a good place to end the first installment. If it’s the case thatDead Boy Detectivesis brought back, there will be an opportunity to explore whether Edwin’s feelings evolve and what that could mean for the series more broadly.
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Based on the DC series, Dead Boy Detectives is a supernatural comedy-mystery series created for Netflix. Two young men from different find one another in death but decide to skip the afterlife and remain among the living with a new purpose - to solve various supernatural mysteries the way only two deceased detectives can.
