Summary
Mr. & Mrs. Smithstar Maya Erskine offers a preview of season 2, even as she dodges questions about whether she’ll return. From co-creators, Donald Glover and Francesca Sloane,Mr. & Mrs. Smithquickly became a hit for Prime Video when it premiered in February and was renewed for a second installment. Since then, unconfirmed reports have mentioned thatErskine and Glover would not be reprising their lead rolesinMr. & Mrs. Smithseason 2. Sloane has since cast doubt on those reports, though no official announcement has been made.
In an interview withGold Derby, Erskine was asked about her status forseason 2. Though thePEN15actordeclined to confirm whether she’d be back, stressing that she doesn’t want to ruin the season 1 finale, she does say that she thinks theupcoming episodes will be even betterand hints at a really exciting development. Read Erskine’s remarks below:
I do know some things. I mean, I just have to keep saying the same thing where it’s like—because we don’t want to, you know, the whole point of having a cliffhanger is so you have the fun that of when you watch the next season. And, because it’s now officially renewed, I can say that the plans for the second season are going to be… I think it’s going to be even better than the first season. I can’t say whether that includes us or not. But I do think it’s going to be a really— if they commit and go that way, it could be really exciting.
Mr. & Mrs. Smith Season 2 Is Intriguing (But A Big Risk)
There will be a lot of curiosity about the casting ofMr. and Mrs. Smithseason 2 and the new leads if it comes to that, but there’s a risk that a lot of the show’s charm depends on which couple is at the center and can’t quite be replicated.
Erskine stresses the importance of the unresolvedMr. & Mrs. Smith’sseason 1 ending. John and Jane are seemingly cornered and near death, bested by another pair of Smiths (played by Parker Posey and Wagner Moura) who are essentially experts at killing other spies who are no longer useful to the secret organization that they’re all a part of. With just one bullet left, Jane goes out to kill Posey and Moura’s characters, butit’s left ambiguous who survives.
Erskine and Sloane’s recent remarks come asMr. & Mrs. Smithhopes to be in contention at the upcoming Emmy Awards and part of the reason why the show is in the conversation to be nominated is due to the chemistry between Glover and Erskine. Their versions of John and Joe can be alluring, as spies should be, but they can also be unglamorous and reminiscent of any couple, even in their heightened circumstances.
Mr. & Mrs. Smith Already Teased The Show’s Best Future (& It’s Not An Anthology)
Mr. & Mrs. Smith is going in a surprise direction for season 2, but the debut season may have introduced the perfect focus for the show’s next story.
Some of the glowing reviews of the Prime Video show compared it to an action version ofMarriage Storywith spies, referring to the Netflix drama with Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson. There will be a lot of curiosity aboutthe casting ofMr. and Mrs. Smithseason 2 and the new leads if it comes to that, but there’s a risk that a lot of the show’s charm depends on which couple is at the center and can’t quite be replicated.
Mr. & Mrs. Smithseason 1 is available to stream on Prime Video.
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
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Mr. & Mrs. Smith is a 2024 TV series about John and Jane, two lonely strangers who abandon their past lives and identities to become partners both in espionage and marriage, navigating their complex personal and professional lives together.
