The Beast in Me is coming back for a second season. Despite being envisioned as a single-season miniseries, the first season proved sufficiently successful, scoring an Emmy for star Matthew Rhys, that a new season is now in the works at Netflix. And while many of the first season’s characters didn’t survive to make it into season 2, the series has just added an Emmy-winner to bolster its cast.
The Beast in Me centered around Aggie Wiggs (Claire Danes), a celebrated non-fiction writer who’s struggling to complete her new book after the tragic death of her son in a car accident and the subsequent breakup of her marriage to Shelley (Natalie Morales). Inspiration soon comes in the form of her new neighbor Nile Jarvis (Rhys), the charming scion of a real estate dynasty who might also have killed his now-missing wife. She takes on Jarvis’ life as her new subject, while also investigating his crimes…the latest of which may be the murder of Teddy (Bubba Weiler), the drunk driver who killed her son.
Deadline reports that John Goodman will star in the second season of the series. Plot details are being kept under wraps for now, but Goodman will star as the father of Aggie Wiggs, a lifelong con artist. So far, Danes is the only confirmed returnee for the second season of the series; despite Rhys‘ Emmy win, his character’s fate in the first-season finale makes him unlikely to return. Goodman is coming off a high-profile performance in the satirical comedy Digger alongside Tom Cruise; he’s next slated to star in the black comedy Chili Finger, alongside Judy Greer, and the horror film Skeletons, alongside Brie Larson. He’ll also have a guest appearance on the upcoming third season of The Last of Us.
What Happened in the Season 1 Finale of ‘The Beast in Me’?
In what was initially the series finale, but is now the season 1 finale, of The Beast in Me, Aggie finally coerces Nile into confessing his murders of both his wife and Teddy. What he doesn’t realize is that she’s secretly recording him; when she hands it over to the police, he’s swiftly tried and convicted; Aggie has one last interview with him in jail. However, Nile’s uncle, Rick (Tim Guinee), takes action to protect the family’s reputation, hiring inmates to murder Nile and killing Nile’s ailing father, Martin (Jonathan Banks). In the end, Aggie has a bestseller, but must contemplate her own role in a tragic series of events.
Season 2 of The Beast in Me is in development; no release date has yet been announced.
via Collider