[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for The Perfect Couple.]
Have been you obsessive about the scheming, secrets and techniques, and shenanigans of the Winbury household? A TV adaptation of Elin Hilderbrand‘s bestselling novel of the identical title, The Excellent Couple premiered in September 2024 and have become an prompt hit.
Whereas Merritt Monaco’s (Meghann Fahy) homicide was solved, there have been loads of questions left unanswered. Followers instantly began asking about Season 2. Who wouldn’t wish to return to Nantucket for an additional weekend of drama? The Excellent Couple is getting a Season 2, nevertheless it’s not precisely what you suppose.
Is there going to be a Season 2 of The Excellent Couple?
Sure, technically. The collection is ready to change into an anthology, Deadline experiences. The second season shall be primarily based on Hilderbrand’s Swan Tune novel.
Is Swan Tune a sequel to The Excellent Couple?
There isn’t any direct sequel to The Excellent Couple. The e-book is a part of Hilderbrand’s bigger Nantucket collection. Swan Tune, which was launched in 2024, focuses on Chief Ed Kapenash, the character that impressed Chief of Police Dan Carter (Michael Seashore) within the present.
Swan Tune doesn’t observe the Winburys, so we doubtless gained’t see Greer (Nicole Kidman), Tag (Liev Schrieber), and the remainder of the clan. The follow-up revolves round Leslee and Bull Richardson, a mysterious couple who purchase a lavish summer season house in Nantucket. The Richardsons throw costly events and flaunt their wealth, however when their home burns down and one in every of their staff goes lacking, everybody begins asking questions.
The brand new season will nonetheless be govt produced by Kidman. Joanna Calo joins as a brand new author/showrunner. Susanne Bier, Gail Berman, Shawn Levy, Per Saari, and Hend Baghdady will even return as EPs.
What occurred on the finish of The Excellent Couple Season 1?
Merritt’s killer was revealed within the sixth episode. Pregnant Abby Winbury (Dakota Fanning) drugged Merritt and drowned her within the ocean so she would get entry to her husband Thomas’ (Jack Reynor) belief fund now as a substitute of 18 years later.
Merritt was having an affair with Tag (Liev Schreiber), the Winbury patriarch, and discovered she was pregnant. The foundations of the Winbury belief fund said that the sons would get their cash as soon as the youngest Winbury child turned 18. Tag and Greer’s youngest, Will (Sam Nivola), was about to show 18. If Merritt had the infant, the belief funds couldn’t be accessed for almost two extra a long time. Abby was arrested and carted off to jail.
The ultimate minutes of The Excellent Couple’s finale flashed ahead to London six months after Merritt’s demise. Greer tracked down Amelia (Eve Hewson), Merritt’s greatest pal and her son’s former fiancée. She needed to get Amelia’s blessing for a e-book she’d written about her. Regardless of Greer being a bit chilly towards Amelia in Nantucket, she warmed as much as the zoologist. “I hope you name. I’d like to see you,” Greer instructed Amelia.
Greer and Amelia’s alternate left the collection open-ended. “I believe their story is simply starting by the top of this collection,” showrunner and author Jenna Lamia beforehand instructed TV Insider.
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