Netflix Unveils ‘The Diplomat’ Season 2 Release Date, First Photos

Netflix’s The Diplomat is heading back to its situation room.

The Keri Russell-led drama released two first look photos of season two on Thursday, and announced the next installment’s release date.

Season one of The Diplomat, released 2023, saw Russell star as Kate Wyler, “a seasoned foreign service officer more at home in a crisis zone than an upper-crust atmosphere,” the release reads. In the series’ first installment, she was set to take her next post in Afghanistan before a change of plans sent her to London as the U.S. ambassador to the U.K. Out of her element in aristocratic England, Kate was forced push her diplomacy skills to the limit as multiple wars pressured United States foreign policy and, closer to home, competition brewed with her husband, Hal (played by Rufus Sewell).

“In this high-stakes political drama, the transcendence and torture of long-term relationships between countries and people takes center stage,” the release continues.

At the time of season one’s release, The Hollywood Reporter critic Daniel Fienberg wrote that the show was “a pure star vehicle for Keri Russell” and “superb at exploring the context of diplomacy.”

Less than two weeks after the series debuted, the streamer renewed The Diplomat for a second season.

Season two releases Oct. 31, 2024, about a year and a half after the first installment hit Netflix in April 2023.

The Diplomat also stars David Gyasi, Ali Ahn, Rory Kinnear and Ato Essandoh, and is executive produced by Russell, Debora Cahn, Janice Williams Peter Noah and Alex Graves. Allison Janney will join the cast for season two, playing Vice President Grace Penn.