Starz has released the first five photos from the much-anticipated new season of Blindspotting and announced season two will premiere on April 14, 2023 at 9pm ET/PT. The second season will finally arrive a year and eight months after the season finale of season one aired.
The half-hour comedy will kick off season two with back-to-back episodes, followed by new episodes dropping on subsequent Fridays at 9pm ET/PT.
Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal created the critically acclaimed comedy and serve as executive producers. Casal also stars in the show, directed four season two episodes, and serves as showrunner. Emily Gerson Saines, Ken Lee, Tim Palen, and Snoot Entertainment’s Jess Wu Calder and Keith Calder of Snoot Entertainment also executive produce, with Wu Calder directing two episodes.
In addition to Rafael Casal as Miles, the season two cast includes Emmy winner Jasmine Cephas Jones as Ashley, Oscar winner Helen Hunt as Rainey, Jaylen Barron as Trish, Candace Nicholas-Lippman as Janelle, and Benjamin Turner as Earl. Atticus Woodward plays Sean, April Absynth is Jacque, Lance Holloway is Cuddie, and Margo Hall plays Nancy.
The Plot, Courtesy of Starz:
Blindspotting centers on Ashley (Jones), who was nipping at the heels of a middle-class life in Oakland until Miles (Casal), her partner of 12 years and father of their son, Sean (Woodward) was suddenly incarcerated, leaving her to navigate a chaotic life when she is forced to move in with Miles’s mother, Rainey (Hunt), and sister, Trish (Barron). The series maintains a lighthearted and fun tone while simultaneously tackling complex issues with a comedic and innovative twist, spotlighting the hilarious hijinks Ashley and family get into as she attempts to navigate the crazy chaos of her life in the Bay Area.
Season two picks up nine months after Ashley and Miles’s prison nuptials in the season one finale, Ashley is doing backflips to try and raise their son on her own. She is reaching her breaking point and is taking it out on everyone around her. Miles is adjusting to life on the inside and counting down the days before their first family visitation weekend at San Quentin.
Rainey is doing her best to make Ashley and Sean feel at home while trying to find a way to stay connected to her son behind bars, but Ashley holds all the cards. Trish’s new business is flourishing, but she is dealing with jealousy issues now that her best friend and business partner Jacque (Absynth) is dating Cuddie (Holloway). Janelle (Nicholas-Lippman) is growing frustrated with Ashley’s constant need for support and has begun to miss her life back in Bali.
And then, of course, Earl (Turner), fresh out of prison himself for unintentionally breaking his probation, has moved out of Nancy’s (Hall) house and is trying to re-establish a relationship with his own family and his past. Welcome back to the ordeal.
