The full trailer for season two of WGN America’s supernatural series Salem is only a minute long, but nevertheless it manages to deliver a decent look at this upcoming season. Janet Montgomery and Shane West are back in starring roles in Salem: Epic War (the complete title for the second season), created and written by Brannon Braga and Adam Simon. The one-hour drama also stars Seth Gabel, Ashley Madekwe, Tamzin Merchant, Elise Eberle, Lucy Lawless, Stuart Townsend, Joe Doyle, and Oliver Bell.
Season two premieres on April 5, 2015 at 10pm ET/PT.
The Plot:
In Salem, witches are real – but they are not who or what they seem, and the stakes have never been higher in the struggle for the throne. Season two opens as Salem’s ruthless leading witch, Mary Sibley (Montgomery), has just completed a deadly supernatural ritual that unleashed a devastating plague on the town’s unsuspecting citizens. As death and disease continue to spread through the war-torn village, Mary must face off against adversaries old and new, from within Salem and beyond, who are angling to challenge her power and authority.
Left for dead physically and emotionally, former war hero John Alden (West) returns to Salem to take down the woman he loves, Mary, before she can destroy everything and everyone around her. The protector of the abused and Mary’s own creation, Mercy (Eberle) becomes the abuser as she seeks vengeance against the one who betrayed her – Mary. Haunted by guilt, Cotton Mather (Gabel) is on a path of redemption, determined to right the wrongs he left behind. Circling the fray is the deadly Countess Marburg (Lawless), one of the only remaining descendants of an ancient and legendary German line – and the last of the true witches – who descends on Salem to claim what’s hers, along with her charming, cultured and extremely loyal son, Baron Sebastian Marburg (Doyle).
Mary must also contend with threats emerging from within her own coven, including her mysterious servant Tituba (Madekwe), whose allegiances are slippery and motives unclear; as well as the arrival of a new visitor who may pose a threat to her uncontested control over the town – Dr. Samuel Wainwright (Townsend), an educated man of science who seeks to uncover the secrets of Salem and the plague that claimed Isaac Walton (Iddo Goldberg) as its first victim. As rivals circle her throne, Mary’s most vital task is shoring up support from Anne Hale (Merchant), whose newly discovered identity as a cradle witch can render her either a powerful ally or a deadly foe. Despite Mary’s ability to eliminate anything in her path, she does have one weakness that can be exploited – the sudden return of the son (Bell) she thought she gave up years ago.
Watch the trailer:
-By Rebecca Murray
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