Back in December 2023, Netflix swooped in and acquired season two of the critically acclaimed Australian drama The Tourist after Max passed on picking up the distribution rights after airing the first season. Season one of the riveting drama followed Jamie Dornan (Belfast) as a man with a sketchy past who suffered from amnesia as the result of a car accident that was meant to kill him. And season two, which premieres on February 29, 2024, finds Dornan reprising his role as Elliot alongside Danielle Macdonald as Helen, the only person he could depend on when he couldn’t remember his own name.
Their relationship grew over the course of the first season, and by the finale, they were more than just friends. Now, in season two, Elliot and Helen will be traveling to Ireland, hoping to find answers about Elliot’s identity. “But instead, they are forced to face the dangerous consequences of his past actions,” reads Netflix’s season two synopsis.
Netflix released this description of season two’s key characters:
- Jamie Dornan returns as Elliot, who still doesn’t remember his past but is living in the present and traveling through Southeast Asia with his girlfriend, Helen.
- Danielle Macdonald returns as Helen Chambers, who’s broken her engagement and traveling the world with Elliot, until they decide to head to Ireland to learn more about his past.
- Greg Larsen returns as Helen’s now-ex fiancé, Ethan Krum.
- Victoria Haralabidou is back as Lena, a mysterious woman from Elliot’s past.
- Conor MacNeill plays Detective Ruairi Slater, a quiet local cop with more of an edge than first appears.
- Olwen Fouéré plays Niamh Cassidy, a tough Irish woman with a major connection to Elliot.
- Francis Magee plays Frank McDonnell, the patriarch of a powerful family.
- Diarmaid Murtagh is Donal McDonnell, Nessa Matthews is Orla McDonnell, and Mark McKenna is Fergal McDonnell, a trio of local siblings who take a special interest in Elliot.
The six-episode second season was executive produced by Dornan, Harry Williams, Jack Williams, BBC’s Nawfal Faizullah, and Two Brothers’ Daniel Walker and Sarah Hammond.
