The return of The one from Netflix political thriller The diplomat is one of the few TV shows from the streaming giant that I’ve actually been counting down the days since that explosive season 1 finale. And now that it’s here – and, unsurprisingly, already dominating Netflix’s US Top 10 chart – I’m happy to report that it not only lives up to the standard it set during season 1, but I would even argue that this season will be doomed. as one of the best Netflix TV series of 2024.


If you are willing to suspend a certain degree of disbelief (The diplomat(it is, after all, a drama and not a documentary), creator Debora Cahn’s show offers quite an entertaining ride. I know I don’t need to point out that caveat, but when I see it, it lasts this – from some curmudgeon at Forbes who thought the ending of the new season was wrong or whatever – I think it’s worth pointing out the above fact again. The diplomat is a TV show, and a damn good one.


Here are five reasons why I think this is one of Netflix’s best TV releases this year. By the way, I finished the new season, so be warned: there are *spoilers* forward.


The Diplomat feels like a cross between Homeland and The West Wing


The diplomat‘s influences are among the biggest political TV shows of modern times, and that’s no coincidence. Cahn cut her teeth, wait for it, both of them Homeland And The West Wing. That is, if you were a fan of both shows, season 2 of The diplomat should be right up your alley.



The Diplomat on NetflixImage source: Netflix

This season’s story, as US Ambassador to Britain Kate Wyler (Keri Russell) races to get to the bottom of what appears to be a deadly false flag attack, makes the show feel like a spy thriller, hidden in a walk-and-talk. -style political drama. Allison Janney’s Vice President Grace Penn – the veep who is actually supposed to replace Kate at her post in London – also comes across the pond for a satisfyingly dramatic visit with Kate.


Long story short: there’s a reason for the scores from both audiences and critics The diplomat‘s new season is higher this time.


The side characters are just as interesting as the main cast


Another reason for the overwhelmingly positive reactions to the new season of The diplomat has, I think, to do with the interesting side characters – all of whom are perfectly cast and who have no trouble keeping your interest when the show’s leads move on to something else.


I could watch Russell’s Kate and Ali Ahn’s CIA station chief Eidra Park all day long. In fact, Park is such a paragon of unwavering competence that I actually wish she were an intelligence professional in real life. Rory Kinnear’s arrogant British Prime Minister, Nicol Trowbridge, is a cyclone of impulsiveness, and Kinnear plays him like such a live wire that you have no trouble believing he’s responsible for the false flag attack on a British ship that Kate is investigating—an attack that also tied to the London bombing at the end of season 1.


Other fun supporting characters include Ato Essandoh’s deputy chief of mission Stuart Heyford, a trusted subordinate of Kate who spends the first few episodes of this season recovering from the bombing that injured him, alongside Kate’s husband Hal (Rufus Sewell). An extremely sympathetic character, Stuart is also Eidra’s romantic interest – a combination you can’t help but root for.


The Diplomat on Netflix
Rufus Sewell as Hal Wyler in ‘The Diplomat’. Image source: Netflix

This season attracted a Great head fake


I mentioned the false flag attack above, which is mainly the core of the plot this season. I know I’m not the only one who was more or less convinced that Trowbridge was up to no good and almost certainly had something to hide – it actually turned out to be rogue elements in his government who wanted a ‘unifying event’ for Britain deliver. ”, in the form of an attack that they could blame on Russia, to stop the momentum of Scotland wanting to break away from the empire. The Prime Minister didn’t know thing about it, contrary to Kate’s suspicions.


Margaret Roylin, a Conservative Party confidante, is actually the one who put forward the idea of ​​a false flag attack with the aim of rallying the country around the Prime Minister. She enlisted two far-right MPs in the plan. But when I found out, the idea wasn’t that to arise with the conniving Roylin. The idea for the plan actually came from…


ALLISON JANNEY!!!


That’s right. Not only is Janney’s presence a welcome addition to season 2 The diplomatbut she makes great use of her meager screen time this season, stealing scenes and proving to be a quiet troublemaker.


As Vice President Grace Penn, Janney’s role has all the gravitas that entails West Wing fans have fallen in love. But instead of the White House press secretary, here she plays a veep about to be removed from office as a result of a scandal involving her husband. Kate is, as we’ve noted, the White House’s potential replacement for her, which makes Grace’s visit to London in the aftermath of the bombing all the more awkward.







Grace is there to strengthen the alliance and carefully guide Britain’s response to the alleged Russian attack. But Kate eventually finds out that Madame Vice President was the one who set this all in motion – but our favorite diplomat gets more than she bargained for when she confronts Grace.


The latter, who uses a large world map as a prop in her response to Kate’s accusation, somewhat condescendingly points out to the ambassador that all kinds of bad things would follow if Scotland broke away from Britain. That democracy is actually going out of fashion worldwide, and keeping the world order together sometimes requires unpleasant choices.


And that brings us to the season’s shocking finale.


The cliffhanger


Season 1 of The diplomat packed a punch in the final episode, with the bombings leaving the fates of several characters up in the air, but the second season took things to a whole new level with the final episode.


Basically, Kate and Grace go for a walk while Hal desperately tries to reach his wife by phone. It turns out that Hal – himself a seasoned former diplomat – got a hold of POTUS and told him that Grace is actually the one who masterminded the false flag attack. At that moment, POTUS has a heart attack from the shock news and dies on the spot. The last thing we see before the credits roll is an army of security personnel making a mad dash for Grace, who is now the president by default, while a stunned Kate has just been told by her husband what happened.


Was it an over-the-top, kind of bizarre ending? Certainly. I wonder what happens next? Evidently! In my opinion, The diplomat is among the best Netflix TV series in recent years, and season 3 is shaping up to be an absolute trip. Among my final thoughts:


Will Grace, as POTUS, address Kate as her veep – some sort of way to keep your enemies closer? That would be a great turn of events, even if it would also undermine the show’s title somewhat. It would also make for an even juicier sequence of events if Grace’s husband’s scandal still unfolds, Grace has to leave her office, and… Kate moves into the Oval Office?


If I had to guess, I suspect Grace will appoint Kate as the new Secretary of State. This show is titled The diplomatfinally.







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