Will Netflix's 'The Hunting Wives' have a Season 2? What to know
The series follows Sophie O’Neil who moves to a small east Texas town, where she get finds herself pulled into seductive socialite Margo Banks.
Spoiler alert: This story includes details from episodes of Season 1 of "The Hunting Wives."
Netflix's saucy and scandalous new drama "The Hunting Wives," set in Texas, is garnering a ton of attention, landing on the streamer's Top 10 in the first week of its release.
The series, adapted from May Cobb's best-selling 2021 novel of the same name, follows Sophie O’Neil (Brittany Snow) who uproots from Boston with her family following a traumatic incident. She moves to a small east Texas town, where she finds herself pulled into seductive socialite Margo Banks' (Malin Åkerman) exclusive circle of affluent girlfriends, known as the Hunting Wives.
"Underneath the Southern charm lies a world of temptation and dangerous liaisons," the series synopsis says. "Margo's magnetic charm and the group's intoxicating allure awaken Sophie’s dormant passions, leading her down a treacherous path lined with jealousy, deadly suspicion, and murder."
Who killed Abby on 'The Hunting Wives'?
The murder of a young girl, Abby (Madison Wolfe), sent shockwaves throughout the small community, with Sophie, Margo and the Hunting Wives finding themselves entangled in the mystery.
As the season wraps up, it is confirmed that Margo killed Abby after the latter discovered her affair with Brad (George Ferrier), the teenage son of fellow Hunting Wives member Jill (Katie Lowes), and her subsequent abortion. Abby had threatened to expose Margo's affair, putting the political career of her husband, Jed (Dermot Mulroney), in jeopardy. The incident also spirals into a series of confrontations between the Hunting Wives, ending in what would best be described as a blood bath.
While we are still recovering from the killer finale, pun intended, here is what we know about the future of "The Hunting Wives" and if the series will be returning for Season 2.
Will there be 'The Hunting Wives' Season 2?
Lionsgate, the production company behind the series, has not yet announced a second season of the show. The company told Paste BN on July 24 that no decision or announcement regarding a new season is available at the moment.
However, several cast members have expressed interest in returning for Season 2.
“I think the nerves come from, for me, it’s really wanting this to go for a second season because I love everybody that I got to work with and it would be a dream come true to go again," Akerman told Decider. "So my nerves are around the fact that I just want and wish for everyone to love it so much that we get another season."
Showrunner Rebecca Cutter and author Cobb are also hopeful for a second season, the duo told Variety.
“I think we’d do a little bit of a time jump — not a year, but a time," Cutter told Variety. "By the end of shooting, I realized that the two engines of the show are the whodunit and the Margo/Sophie relationship and tracking how those spines intersect with each other.”
Though ideas are still in their preliminary stages, Cutter told the media outlet it would "be smart” to introduce a new murder mystery.
“I don’t know whodunit yet or who got done!” Cutter joked.
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'The Hunting Wives' cast
- Malin Åkerman as Margo Banks
- Brittany Snow as Sophie O’Neil
- Dermot Mulroney as Jed Banks
- Chrissy Metz as Starr Jackson
- Jaime Ray Newman as Callie Baskin
- Katie Lowes as Jill Thompson
- George Ferrier as Brad Thompson
- Evan Jonigkeit as Graham O’Neil
- Hunter Emery as Deputy Walter Flynn
- Karen Rodriguez as Deputy Wanda Salazar
How to watch 'The Hunting Wives'
All eight episodes of "The Hunting Wives" are available to stream on Netflix.
Saman Shafiq is a trending news reporter for Paste BN. Reach her at sshafiq@gannett.com and follow her on X and Instagram @saman_shafiq7.