Sanditon Season 2 Plot, New Cast Members Revealed by PBS Masterpiece
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It’s possible that more drama has happened around Sanditon the show than the Season 1 plot itself. But it might all end up being for the best. The PBS Masterpiece series was originally conceived as a one-off that “completed” Jane Austen’s last unfinished novel, but after its popular first season was recently renewed for Season 2 and 3. Controversially, one of its main actors—and the show’s primary love interest—Theo James, departed at the same time as the renewal, feeling his character’s story to be complete.
It was uncertain where the show would go next, but a robust new casting announcement and updated synopsis for the upcoming season gives fans hope. And indeed, it gives me (who was not a fan of Season 1 from an Austen perspective) hope as well. The further Sanditon gets from its source material, and the more it’s allowed to be a freer exploration of salacious Georgian narratives on its own terms, the better it will likely be.
According to a press release, “The new series will pick up the action nine months later, as the town is growing in popularity, and will feature characters familiar and new. Charlotte Heywood (Rose Williams) returns to the beautiful seaside resort and soon attracts the attention of not one, but two new men. And, in her last summer season before turning 21, Georgiana Lambe (Crystal Clarke), keen to forge her own identity, gets up to mischief in the name of love…but will she run the risk of being lonelier than ever before? The Parkers are back, as Tom (Kris Marshall) strives to rebuild Sanditon. But there are many unforeseen issues awaiting him, while the secrets and lies of the dysfunctional Denhams continue to rock the foundations of the sunny seaside town.”
All of this is fine and well, but then we get to the juicy stuff: