The Looking Wives is coming again for season 2 — however is everybody returning after these e book adjustments?
Based mostly on Might Cobb‘s novel of the identical identify, the hit Netflix collection follows Sophie (Brittany Snow) as she finds herself wrapped up in socialite Margo’s (Malin Åkerman) orbit. Sophie befriends Margo’s circle of housewives, however their harmful secrets and techniques result in a stunning homicide with Sophie because the prime suspect.
Along with Åkerman and Snow, the present starred Katie Lowes, Dermot Mulroney, Evan Jonigkeit, Chrissy Metz, Jaime Ray Newman and George Ferrier. After the present premiered in July 2025, showrunner Rebecca Cutter and the forged addressed why The Looking Wives didn’t totally persist with the supply materials.
“Rebecca and Might Cobb have a extremely nice relationship. They’ve been speaking by way of rather a lot, and Might was form of like, ‘Go for it.’ She was on set and was actually elated to see her characters come to life and actually liked the course that Rebecca went in with the characters and the adjustments,” Åkerman completely instructed Us Weekly that very same month. “It’s enjoyable to have a number of the adjustments from the e book in order that people who find themselves followers of the story can go alongside and be shocked as effectively. Hopefully it’s not too far gone the place it doesn’t veer too far off the e book in order that they know the characters.”
Åkerman continued: “I learn the scripts earlier than I learn the e book, so my bias is likely to be the opposite method round. However once more, I simply really feel like we get the essence of the characters. We get the world, and I hope that followers will prefer it who’ve learn the e book.”
Netflix formally renewed the present in September 2025 and teased who would — and wouldn’t — be coming again. Maintain scrolling to see the total forged listing:
Brittany Snow
Snow has teased what she is hoping would get explored for Sophie — particularly after she killed somebody earlier than season 1 was over.
“I believe that that’s one thing that she most likely hasn’t even wrestled with inside herself, so far as why she’s snug maintaining herself in that field and likewise maintaining secrets and techniques from herself. That’s a darkish evening of the soul scenario that we’d solely be seeing in season 2,” Snow teased to Collider in July 2025. “I don’t know the way she’s going to get there. Remedy? Possibly a extremely good therapist and loads of time.”
Snow was curious how Sophie would dig herself out of the scenario, including, “The factor that I like in regards to the character of Sophie, and I really feel like what I liked about studying all eight scripts, was that Sophie finally ends up, on the finish of episode 8, precisely the place she was most likely within the flashback earlier than we even see her. She’s had this full circle transformation of discovering herself once more, and but right here we’re. Her true self is a large number.”
Malin Åkerman
Season 2 kicks off with Sophie and Margo “on the outs.”
“However quickly sufficient, previous secrets and techniques and new foes power them again collectively,” the official synopsis teased. “As they play their harmful video games the query arises. Are they the hunters or the hunted?”
Jaime Ray Newman
Newman’s character, Callie, is returning in season 2 as effectively after it was revealed that she killed Jill (Lowes) — who killed Starr (Metz).
Dermot Mulroney
The Looking Wives wouldn’t be what it’s with out Mulroney’s Jed Banks working for workplace and inflicting chaos.
Evan Jonigkeit
Regardless of Sophie’s marriage coming to an finish, her estranged husband, Graham, is coming again in season 2.
George Ferrier
After The Looking Wives launched a secret affair between Margo and her good friend Jill’s 18-year-old son, Brad (Ferrier), who was in highschool within the e book, Netflix introduced Ferrier again for season 2.
Åkerman, in the meantime, beforehand defined why it was vital to age Brad up within the present.
“That [underage] factor wasn’t thrown in there. That may be a extremely totally different dialog. So he’s of age — technically — however he’s very younger,” she instructed Us in March 2025. “He’s simply of age. He additionally occurs to be her finest good friend’s son.”
She continued: “That — for me — is extra of the controversy. However I’m not attempting to inform a narrative by way of Margo the place I hope folks aspire to turn out to be her in any respect. As we proceed to observe, you would possibly change your thoughts on how you are feeling about her. However I like all of these items, and something that’s plot-driven and that strikes the plot ahead, I’m comfortable to discover even it’s gratuitous.”
Chrissy Metz
After Starr’s onscreen dying, the one method she may return is in potential flashbacks.
Katie Lowes
Lowes knew going into the present that she wouldn’t return as Jill.
“I knew after I auditioned that Jill was going to die, so I actually leaned into it,” Lowes instructed Us in August 2025. “I’ve gotten to die a bunch of instances, so I simply was psyched. I used to be like, ‘I [gotta] go massive or go house.’ I [got] to have one superb season of Jill being as unhinged as I may do it and I liked it.”
She added: “Figuring out that Margo was 1757791195 going to be the killer and Jill was going to die, I used to be like, ‘OK, let’s simply concentrate on the TV present and get that completed in order that my mind doesn’t get confused.’”
Michael Aaron Milligan
Sophie killed Margo’s brother, Kyle (Milligan), on the finish of the primary season — or did she?
“I’m so grateful to have labored on this undertaking. Everybody was so superb, pretty and fantastic to work with each day and no matter. So [I would love] to get a name [about season 2] — or possibly some spooky adventures with the ghost of Kyle,” Milligan quipped to Us in August 2025. “I’m positive they will get very, very inventive. I’m very a lot wanting ahead to listening to from the workforce and seeing what they [could] have in retailer concepts smart for Kyle.”
