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There are thrillers and then there is The Madness. It's hard to remember the last time a series was this gripping and this addictive. The eight-part series landed on Netflix just last week — and yes, we've already raced through every episode. Now, our only question is: will we be getting The Madness season 2?
Created by Stephen Belber, the series stars Colman Domingo as Muncie Daniels, a political consultant-turned-TV pundit who, while on sabbatical, witnesses the murder an infamous white supremacist. When Muncie is framed for the crime, he finds himself fighting to reveal the truth. It's an edge-of-your-seat mystery set within an eerily familiar world of misinformation, conspiracy theories and far-right populism. It's a show that, being released mere weeks after the re-election of Donald Trump, feels both timely and prescient.
As Belber told The Hollywood Reporter, he conceived the show “soon after Jan. 6.” He added, “I was just looking around for something original to write, and I thought, ‘Oh, I’ll break the rule, and I’ll lean into the zeitgeist a little bit rather than try to avoid it.’”
So, will there be a The Madness season 2 on Netflix to dig our teeth into? Here's everything we know so far.
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What happened in The Madness season 1?
First, a recap. Please look away now if you don't want any spoilers.
After being framed for the murder of Mark Simon, Muncie uncovers what turns out to be a global conspiracy. Although Muncie finds himself taking on the richest, most powerful people in the world in an attempt to prove his innocence, by the end of season 1, he has, somehow, succeeded.
After initially joining forces with Julia, Muncie eventually discovers that she was involved in the plot to frame him. He finds evidence of the conspiracy on her computer and managed to clear his name publicly. In the final episode, Muncie delves even deeper into the conspiracy when he discovers that Rodney Kraintz, an investor, has been spreading white supremacist misinformation and disinformation online using numerous computers and servers. Muncie momentarily holds his gun up at Rodney, but ultimately, he decides not to shoot.
“Muncie believes in redemption,” Domingo told Tudum. “He believes in the good in all people. … If Muncie did kill in cold blood, it would change his whole DNA.”
Has The Madness season 2 been confirmed?
Although The Madness season 2 hasn't yet been officially confirmed by Netflix, we have high hopes that the show will be coming back.
The series quickly made its way into Netflix's top 10 in the US, UK and Canada which is always a good indicator it will be renewed.
What might happen in The Madness season 2?
Although Muncie has uncovered one of the key players in The Forge's conspiracy, we have a feeling there is still a lot left to explore — and so does the show's star, Colman Domingo.
When asked by Deadline about a potential second season, the actor replied, “Listen, I don’t really say this a lot about any show because I like going from moment to moment and having great moments in a show and moving on with my life and doing something else. This show, I think there’s more from Muncie. I would really love to engage with a Season 2, so we’ll see if people think he’s got more story in him as well, so I hope people watch.”
He echoed the same thoughts while speaking to The Hollywood Reporter — and offered up his ideas for what might happen in season 2: “Madness is a show I really enjoyed,” he said. “I think there’s more story for Muncie and his family. I think now that they’ve had all these sort of huge life lessons, I’d be interested to take them out in the world and make them these modern-day, everyday superheroes who are just coming together as a family to work on things that affect the world or affect some change in some way. I feel like we need to take them to Europe and see what happens with this family.”
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