The Couple Subsequent Door is visiting Starz for a second season.
Starz has picked up the U.S. and Canadian rights for the six episode season two of anthology collection The Couple Subsequent Door, which premiered in July on the UK’s Channel 4. The brand new season will premiere on Starz on Sept. 19, the platform stated on Friday; Starz additionally shared the trailer.
The Couple Subsequent Door “explores the stultifying claustrophobia of suburbia and the fallout of chasing your deepest needs,” per the logline. The primary season starred Sam Heughan of Outlander, which made it a no brainer for Starz. (Outlander is ending in early 2026; its prequel Outlander: Blood of My Blood is presently airing season one and in manufacturing on season two.) Season one in every of The Couple Subsequent Door additionally starred Eleanor Tomlinson, and “ranked as one in every of Starz’s finest performing acquisitions ever,” per, you already know, Starz.
“This seductive collection immediately struck a chord with ladies, with significantly sturdy attraction for our giant, engaged base of Outlander viewers,” Alison Hoffman, the president of Starz Networks stated in a press release accompanying Friday’s information. “Excessive-performing acquisitions like The Couple Subsequent Door play a key function in Starz’s continued success, increasing our distinctive slate of premium programming for grownup audiences.”
The Couple Subsequent Door season two will function a brand new solid, together with Annabel Scholey, Sam Palladio, Aggy Ok. Adams and Sendhil Ramamurthy. Effectively, one man, Hugh Dennis, is coming back from season one.
“In season two of the steamy drama, viewers pull again the curtain of the cul-de-sac and discover the results of turning your fantasies into actuality,” Starz (by the use of Channel 4) wrote. “Good coronary heart surgeon Charlotte Roberts (Scholey) and her husband, marketing consultant anesthetist Jacob (Palladio), take middle stage, alongside their mysterious new colleague, Mia (Adams), and Charlotte’s previous flame, Leo (Ramamurthy).”
Oh man, previous flames are by no means a good suggestion. (In life — in TV, it usually is.) Anyway, Leo’s return “sparks a change in Charlotte,” the synopsis continues, “and Mia seizes the chance to work her means into Jacob and Charlotte’s confidence, their avenue and, ultimately, even their mattress, befriending cul-de-sac outcast Alan (Dennis), alongside the way in which.”
In order that’s why he’s again.
“Nevertheless it’s not lengthy earlier than Mia’s previous comes again to hang-out her, main Charlotte and Jacob to query who she actually is, particularly when sufferers on the hospital begin mysteriously dying,” the season two description continues. “One factor is evident — giving in to their needs might have lethal penalties.”
It is perhaps time to depart that cul-de-sac, neighbors.
The Couple Subsequent Door is loosely tailored from Scandi drama Dopamin, made by Kamikaze Movie CPH, format gross sales by REinvent Worldwide Gross sales, and the Dutch format The Neighbors, made by Millstreet Movies. Season one in every of The Couple Subsequent Door was based mostly immediately on The Neighbors.
The Couple Subsequent Door is written by David Allison and directed by Dries Vos. They govt produce with Jo McGrath and Walter Iuzzolino of Eagle Eye Drama, a part of ITV Studios; Jennifer Burnet is producer. The collection is produced in affiliation with Comfortable Duck Movies and is supported by the Belgian Tax Shelter. Beta Movie distributes the collection.
Watch the season two trailer: