What is the plot of The Diplomat season two?

Before we go there, let’s recap where we left at the end of series one as the cliff was hanging on with its fingernails. And it goes without saying, there will be spoilers, so avert your eyes now if you’re yet to see season one…

Kate Wyler, who was thrust into the role of diplomat (much to her chagrin and that of her fellow diplomat husband, Hal), learned a dangerous secret when she discovered that an enemy state didn’t attack a British warship as believed. Rather it was planned by Nicol Trowbridge (Rory Kinnear), UK prime minister, to boost his chances of re-election.

And we don’t know if Kate’s discovery was connected to the huge car explosion that risked the life of her soon-to-be ex-husband and some of her staff.

Kate was also wrestling with her attraction to British foreign secretary, Austin Dennison (David Gyasi), as well as the possibility she may become the next vice president of the US.

In season two we now know (thanks to an intriguing new trailer) that Kate’s husband Hal (Rufus Sewell) did survive that potentially fatal explosion, and that the husband she was ready to divorce is now her only real ally. She will also have to deal with the difficult arrival of Grace Penn, the current US vice president.

Cahn, who also worked on political thrillers Homeland and The West Wing says, intriguingly, of the new series: “Everything we thought we knew about the Wylers changes, as does everything they think they know about each other.”

Consider me invested.

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