Amazon Prime have shared the plot line for S2 of Carnival Row in their official press release:
In a fantasy world where humans and creatures clash, Season Two of Carnival Row picks up with former inspector Rycroft Philostrate aka Philo (Orlando Bloom) investigating a series of gruesome murders stoking social tension. Vignette Stonemoss (Cara Delevingne) and the Black Raven plot payback for the unjust oppression inflicted by The Burgue’s human leaders, Jonah Breakspear (Arty Froushan) and Sophie Longerbane (Caroline Ford). Tourmaline Larou (Karla Crome) inherits supernatural powers that threaten her fate and the future of The Row. And, after escaping The Burgue and her vengeful brother Ezra (Andrew Gower), Imogen Spurnrose (Tamzin Merchant) and her partner Agreus Astrayon (David Gyasi) encounter a radical new society which upends their plans. With humans and fae folk divided and freedom on the line, each hero will face impossible dilemmas and soul-defining tests in the epic conclusion of Carnival Row.
Source: Amazon Studios
Carnival Row returns on 17 February 2023 for its 2nd and final season.
Prime Video is set to release two episodes weekly, spreading S2 out over the course of a month.
- Friday, 17 February 2023: 2×01 & 2×02
- Friday, 24 February 2023: 2×03 & 2×04
- Friday, 3 March 2023: 2×05 & 2×06
- Friday, 10 March 2023: 2×07 & 2×08
- Friday, 17 March 2023: 2×09 & 2×10
Opinion
From the beginning it seems that Carnival Row was doomed.
First developed as a spec script by Travis Beacham, it made the Black List in 2005 and ended up gathering dust for 10 years when Amazon Prime signed a development deal for the series. Big names like Guillermo del Toro and Paul McGuigan were associated with the project but dropped out eventually leaving Beacham and Rene Echevarria as official show runners.
In May 2017, production was given a series order and principal photography began in October in Prague, wrapping in March 2018. Following a change in show runners (Echevarria being replaced by Marc Guggenheim) production returned to the Czech Republic for a several week re-shoot eventually wrapping in January 2019. The challenges that caused the re-shoot were addressed during the TCA summer press tour of 2019.
At this point Amazon Studios seemed to be fully invested in the show as rumours soon emerged about the possibility of a Season 2 which was officially announced in July 2019, a month ahead of the show’s premiere on Prime Video. Filming S2 was scheduled to begin in Prague in September of the same year however several issues (another change in show runners, the Corona pandemic, Orlando Bloom’s paternity leave, etc) caused severe delays in production.
It appears that all of these difficulties, the sometimes less than positive reviews that S1 received from audiences and critics alike, and the loss of momentum due to the 3.5 year gap between S1 and S2 in a world where audiences expect content to be available instantly, have led to the decision to pull the plug. It was a (maybe overly?) ambitious project that had enourmous potential but sadly failed due to circumstances. In hindsight, the odd hiring decision might have also hurt rather than helped the situation.
However, we are glad to see the series come to a conclusion. It can be assumed that production was aware of the cancellation well before its end (confirmed by a cast member and evidenced by the fact that the elaborate sets at Barrandov Studios Prague were dismantled only days after S2 wrapped filming), so we have all the hope in the world that S2 will give us and the series the end it deserves.
After all, Erik Oleson promised us: “We finish with a bang.”
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