Netflix today announced that The Tourist season 2 will premiere in the U.S. on February 29th, 2024. Season 2 premiered on January 1st, 2024 on BBC One in the U.K. and on Stan in Australia. Season 1 is now streaming on Netflix U.S.
The Australian drama series stars Jamie Dornan (Belfast, The Fall) as Elliot and Danielle Macdonald (Dumplin’, Bird Box) as Helen. The 6-episode second season takes place in Ireland as Elliot and Helen seek out answers about Elliot’s true identity, but instead, they are forced to face the dangerous consequences of his past actions.
Season 2 will also see the return of Greg Larsen (We Interrupt This Broadcast) as Ethan, and Victoria Haralabidou as Lena (Wakefield, Blessed). New cast members include Conor MacNeill (Industry, No Offence), Olwen Fouéré (The Northman, Mandy), Francis Magee (Kin, White Lines), Diarmaid Murtagh (Vikings, The Monuments Men), Nessa Matthews (Inspektor Jury: Der Tod des Harlekins), and Mark McKenna (One Of Us Is Lying, Sing Street).
After being forced off the road and left for dead, Irish tourist Elliot wakes up in a rural Australian hospital with amnesia. Local cop-in-training Helen takes a special interest in his case, and the two team up to learn more about his identity. A major clue comes in the form of Luci, who turns out to be his ex. They met while on vacation in Bali, and now they’re both caught up in a scheme involving the gangster Kosta, who’s not only dangerous and unstable but regularly takes LSD and confers with a hallucination of his long-dead older brother, Dimitri.
Detective Inspector Lachlan Rogers also takes an interest in Elliot’s case, but it turns out that his involvement is more nefarious than helpful because Kosta’s men are holding his wife hostage.
Season 1 recap via Tudum
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