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The Fate of Prime Video’s 6-Part Dark Spy Thriller Decided After Divisive Season 1
Last year, Prime Video added another action crime thriller hit to its catalog thanks to the British series, The Assassin. Featuring Keeley Hawes opposite Freddie Highmore in his first television role since the end of his shift on The Good Doctor, it was hailed by critics as a captivating-if-flawed mother-son spy story, earning a 74% score on Rotten Tomatoes. Though audiences were far less impressed overall with a 43% rating, an immediate rise to #1 on the Prime Video charts in the U.K. made a second season feel quite likely, especially with Highmore’s Edward en route to finally meet his birth mother.
Season 1 followed Edward to Greece as he hunted for answers about his parentage, bringing him face-to-face with his supposed mother, Julie, a former assassin. Before he could learn more about her and his father, however, her violent past caught up with her, sending them both on the run. With Julie’s quiet life upended, they had to navigate a shadowy conspiracy that placed the family in grave danger and roped in Edward’s fiancée, Kayla (Shalom Brune-Franklin). With the first episode outperforming the highest-viewed episodes of other buzzy Prime Video U.K. original series, like The Girlfriend and Harlan Coben’s Lazarus, development on Season 2 got underway back in November in hopes of a pick-up for more.
Sure enough, the streaming service has now confirmed in a new report that The Assassin would be coming back, with the dynamic duo of Hawes and Highmore in tow alongside a returning Brune-Franklin as Kayla and Devon Terrell as her brother, Ezra. Series writers and creators Harry and Jack Williams are also back at the helm, and they have a story laid out for Season 2. It’ll begin with a small jump, picking up after a calamitous trip to a currently unknown part of Northern Europe that opens a new rift between Edward and Julie. Exactly where their massive falling-out came from is unknown, but it’s enough to send them on their separate ways. Alone again, Julie slips back into her old ways as an assassin and begins dating again, while Edward goes on a honeymoon with Kayla that also goes horribly wrong. It all forces the two back together to take on the Spanish criminal underworld, assuming they can repair their relationship.
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Fleabag banner Two Brothers Pictures is producing The Assassin in association with All3Media International. In an official statement, Hawes hailed the series’ return as a chance to dig deeper and build on Julie’s history with Season 2, saying, “I can’t wait to step back into Julie’s world. To reunite with Freddie and our extraordinary cast, and to dive deeper into Julie’s life and her complicated relationship with Edward, is a privilege. There is so much more to uncover.” Highmore, too, heaped praise on the cast and crew in a separate statement, expressing plenty of excitement to get to match up with the BAFTA-nominated Hawes once more. “What fun it’ll be to get the gang back together – I can’t wait to be reunited with so many of the cast and crew. Harry and Jack have cooked up another spectacular adventure, and I feel so lucky to have the brilliant Keeley as a sparring partner once again.”
Series executive producers and Two Brothers partners Daisy Mount and Alex Merce also shared a few words on the official renewal, teasing many more twists to come in Season 2 that will keep viewers guessing.
“Reuniting with Keeley, Freddie, Shalom, and Devon is a real privilege as we dive back into the world of The Assassin – of course we couldn’t leave them sailing off into the sunset in blissful harmony. The second season is full of twists, turns and thrilling unpredictability – just like the characters at the center of it.”
The Assassin will begin filming Season 2 later this year. In the meantime, all episodes of Season 1 are available to stream on Prime Video in the U.K., AMC+ in the U.S., and Crave and CTV in Canada, with NBCUniversal having the rights in Latin America, HBO Max in France, Mediaset in Spain, and Stan in Australia. Stay tuned here at Collider for further updates on the series as it gets back to work.
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July 25, 2025
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Prime Video