Warning spoilers! If you haven’t seen The Diplomat Season 2 and don’t want to know the plot details, don’t continue reading this article!
Out on Netflix from October 31st, the second season of The Diplomat is just as successful as the first. And ironically, Netflix decided to air it just days before the US presidential election, the outcome of which is more uncertain than ever.
And even if we meet the Vice President, Grace Penn, played by Allison Janney – and the President can remind us of Joe Biden – we should not look for similarities between reality and fiction. Especially when we look at the results of this season!
When the arrival of a new character changes everything
Season 2 of The Diplomat could have ended in a somewhat conventional way, with Hal (Rufus Sewell) cornering Kate (Keri Russell) on her bed in the final moments of the final episode to keep her from getting on the phone and calling Washington to tell her. They do not want the position of Vice President of the United States. Because she wants Grace Penny to stay.
The end of the season would have been perfect if Hal had whispered in Keith’s ear, weighing in, that it wasn’t Iran, or Russia, or British Prime Minister Trowbridge (Rory Kinnear), or dear Grizzly Philippa Roylin (Celia). Imry), who was ultimately responsible for the explosion of a British ship that killed about forty sailors, but his new hero, Grace Penn, the current American Vice President!
24-hour season finale
But because The Diplomat – created by Deborah Kahn – is a great political drama and gripping thriller, the series went further. After a long debate over whether Grace Penn is a monster for blowing up a ship or a heroine for saving half of humanity, Hal and Kate together conclude that it’s up to the US government.
So Hal goes to CIA HQ to call the Secretary of State (Miguel Sandoval) and tell him about Grace Penn’s shenanigans, while Kate confronts him in the embassy garden and tells him that, yes, she wants to run for vice president. and throwing it away”You are a terrorist.”
Just as mission leader Stuart Hayford (Ato Essando) throws his cell phone on the lawn, Hal is on the line and it’s an emergency. And here’s the crazy, brilliant, and completely unexpected ending to this season: Hal tells Kate that she didn’t talk to the Secretary of State, but directly to the President (Michael McKean), who heard the Grace Penn news. Betrayal, had a heart attack and died instantly!
Which means that Grace Penn – who is now Kate’s new nemesis – is now the President of the United States.
Only two people knew
he asked DiversityAto Esando responded to this last scene. He explains that when he received the script for episode 6, the final scene on the lawn was redone. “So off we go to the reading session“, he said, “And they released the whole script. And they’re telling us, “Hey, don’t read ahead, enjoy the spoiler when it happens.”“
Indeed, only Keri Russell and Rufus Sewell knew. The rest of the cast was deliberately kept in the dark until the last moment. “As we are leaving, I turn the page, see what is happening and everyone is surprised.“
But I got up, took the script and threw it across the room.
He laughs. “You know that feeling when you’re in the theater and you hear, “No, Luke, I’m your father”? This was one of those times.“
Is the new president the enemy?
Still, Deborah Kahn wasn’t going to turn Grace Penn into a villain. “I think there are objectively bad people“, he said.We’ve seen the movie, we’ve watched the TV series – the stories of evil rulers and corrupt and scoundrel heads of state, it’s all there. It’s a bit of a good excuse for me.“
“What if they are all good?“, he asks, “Or they all have good values and do what they can for their country, and we’re still in the mess we’re in today?“
“What if you get it when good people do everything? I believe this is what is happening. I don’t think it’s because the wrong people have taken the top jobs – I just think it’s too hard to get it right. So I was hoping that Allison Janney’s story would be, “Go ahead and think he’s a bad guy.” And I hope you understand that you would make the same decision in this situation.“
Why did he finance this attack on an English ship?
what is this situation In a scene from the last episode, Grace Penn takes cold wood that was burned from the fireplace during a dinner party at the Prime Minister’s house and, forcing herself to explain to Kate on a large map why she ordered the attack. British Ship: If Great Britain hadn’t united around such a national tragedy, and if Scotland had gained independence – which it was meant to – there would be a British base that houses the only nuclear submarine, preventing Russia’s ability to easily kill the United States at sea. was closed and the lives of millions of people would be in serious danger.
So somehow, Grace Penn decided to save the United States without telling the president or anyone but the people who were helping her. When she’s finished instructing Kate on these matters, she wipes her charcoal-filled hands on the train of her long black dress and disappears.
A great way to explain that nothing is black or white.
Source: Allocine
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