Based on a True Story Season 2 Throws Kaley Cuoco Into More Murder

Season 2 of Based mostly on a True Story is reuniting Kaley Cuoco and Chris Messina — as new dad and mom — with Tom Bateman.

Peacock launched the official trailer on Thursday, October 24, which picks up with Ava (Cuoco) and Nathan (Messina) navigating life with a child. They’re thrown for a loop, nonetheless, when Ava’s sister Tory (Liana Liberato) turns up engaged to Matt (Bateman).

“You can not marry a assassin,” Ava tells Tory, who fires again, “Matt is actively taking steps to vary.”

Ava units off on a mission to show that Matt continues to be as much as his serial killer methods. That’s the place Drew (Melissa Fumero) is available in, who turns into Ava’s buddy however can be a detective wanting into a brand new sequence of murders. Whereas Matt claims it isn’t him, Ava isn’t certain whether or not he’s telling the reality.

“I want I might make her see who he actually is,” Ava says after Matt explains how he was “sick” however “therapeutic” from his tendency to kill different folks. Tory is lower than thrilled together with her older sister’s conduct.,”You might be obsessive about him. You might be bored together with your middle-aged mush of a life and he retains issues thrilling for you,” she says.

The remainder of the sneak peek hints at stakeouts, a intercourse occasion and loads of homicide boards.

“If I don’t clear up this within the subsequent 4 hours, folks will die,” Ava realizes. “That is so harmful, I’ve to get out of this.”

Season 1 of Based mostly on a True Story, which debuted on Peacock in 2023, adopted fictional couple Ava and Nathan as they teamed up with serial killer Matt to start out a podcast to generate profits off the true crime pattern. Matt — the West Facet Ripper — wasn’t thrilled when Ava and Nathan tried to chop ties with him on the finish of the season so he dropped Ruby’s (Priscilla Quintana) useless physique on their doorstep.

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Ava and Nathan discovered a option to bury Ruby’s physique and reconnected consequently. Their issues have been removed from over although as a result of Ruby’s husband, Simon (Aaron Staton), confirmed up at their house and noticed them cleansing her blood off their flooring.

Cuoco, 38, beforehand defended the choices her character makes after getting concerned with Matt. “It occurs on a regular basis,” she advised ABC in June 2023. “That’s why this was very plausible to me. They’re in a determined state of affairs, make a extremely ridiculous selection out of desperation and find yourself in a really unhealthy place. For my part, they’re as unhealthy because the killer by the top of this.”

Messina, 50, in the meantime, stated he developed a greater understanding of the general public’s curiosity in true crime by his position within the sequence, including, “I see the dependancy of it [with shows like Dateline]. For me, it’s all the time a pleasant puzzle to determine how folks obtained into this case and the way can I not. And if I do, how can I be saved?”

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Earlier than the discharge of season 2, new showrunner Annie Weisman teased what followers can anticipate from the present. (Weisman changed Craig Rosenberg, who was on the helm in the course of the first season.)

“Season 2 opens on Ava and Nathan struggling to stability parenthood with their true crime obsession. Kaley and Chris ship distinctive performances, bringing depth, authenticity, and comedic chemistry to each second,” she teased in a press launch. “Tom Bateman’s portrayal of Matt effortlessly shifts between charming and chilling, whereas Liana Liberato embodies Tory’s feisty free spirit. And we’re thrilled to welcome Melissa Fumero to the sequence in a shocking new position. All the forged excels at balancing humor and coronary heart, making a deeply humorous, unpredictable, and resonant viewing expertise.”

Season 2 of Based mostly on a True Story premieres Thursday, November 21, on Peacock.