When Does La Brea Season 2 Start? And How Many Episodes Will It Be?
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La Brea‘s Season 1 finale had barely drawn to a close, and already many a TVLine reader was asking: “When does Season 2 start?!”
Well, we have the answer to that, plus many related questions
about the return of this TV season’s top-rated new drama.
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NBC’s La Brea stars Natalie Zea (Justified) as Eve Harris, a mild-mannered office manager who, with teen son Josh (Jack Martin), plummets into a massive sinkhole that busts open in downtown Los Angeles. After gingerly landing in some strange world, Eve, Josh and the other survivors — including Sam (Jon Seda), his daughter Riley (Veronica St. Clair), Ty (Chiké Okonkwo), stoner Scott (Rohan Mirchandaney) and drug dealer Lucas (Josh McKenzie) — come to realize that they are in fact still in L.A., but circa 12,000 years ago!
While they puzzle over ever finding a way home, Eve’s estranged husband Gavin (Eoin Macken) and their daughter Izzy (Zyra Gorecki) are topside in 2021, working with Dr. Sophia Nathan (Virginie Laverdure) and later her colleague Rebecca Aldridge (Ming-Zhu Hii) to launch a rescue mission into the sinkhole — despite opposition from DHS agent Markman (Toby Truslove).
Season 1 ended with — SPOILERS AHEAD! — that realization that Isaiah, a little boy from a primeval village, is in fact a young Gavin. And that if he does not hop a ride on the next portal back to 1988, he will never grow up to meet Eve and sire their children! Meanwhile, Isaiah’s mysterious grandfather Silas (Mark Lee) plotted again and again to keep the lad in 10,000 B.C. (You can read our finale recap to see how all of that turned out!)
Read on for the latest word on when La Brea will resume filming, how soon fans can expect Season 2, and more….
Want scoop on La Brea, or for any other show? Email InsideLine@tvline.com and your question may be answered via Matt’s Inside Line.
1. WILL THE CAST AGAIN FREEZE THEIR BUTTS OFF?
In a word, probably. So hold onto your shearling, Eve!
With winter spanning June to August in Australia — meaning, right in the heart of La Brea‘s season-long shoot — “We are contending with the natural environment,” co-showrunner Appelbaum notes with a laugh, “and there’s only so much you can do about it.”
(Cast member Natalie Zea spoke of how Eve magically acquired clothing layers, due to the local weather, here.)
2. WHEN WILL SEASON 2 PREMIERE ON NBC?
Though La Brea was originally conceived as possibly a summertime series for NBC, the demands of production and post-production instead dictated a Fall 2021 launch.
Season 2, similarly, will premiere in Fall 2022 — specifically, on Tuesday, Sept. 27 at 9/8c.
And given the “supersized” order of 14 episodes — and the aforementioned post-production/visual effects demands — Season 2 will likely be split into two halves, so that at least a first batch can premiere in the fall.
Want scoop on La Brea, or for any other show? Email InsideLine@tvline.com and your question may be answered via Matt’s Inside Line.
3. HOW MANY EPISODES WILL BE IN SEASON 2?
Whereas Season 1 spanned a compact 10 episodes, Season 2 will in fact be 40-percent larger, running 14 episodes. (Though there may be a “catch”…)
But to those who bemoan, “That’s still not enough!,” make no mistake, this is not a show that will ever produce 20-episode seasons.
4. WILL THE SHOW AGAIN SHOOT IN AUSTRALIA?
Or might some corporate penny-pinching relocate production to, say, good ol’ Vancouver?
Worry not, the Land Down Under will continue to double as the land down under (and 12,000 years to the left). Australia — which was chosen for Season 1 largely for its visual appeal but also as part of Universal Studios Group’s mission to invest in high-end scripted series in the country — “is a fantastic place to shoot,” avows La Brea creator/co-showrunner David Appelbaum. “There’s a natural wonder to the landscape there that is perfect for 10,000 B.C. — things you can’t really get in a lot of other places.” Australia also offers up “really experienced [local] crews, too, that have stepped up at every juncture,” says the EP.
5. WHEN DOES FILMING START ON SEASON 2?
Filming of the La Brea pilot began in April 2020, and the 10-episode shoot wrapped in mid-September. Season 2, series creator and co-showrunner Davie Appelbaum tells TVLine, will follow the same pattern, kicking off production in what we in the States call “Spring” 2022.
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