Zoe Saldaña’s Lioness Team Swings Back Into Action in Season 2 Trailer

Matt Webb Mitovich

19 September 2024 at 9:45 am·2-min read

Paramount+ has deployed a new trailer for the second season of its military drama Lioness (fka Special Ops: Lioness), premiering Sunday, Oct. 27, with the first two episodes of eight.

Hailing from the prolific Taylor Sheridan and inspired by an actual U.S. Military program, Lioness (as the series was retitled for Season 2) follows CIA station chief Joe McNamara (played by executive producer Zoe Saldaña) as she attempts to balance her personal and professional life as the tip of the CIA’s spear in the war on terror.

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Zoe Saldana in Season 2, Episode 2 (Ryan Green/Paramount+)

The series also stars Laysla De Oliveira (who played Season 1’s titular operative, Marine Raider Cruz Mañuelos), executive producer Nicole Kidman, Morgan Freeman, Michael Kelly, Dave Annable, Jill Wagner, LaMonica Garrett, James Jordan, Austin Hébert, Jonah Wharton, Thad Luckinbill and Hannah Love Lanier.

Bruce McGill as NSA Chief Damian Hollar, Jennifer Ehle as Chief of Staff Mason, Morgan Freeman as Secretary of State Mullins (Ryan Green/Paramount+)

New to the Season 2 mix, Bruce McGill (Reacher) will play NSA Chief Damian Hollar, Jennifer Ehle (Law & Order: Organized Crime) is Chief of Staff Mason, and Genesis Rodriguez (The Umbrella Academy) will play Captain Josephina “Josie” Carillo, a fierce and dedicated helicopter pilot. Rodriguez’s character is a major focus of the trailer embedded above as she struggles with the dubious morality of a military operation — prompting Saldaña’s Joe to repeatedly ask her, “Do you love your country?”

Lioness Season 2 Date — Genesis Rodriguez as Josie Carillo Courtesy of Ryan Green/Paramount+

“It’s a strange relationship” that Joe and Josie share, Saldaña previously teased to People.com. “There’s a lot of mistrust from the beginning.”

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At the time of its July 2023 debut, Lioness, Paramount+ says, set a new record as the streamer’s most-watched worldwide series premiere, with nearly six million total viewers in its first week (across Paramount+ globally and a linear preview on the Paramount Network).

Watch the Lioness Season 2 trailer above, then drop a comment with your hopes for the new episodes.

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