‘Based On A True Story’s Kaley Cuoco & Chris Messina Talk Season 2’s Sex Club, That Twist Ending & Season 3 Ideas: “They Are As Guilty”

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SPOILER ALERT: This post contains details about Season 2 of Based on a True Story. Kaley Cuoco and Chris Messina have a copycat on their hands, but the sophomore season of their dark comedy thriller is anything but a retread.

In Season 2 of Peacock‘s Based on a True Story, premiering Thursday on the streamer, the duo is back as new parents Ava and Nathan, who have mostly settled into the chaos of parenthood after diving into their serial killer friend Matt’s (Tom Bateman) mind on their podcast. “I’ve said from Season 1, they are as guilty as Matt is at this point,” Cuoco told Deadline. “They have done a lot of bad things, so they all kind of need each other in a way and no one can ditch the other.

They’ve got a lot of dirt on each other. So, we kind of all have to deal with what this new dynamic has become. And chaos, of course, ensues.” That new dynamic includes Ava’s sister Tory (Liana Liberato), who is now engaged to Matt and helping him recover from his homicidal tendencies, which they treat as an addiction.

But when a new killer begins copying Matt’s crimes as the ‘Westside Ripper’, Ava falls back into a true-crime obsession with her ‘Murder Bunny’ TikTok account, determined to find out whether her future brother-in-law is behind this new series of killings.