‘The Diplomat’ Star Keri Russell and Creator Debora Cahn Break Down Season 2 Ending, From That Major Death to Whether [SPOILER] Is a Villain and More
variety.comSPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers from the Season 2 finale of “The Diplomat,” now streaming on Netflix.
Season 2 of “The Diplomat” has finally dropped, as promised, just days before the most consequential election of our lives. Debora Cahn, the show’s creator, wrote this season way before Kamala Harris became the Democratic candidate for president, so whatever you’ve seen on “The Diplomat” concerning a Biden-like president and a female VP isn’t a reflection of those events.
When Hal Wyler (Rufus Sewell), husband to the American Ambassador to the United Kingdom, played by Keri Russell, insults that VP (Allison Janney) — saying that the only thing she’s accomplished is wearing white, or that the White House doesn’t even like her enough to stick in the back of photographs — he’s not referring to Harris.
So keep that straight. And vote! There is some backstory to the making of “The Diplomat” that goes a long way to understanding where the show is coming from.
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