RUNAWAYS
SEASON 2

A JANUARY 2018 RENEWAL AND AN ALL-AT-ONCE DROP

HOW HULU RELEASED THE SECOND SEASON

Hulu renewed the series on 8 January 2018 for a second season of 13 episodes. All 13 episodes arrived together on 21 December 2018, a change from the first season, which began with three episodes and then went weekly.

WAR, SOUP KITCHENS AND NEW SETS

WHAT CHANGED FOR THE SECOND SEASON

Savage summed up the change at New York Comic Con:

“It’s a whole new show.”

Stephanie Savage, 20 December 2018

Virginia Gardner said the first season was “mansions in Brentwood” and the second was “soup kitchens and Griffith Park and Downtown LA.” Schwartz said on 21 December 2018 that the first season set up the family relationships, and that “now it’s war.”

SIX TEENAGERS, TEN PARENTS AND A NEW MAIN CAST MEMBER

WHO IS IN THE CAST

The teenagers are played by Rhenzy Feliz, Lyrica Okano, Virginia Gardner, Ariela Barer, Gregg Sulkin and Allegra Acosta, with Angel Parker, Ryan Sands, Annie Wersching, Kevin Weisman, Ever Carradine, James Marsters, Brigid Brannagh, Brittany Ishibashi and James Yaegashi among the parents. Julian McMahon was promoted to the main cast as Jonah for this season.

A LEANER AND BETTER-REVIEWED SEASON

WHAT CRITICS SAID

/Film’s Trey Mangum wrote on 14 December 2018 that “the show more than makes up for lost time.” Den of Geek’s Kayti Burt gave it 3.5 stars out of 5 on 26 December, writing, “It’s a shame Runaways doesn’t more completely commit to its premise.”

Rotten Tomatoes lists an 84% critics’ score from 25 reviews and a 78% audience score, and its consensus says the show “hits the ground running in its sophomore season.” Metacritic has not given the season a Metascore, since it lists only three reviews.

THE REWATCH

A THIRD SEASON OF TEN EPISODES

Hulu renewed the series for a third season of ten episodes on 24 March 2019, with the showrunners saying the new season would “deepen our connection to the Marvel universe.”

In the Marvel Marathon it is catalogued as Marvel Television and sits in the Marvel TV shows in order guide between Daredevil Season 3 and The Punisher Season 2. It is not in the MCU timeline guide or the MCU release-order and series guides.