The First Look at 'Big Mood' Season 2 Introduces Eddie's New Bestie
Nicola Coughlan and Lydia West's underrated mental health comedy will return later this year.
One of the blessings of the streaming era is just how much great content there is to watch. One of the curses is how difficult it is to find it. Such is the case with Big Mood, a hilarious and heartfelt comedy that far too many Anglophiles probably haven't even heard of. (Let alone realized airs on the niche streaming service Tubi.) The series wrestles with everything from professional stresses to mental health issues, and genuinely deserves to be a much bigger hit than it is.
Big Mood stars Lydia West (It's a Sin) and Nicola Coughlan (Bridgerton) as Eddie and Maggie, a pair of thirtysomething best friends navigating the frustrating malaise that often impacts this particular time in our lives. Season 1 concluded with the pair's friendship in tatters after Maggie's struggles to manage her bipolar disorder caused her to miss showing up for her friend at a crucial personal moment.
Season 2 will pick up a year later, and the duo hasn't seen one another or been in touch. And when Eddie unexpectedly returns to town for a wedding, she's got a brand new bestie in tow. Can Maggie find a way back into Eddie's life? Or is their friendship really over for good?
Here's the series' synopsis.
It’s been a year since Maggie and Eddie last saw each other, without any contact between the best friends. When Eddie suddenly returns for a wedding, she isn’t alone - Maggie has competition, in the form of an infuriatingly positive spiritual healer named Whitney. Can Maggie and her special brand of chaos find space in Eddie’s new life? Or will Maggie lose Eddie forever?
A raft of new faces will be joining the show in Season 2, including Hannah Onslow (This City is Ours), Robert Lindsay (Sherwood), Marina Bye (We Were the Lucky Ones), Kelly Campbell (Bad Sisters), Zachary Hart (Slow Horses), Leo Wan (Crashing), Marcus Collins (Mrs. Doubtfire), Munroe Bergdorf (Love and Rage: Munroe Bergdorf), Kyran Thrax (RuPaul's Drag Race U.K.), and John Locke (Poor Things).
Alongside Coughlan and West, returning cast members include Kate Fleetwood (The Wheel of Time) as Clara, Robert Gilbert (Big Boys) as Will, Eamon Farren (The Witcher) as Krent, Niamh Cusak (I, Jack Wright) as Gillian, Amalia Vitale (Beyond Paradise) as Anya, Luke Fetherston (Still Up) as Ryan, Rebecca Lowman (Fatal Attraction) as Vanessa, and Stephen Sobal (Love Sick) as Owen.
Series creator Camilla Whitehill wrote all episodes of Season 2, with Rebecca Asher (Brooklyn 99) returning to direct. Executive producers include West, Coughlan, Whitehill, and Asher, alongside Lotte Beasley Mestriner, Laurence Bowen, and Chris Carey, with Nadia Jaynes joining as a producer. Season 2 is produced by Dancing Ledge Productions for Channel 4 and in co-production with Tubi.
Big Mood Season 2 is expected to air on Channel 4 and Tubi sometime before the end of 2026.
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