‘The Assassin’ Returns to AMC+ for Season 2
After streaming Season 1 on Acorn TV, AMC will debut Season 2 of 'The Assassin' to AMC+.
Since January 2026, AMC Global has worked overtime to steady its little federation of niche streaming services. Some of the changes made have been long overdue. The biggest thus far has been the decision to stop trying to make Sundance Now into a pale imitation of sister streaming service Acorn TV; instead, the service returned to its roots as the place to watch movies that debut at the Sundance Film Festival and other Oscar-bait events. That, in turn, has led to a consolidation of British- and Oceania-focused shows to Acorn TV, including series that initially debuted on Shudder (like Wolf) or debated directly to AMC+, like The Red King.
However, AMC Global apparently still hasn’t fully accepted the inevitable conclusion that Acorn TV is the most logical (and most profitable) place to debut all its British titles. Despite re-debuting The Assassin’s first season on Acorn TV in September 2026, less than a year after it failed to find an audience on AMC+, Season 2 is… debuting exclusively on AMC+. Because that worked so well the first time?
One hopes Acorn TV’s parent company had no choice in the matter, and that The Assassin is returning on AMC+ because AMC Global’s deal specifically listed its flagship service as the place new episodes had to debut first. Otherwise, this is just AMC+ pretending to be a going concern while most viewers wait for Season 2 to eventually move to Acorn TV, where it belongs.
Here’s the Season 2 synopsis:
The second series picks up after Edward and Julie return from a disastrous trip to Northern Europe, only to find themselves estranged again after a mysterious fallout no one will discuss.
Julie’s days as an assassin are far from over as she slips back into her old ways while navigating something just as perilous… the dating scene. When Edward’s honeymoon doesn’t go quite as planned, he must reunite with Julie to take on Spain’s corrupt underworld, but can they survive the job and mend the rift that tore them apart?
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Keeley Hawes (Miss Austen) and Freddie Highmore (Leonardo) return as mother and son, Julie and Edward. Shalom Brune-Franklin (Great Expectations) also reprises her role as Edward’s fiancée, Kayla, and Devon Terrell (Cursed) as her brother, Ezra.
Season 2 adds several new faces to the roster, most notably Natalia Tena (Game of Thrones). She’ll be joined by Jacqueline Boatswain (Bridgerton), Arnaud Binard (Agathe Koltès), Boris Van Severen (Baptiste), Mehdi Regragui (The Night Manager), Amin Hamada (We Were the Lucky Ones), Lolo Herrero (The Day of the Jackal), Monic Hendrickx (Arcadia), Karl-El Santos (Stags), Casimiro Aguza (Boundless), and Tony Corvillo (The Prince).
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Jack and Harry Williams (The Missing), once again lead the writers’ room. Directors Terry McDonough (Killing Eve)and Sarah O’Gorman (The Witcher) split helming duties across the show’s six episodes, with John Griffin serving as producer.
The Williams Brothers, McDonough, Hawes, and Highmore executive produce alongside Sarah Hammond, Daisy Mount & Alex Mercer for Two Brothers.
The Assassin Season 2 will premiere on AMC+ on Monday, November 30, streaming one episode a week through the end of December. The series will arrive on Amazon’s Prime Video in the U.K. on Friday, November 6, 2026.
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Season 1 is currently streaming on both AMC+ and Acorn TV.
