'The Pact' Season 2 Premieres in August on Sundance Now
The Pact's first season initially debuted on BBC One in the spring of 2021. The six-part thriller series was billed as "Welsh Big Little Lies" at the time of its debut by critics, with Julie Hesmondhalgh (The Trouble with Maggie Cole), Laura Fraser (Traces), Eiry Thomas (Keeping Faith), Heledd Gwynn (Enid a Lucy) and Eddie Marsan (Ridley Road) heading up a starry cast where four female friends find themselves a potential suspects in a murder investigation, one that they are far more involved in than they want anyone to know. The title comes from the "pact" they make to hide their involvement from investigating officer DS Holland (Rakie Ayola).
Much like HBO's Big Little Lies, the series was a close-ended story with little place to go for a second season, and just like the HBO series, it got given a second set of episodes anyway. However, unlike BLL, which made the ill-fated choice to attempt to continue the story (and whose ratings collapsed under the weight of having nothing to say), The Pact Season 2 decided to go the anthology route. As the BBC press release put it, "Using the device of a secret pact, series two introduces us to a compelling new group struggling with morality, loyalty, and faith as their lives spiral out of control."
Sundance Now picked up The Pact's first season in the fall of 2022, where it streamed on both Sundance's service and flagship parent streamer AMC+. Now Season 2 is following suit, landing on both Sundance Now and AMC+ at the tail end of August 2023.
