The Lionesses: first revelations about season 2
Not yet ordered by Netflix, the sequel to Olivier Rosemberg and Carine Prévot’s crazy thriller is already being prepared. The two creators tell us some secrets…
This is one of the good surprises of the start of the year on the small screen: The Lionesses comes to tickle season 4 of The Bridgerton Chronicles in the Top 10 of Netflix France this week. It must be said that this crazy thriller, replaying the story of the Amazon Gang in its own way, has a few tricks up its sleeve: five robbers in tune, insane supporting roles and an electric plot, which makes the big difference between crazy comedy and social drama. A mastered exercise, which calls for a sequel. Because season 1 ends on a cliffhanger…
Warning spoilers!
In the last episode, our five Lionesses on the run are finally caught by the authorities. Rosa (Rebecca Marder) decides to sacrifice herself and surrender to allow her friends to disappear. A decidedly dramatic finale, handled by Olivier Rosemberg:
“We explore comedy in a very extreme way. Drama to the max. It’s hard to close a season 1 on a positive note where everyone is happy. Especially since we’re not in a fairy tale,” confides the director and co-creator to Première.
“In our augmented reality, we apply the laws of life. And in the laws of life, when you take risks, most often it doesn’t end well. When you embrace the life of a bandit, there are new rules which are not quite those of the Republic. Since you wanted easy money, then the rules of banditry and thugocracy apply to you.”
His comrade, Carine Prévot, goes further and explains that this ending helps clarify the messages that the series seeks to convey:
“They say that you shouldn’t hesitate to transgress the rules in order to exist, when the system puts your head too much under water (…) It’s a wake-up call and not to accept what society sometimes imposes on us. But without this end, the message would be quite dubious: ‘go rob banks, that’s the solution, you can go take it easy in Panama!’ No, it doesn’t work like that. And if you choose this path, it could end badly…”
This finale is in no way definitive and the two creators obviously have in mind making a sequel. A season 2 that Netflix has not yet ordered and which could take time to come to fruition, if it is validated one day. But Olivier Rosemberg and Carine Prévot are already preparing:
“We’re in the process of writing it. We’re making good progress. We’ve been on it for three or four months. It’s taking shape. It’s very promising. It’s still pushing the scales of the extravagance of season 1.”
And if the story of the Amazon Gang ends in a court, that of the Lionesses should not end up in the courts:
“Season 2 is not designed as a trial season. We are not turning into a legal series. It remains consistent with the dynamic of season 1.”
