{"id":19045,"date":"2023-08-09T10:19:07","date_gmt":"2023-08-09T14:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/pact-returning-second-season\/"},"modified":"2023-08-09T10:19:07","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T14:19:07","slug":"the-pact-returning-for-second-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/the-pact-returning-for-second-season\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pact Returning for Second Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The Pact<\/em> is set to return for a second season on Sundance Now and AMC+ on August 31, with new episodes dropping weekly.<\/p>\n<p>From series creator Pete McTighe (<em>A Discovery of Witches<\/em>, <em>Clickbait<\/em>), season two tells a completely new story with a brand-new cast. As a social worker and her adult children try to move on after a tragic death in the family, a stranger who is the spitting image of their dead relative appears and throws their lives into disarray.<\/p>\n<p>Rakie Ayola (<em>Grace<\/em>, <em>Black Mirror<\/em>)\u2014who appeared in the first season but is playing a new character in this season\u2014leads the cast, which also features Lloyd Everitt (<em>The Sandman<\/em>, <em>Flack<\/em>), Aaron Anthony (<em>Emmerdale Farm<\/em>, <em>Behind Her Eyes<\/em>), Mali Ann Rees (<em>Keeping Faith<\/em>, <em>Mammoth<\/em>) and Jordan Wilks (<em>Lagging<\/em>, <em>The Devolution of the Species<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>The new season is written by McTighe, with Joy Wilkinson writing on episodes four and five. Nicole Volavka directed the first three episodes, while Christiana Ebohon-Green directed the last three episodes. 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