The full trailer for Season 2 of Apple TV+’s period drama The Buccaneers has arrived, and it teases more sisterhood, romance, love affairs, bold declarations, bright gowns, breathtaking landscapes and a plot twist or two.
The second season welcomes series newcomer Leighton Meester, whose character Nell can be seen at the end of the clip asking Christina Hendricks’ Patricia St. George to introduce her to Kristine Frøseth’s Nan St. George.
“Theo and I are happy,” Nan says at the beginning of the clip. “I’m in this for life.”
This declaration comes after Nan had to make a difficult decision and marry Theo (Guy Remmers), Duke of Tintagel, so that her flame Guy Thwarte (Matthew Broome) could help Nan’s sister Ginny (Imogen Waterhouse) escape from her abusive husband Lord James Seadown (Barney Fishwick).
“Everything before ‘I do’ is now irrelevant,” Theo’s mother, the Dowager Duchess of Tintagel (Amelia Bullmore) tells Nan in the woods, sternly advising Nan to be faithful to her husband. “All Theo needs to know is that he has a dutiful and loving wife, but Annabel, anyone can be a wife. You are…”
“A Duchess,” Nan completes. “I really want to make this version of my life work. I have to let Guy go.”
The clip features Chappell Roan’s “Good Luck Babe,” continuing the tradition established in Season 1 with a modern soundtrack of mostly women artists.
L-R: Gracie Ambrose, Imogen Waterhouse and Matthew Broome in ‘The Buccaneers’ Season 2
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Cue Guy’s voiceover perspective as he and Jinny escape somewhere bright and sunny with Jinny’s baby.
“Everything has changed except the way I feel,” he says as he looks at the newspaper headlines, which tell him what is happening in Nan’s world, advertising her honeymoon with Theo.
“Theo thinks this is real,” Nan tells her mother. “He thinks I chose to marry him.”
“You did the bravest thing I have ever known,” Patty tells Nan. “And saved your sister.”
Nan fiercely stands up to Lord Seadown both one on one and at a dining table full of guests.
“No man should be allowed to own his wife,” she asserts.
Cut to a triumphant walk by Nan in a bright red dress with a bold hairstyle as guests turn heads. “Happily Ever After” flashes in bright neon blue across the long train of her dress.
More musical moments and needle drops in Season 2 will include Taylor Swift, as well as songs from Lady Gaga, Sabrina Carpenter, Gracie Abrams, Clairo, Sharon Van Etten, St. Vincent, Bleachers and The Last Dinner Party. The original soundtrack for season two celebrates the return of executive music producer Stella Mozgawa and featuresEmpress Of’s new single “Little Secret” out today with the trailer along with new music from Suki Waterhouse, Madi Diaz, Holly Humberstone, Kacy Hill, Jade Bird, Emily Kokal of Warpaint and more.
The second installment of the show, inspired by Edith Wharton’s unfinished novel, also reunites returning starsAlisha Boe, Aubri Ibrag, Josie Totah, Mia Threapleton and more.
Leighton Meester as Nell in ‘The Buccaneers’ Season 2
The Buccaneers returns to Apple TV+ Wednesday, June 18, 2025 with one episode followed by one new episode every Wednesday through August 6, 2025.
