Fans are rallying for a second chapter of the hottest new fantasy-comedy-romance on Prime Video.
If you’ve yet to watch My Lady Jane, you’re missing out on one of the best new shows of the year—horse-husband and all. The Prime Video romantasy series takes real-life 16th-century people and events and scrambles them up, shamelessly throwing some therianthropy into the mix, and serves up a sizzling-hot historical reinvention.
This concoction is garnished with quips by an off-screen narrator, voiced by Oliver Chris, who often works to clarify the weird, gross, and unfamiliar details specific to the show’s characters and their ahistorical Tudor backdrop. But perhaps My Lady Jane’s biggest draw is the chemistry between leads Emily Bader, who plays Lady Jane Grey, and Edward Bluemel, her “Ethian” husband, Lord Guildford Dudley. Together, they’re belongs-in-a-kissing-montage-next-to-The-Notebook good.
With so much having taken place in season 1—dolphin heads on a platter; bloodthirsty elder sisters with bad hygiene and daddy issues; brooding bad boys with trauma-induced shape-shifting habits—we find ourselves salivating for another season of My Lady Jane. One glaring question remains: Shall our wish for the show’s renewal, like Lord Guildford Dudley’s human form, ever come to exist in the light of day? Here’s what we know so far.
Will there be a My Lady Jane season 2?
Though we haven’t yet received an official confirmation of My Lady Jane season 2, if critics’ responses are any indication, there’s a good chance the show might return. The first season has received an overwhelmingly positive critical consensus, scoring a 93 percent on Rotten Tomatoes. And with viral fan chatter on X (formerly known as Twitter) working in its favor, My Lady Jane has earned ample buzz. Creator and co-showrunner Gemma Burgess weighed in on the possibility of season 2 in an interview with Entertainment Weekly, teasing, “[Season 2] is always a possibility.”
When might My Lady Jane season 2 come out?
Until Prime Video gives the series a green light and sets a filming date, we can’t be sure. But should My Lady Jane get renewed for a second season, audiences can expect it to take some time to arrive. Season 1 began filming in 2022 but the show didn’t premiere until 2024, which means season 2 might not drop until 2026—unless Prime Video decides to capitalize on the buzz and push season 2 to the finish line faster.
What would My Lady Jane season 2 be about?
Although season 1 of My Lady Jane has seemingly exhausted its source material—the first book in The Lady Janies series by Brodi Ashton, Cynthia Hand, and Jodi Meadows—Burgess revealed to Entertainment Weekly that, in the event of a second season, the series would expand on the world of season 1 and paint a picture of the characters “growing up and moving on and figuring out how to survive in the world where Jane is free, but the kingdom is not. Because Mary’s still on the throne. There’s a lot more work to do before things are right.”
Rising star Emily Bader agrees, revealing in an interview with Collider that she’s hoping her “Elizabeth Bennet-meets-Blondie”-inspired Jane will have a chance to reconcile her situation next season. “By Jane choosing to do what she does at the end with saving herself, she puts her family at risk,” she says. “They are all still there with Crazy Mary. She feels very responsible…I think badass Jane can take it up a notch.”
This story will be updated.
