The Diplomat, Season 2: October Surprise

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🗓️ 31 October 2024

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Richard, Chris, and Hillary dig into the second season of Netflix's twisty drama, starring Keri Russell as an ambassador caught in a political storm. Plus, showrunner Debora Cahn illuminates the season's explosive ending, and gives just a few hints about what to expect from the show's already-in-the-works third season.

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0:00.0	In 2025, Austria celebrates the 200th birthday of Johann Strauss Jr.
0:06.0	Austria's famous Waltz composer.
0:09.0	Born into the legendary Strauss family, he composed beautiful pieces like the Blue Daniel Waltz, which
0:15.1	soared to fame during his 1872 American tour.
0:18.8	In 2025, Vienna will host a year-long extra to celebrate this legacy, so join them and discover the
0:25.5	magic of the walls throughout the city.
0:28.0	Learn more at Austria. info slash Strauss. stress.
0:38.0	Somebody's gonna get fired for this. Somebody's gonna get fired for this.
0:40.0	Maybe it's a corrupt head of state.
0:42.0	Probably? It's me or you. I'm okay with me. You shouldn't be.
0:46.4	Hello and welcome to still watching a weekly television podcast from Vanity Fair. I'm Richard Lawson. I'm Chris Murphy. And I'm Hillary Buses. We're here to talk
0:54.4	about season two of Netflix's The Diplomat. And later, showrunner Deborah Khan is going to be here to tell us about
0:59.6	how the epic cliffhanger for season two came together. But before we get to that really sort of
1:04.7	really kind of crazy finale for this for this season that I personally did not see coming
1:10.1	why did we want to watch the diplomat what drew us to this show? I think Richard you're kind of the
1:14.9	OG diplomat fan of this group. Yeah I sometimes watch screeners of things that are available to me just for fun because I wasn't
1:24.1	planning on reviewing the diplomat, the season one, and I was home alone and kind of bored and I was like,
1:29.0	oh, I like Carrie Russell, I like political intrigue, I'll give that a watch cut to me eight hours later
1:34.8	still watching the diplomat and I was like this is really fun because it's for me I you
1:39.8	know we talked about it on our shanda episodes but like I haven't watched a ton of
1:43.8	shanda stuff but I know the vibe I watch how to get away with murder and I think it's a
1:47.6	perfect mix of that in the West Wing and it makes sense because Deb Con
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