Overview
- Season two premiered November 20 on Netflix, continuing Ted Danson’s portrayal of widowed investigator Charles Nieuwendyk.
- The setting shifts to the fictional Wheeler College, where Charles goes undercover as a professor to investigate a blackmail threat linked to a wealthy donor.
- Mary Steenburgen joins as Mona, a music professor who becomes Charles’s new love interest, as the show foregrounds gentler, relationship-focused storytelling.
- Mills College in Oakland serves as the stand-in for Wheeler College, maintaining the show’s Bay Area look despite fewer San Francisco shoots.
- Season one drew 6.9 million views on Netflix’s English TV list and earned strong critical notices, laying the groundwork for a warmer sophomore outing.