Amazon's 'The Rig' Season 2 Brings New Threats and Corporate Intrigue

The eco-thriller returns with the Kinloch Bravo crew facing moral dilemmas, corporate schemes, and mysterious deep-sea dangers.

Season 2 of 'The Rig' picks up after the devastating tsunami, with the crew taken to a secret Arctic base owned by Pictor Energy.
The plot introduces heightened corporate intrigue as survivors must choose between financial incentives to leave or staying to uncover the truth.
New mysteries arise as the crew encounters advanced deep-sea exploration technology and the ongoing threat of 'The Ancestor,' a powerful microbial entity.
The series explores themes of environmental reckoning, with Pictor pivoting its focus to rare earth mineral mining under the guise of supporting renewable energy.
Critics describe the show as ambitious and chaotic, blending disaster movie tropes with ecological allegory, while featuring a strong ensemble cast.