When Apple TV+ first announced Imperfect Women, the buzzy new show was billed as a “limited series.” And, sure, sometimes that means no cliffhangers, no multi-season arcs, no waiting around for renewal news. That’s all she wrote, folks. But if recent TV history has taught us anything, it’s that limited series don’t *always* stay limited.
On its way back after an extra-long hiatus. Heading into its third season. And now Imperfect Women is officially joining the club.
Roughly five months after the explosive finale that left just as many questions as it answered, Apple TV has ordered a sophomore season. Just as juicy: It sounds like the story is going in a direction we weren’t expecting. Apple TV announced on Oct. 5 that they’ve officially renewed Imperfect Women, meaning the show formerly known as a limited series is now just... a series.
Prior to the renewal, co-stars and co-EPs Kerry Washington and Elisabeth Moss both hinted that the story didn’t quite feel finished — especially when it came to the complicated dynamic between their characters, Eleanor and Mary. In fact, some of Season 1’s most lingering questions center on that connection. What is really in these women’s history?
And there’s a wink in the final few moments suggesting there may be something more between Mary, played by Moss, and Nancy’s widower Robert, played by Joel Kinnaman. Who, oh you know, just so happened to have a past fling with Eleanor. One year after the truth comes out, Mary and Robert are seen together again, and the show keeps it cryptic.
As Moss put it in post-finale interviews, that ambiguity was the point: The show wants viewers to ask questions it doesn’t answer. Washington has even encouraged fans to “demand” a second season to explore what comes next. But here’s where the big twist comes into play.
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