Last Updated: April 30, 2020
In Hanna season 1, Esme Creed-Miles took over the title role, with Joel Kinnaman playing her ‘father’ Erik Heller and Mireille Enos as their nemesis, CIA agent Marissa Wiegler. Hanna was born to be a genetically enhanced super soldier as part of the CIA’s Utrax program, but at the behest of her late mother Johanna (Joanna Kulig), Erik stole baby Hanna from Utrax and hid her in the Romanian forest. After training Hanna in combat and survival tactics for 15 years, Erik attempted to find a way to give Hanna a new life, which brought them both into conflict with Marissa and other agents of the CIA led by Jerome Sawyer (Khalid Abdalla).
Hanna is also a coming-of-age drama about teen rebellion, as Hanna escaped from her pursuers and was able to experience life as a normal teenager in London alongside Sophie (Rhianne Barreto), the friend Hanna made while she was on the run in Morocco. Even with all of the international action and turmoil in the 8 episodes of season 1, there is even more story for Hanna season 2 to tell.
Hanna Season 2 Release Date
Hanna Season 2 Cast
In September 2019, five new cast additions were announced for season 2 of Hanna. The highest profile add is Dermot Mulroney, set to play John Carmichael, a former mentor of Marissa’s who will take over her antagonistic role toward Hanna. Meanwhile Anthony Welsh will portray Leo Garner, a member of Carmichael’s Utrax operations team responsible for indoctrinating the program’s new recruits. Cherelle Skeete plays Terri Miller, a CIA officer joining the Utrax program in a vital role. Lastly, Severine Howell-Meri and Gianna Kiehl are onboard as new Utrax trainees Helen and Jules.
Hanna Season 2 Story
Hanna season 1 not only rebooted the story from the film, it drastically expanded Hanna’s universe and set the stage for the story to continue in season 2. By the ending of season 1, Hanna had learned about and met the dozens of other genetically enhanced super soldiers of the Utrax Regenesis program - essentially, she has many ‘sisters’. However, with the exceptionof recruit 249 (Yasmin Monet Prince), whose real name is Clara, all of the Utrax trainees rebuffed Hanna’s attempts to ‘save’ them and voluntarily left with the U.S. military. This no doubt sets up a future conflict of Hanna (and Clara) vs. her ‘sisters,’ since season 1 deliberately did not have Hanna fight any of them.
Like the film, Erik Heller died at the end, which essentially makes Hanna an orphan who is forced to make her own way in a hostile world where she continues to be a target of the CIA and their unseen supervisor named Norris. However, the series made a big change by keeping Marissa alive; she concluded the season as Hanna’s ally, albeit one she can’t trust. It’s also possible Sophie and her family can return in season 2 to continue Hanna’s education into teenage life. Hanna returned to her refuge in the forest with Clara at the end of season 1, but it won’t take much to lure her back into action in Hanna season 2.
