Summer Streamin' 24 - Based on a True Story - Season Two

Based on a True Story is back on Binge (Peacock in the USA) for a second season. Starring Kaley Cuoco & Chris Messina, along with a talented ensemble cast. 

The series only landed all eight of its fairly short new episodes last Thursday. I ate this up. I did have issues remembering the what unfolded at the end of the June 8 2023 season one finale.

So where do we go in season two? Well after one and a bit new episodes, I was up to date, the memories of season one returned to find new parents Ava and Nathan Bartlett (Cuoco & Messina) three months into parenthood. 

Focused on taking care of her family, Ava is determined to resist her true crime obsession and return to work as a real estate agent while Nathan trains private tennis clients. But a series of new murders pulls her back in – is Matt behind the slayings? Is Tory, now entangled in a relationship with Matt, in danger? 

Ava’s TikTok habit and her new friend Drew provide a welcome distraction, and Nathan’s all in on reigniting his tennis career as well as his friendship with Matt until danger comes knocking, literally.

Watch out dear readers, SPOILERS below.

Now no third season have been announced yet, however I feel the way things left off, it's in the bag!

In the finale, it's revealed that the copycat killer is none other than Sara Paxton’s Paige, the sister of Westside Ripper victim Chloe Lake (Natalia Dyer), whose brutal murder played out in the series’ very first episode. 

Paige traps Ava and Nathan in the Lipinski Sisters’ podcast studio, and she’s prepared to kill them for profiting off of Chloe’s death, before Matt shows up in the knick of time, and Nathan knocks her out cold.

This Week's Guest episode is full of drama, edge of the seat killer comedy. Yes with laughs and a deep look into societies new obsession with short run TikTok videos.

I like they went from podcasts in season one to the new medium of TikTok in season two. It does feel like Cuoco is just playing a similar character to the one in The Flight Attendant. However this was an enjoyable, super easy binge, on Binge.

Yes I started it over the weekend, finishing it within the same 48 hours. Gives me time to catch up on Cruel Intentions, Interior Chinatown, Cross and all the other series that recently dropped bingeworthy seasons.

Tomorrow, Brisbane, so posts may be light like last week. Yep it's that time of the year!