“The Flight Attendant” is clearly a show that wishes the best for its lead character and wants the audience to root for her and her success, but it’s also pretty honest (as the first season showed as it revealed Cassie’s backstory) with the fact that Cassie has a long way to truly being well, even if she seemingly does everything right. I’m trying to be different and new and make better decisions.”
It takes a bit of adjusting to get used to the lighter aesthetic of Season 2 as reflected in the move from New York City Los Angeles, but the shift towards a sunnier disposition coincides with Cassie’s goal for this season: “I’m trying to be a better person. ‘The Flight Attendant’ Season 2 Gets April Release Date, Explosive New Trailer (Video) But based on the first six episodes of “The Flight Attendant” Season 2 (there are eight in total), it’s clear that the right choice was made in extending this series’ stay. Considering past mixed results of expanding limited series into multi-season shows (looking at you, “Big Little Lies”), trepidation was understandable.
Of course, the day after the finale dropped, HBO Max announced that “The Flight Attendant” Season 2 was cleared for takeoff. One-part spy thriller, one-part millennial comedy and one-part (surprisingly, as the season progressed) character study, the Steve Yockey-developed show ended in a way that managed to both wrap up the main mystery (and technically “fix” the main character as she finally confronted her issues with alcohol and their origins) and pave the way for a follow-up season, even with the limited series descriptor still hanging over it. When the HBO Max series “The Flight Attendant” premiered in the fall of 2020, it did so as a “limited series” based on the 2018 Chris Bohjalian novel of the same name.
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