Raise your hand if you stayed up way too late revenge-sleep-procrastination-watching all eight episodes of The Five-Star Weekend as soon as it dropped on Peacock. Same, friend, and probably also just like you, I couldn’t wait to talk about it with my group chat. The Jennifer Garner-led adaptation of Elin Hilderbrand’s bestselling beach read gave us everything we could hope for: midlife messiness, house envy, food porn, a Catch and Release reunion, and a dreamy Nantucket setting to tie it all in a big bow. Now we just have to know: Are we getting more?
Want a clue? Ca-caw!
That’s right, we can officially celebrate. Here are all the details (so far) about a second season.
Has The Five-Star Weekend been renewed?
It has now! Both Peacock and Hilderbrand confirmed the news on social media, with the author writing, “It’s happening you guys!!! THE FIVE-STAR WEEKEND is officially getting a Season 2!! Huge shout out to our brilliant showrunner @funstetter for bringing the book to the screen. Thank you thank you @peacock — what a dream this has been.”
This is a big win for fans since the odds proved a bit murky from the start. It was built as a limited series, so those first eight episodes adapted the entirety of Hilderbrand’s 2023 standalone novel. And while that means there’s no sequel source material just sitting on a shelf waiting to become Season 2, the second win for fans is the realization that Hilderbrand will have to get cranking on a follow-up book for our Nantucket-weekend gals.
Judging by her recent social media activity, it seems like she’s up for the challenge; Hilderbrand seemed to be actively campaigning to carry on the story. She was all over Threads, hyping fans up in the comments, even teasing, “If everyone keeps loving on it, we might get a season two!”
So, once again, we’ve gotten proof that “limited series” doesn’t always mean “one and done.” Much like The Four Seasons, Big Little Lies, and Nine Perfect Strangers, The Five-Star Weekend started as a single-and-done season before public outcry inspired more.
What would The Five-Star Weekend Season 2 even be about?
No official logline exists, but I feel like they absolutely left plenty of storylines open for continuation. In an interview with TV Insider, showrunner Bekah Brunstetter nodded to this, telling the outlet she’s got plenty of ideas “locked in” a Season 2 vault. She did offer a tiny hint, though, implying the women would stay friends going forward and start building new friendships within the group.
The cast has floated some delicious plot twists, too, namely a getaway to Greece that involves Gigi (Gemma Chan) piloting the getaway flight. Readers of the book will recognize the second half of that scenario; Hilderbrand’s novel actually ends with the women jetting off on an Italian vacation, only to realize on the flight home that it’s Gigi’s voice on the flight intercom. I’d say that’s a rather promising unraveled thread!
Personally, I need us to check back in with Tatum (Chloë Sevigny) to see what’s going on with her health. I wouldn’t be upset if we got to see more of her relationship with her husband, Kyle (David Denman), either!
Who would come back?
Assuming the gang's all in, you'd expect the core ensemble to return: Jennifer Garner as Hollis, Regina Hall as Dru-Ann, Sevigny as Tatum, D'Arcy Carden as Brooke, Chan as Gigi, Timothy Olyphant as Jack, and Denman as Kyle, along with Harlow Jane as Hollis’ daughter Caroline and West Duchovny as Tatum’s daughter Aubrey. (Fun fact: Jane is the daughter of actors Patricia Arquette and Thomas Jane, and Duchovny's parents are actors David Duchovny and Téa Leoni.)
Wild card returns would be Judy Greer as frenemy Electra, Josh Hamilton as Hollis’ late husband Matthew, Roberta Colindrez as Brooke’s new girlfriend, Vella Lovell as Hollis’ agent, and Henry Eikenberry as Aubrey’s dim-witted but handsome “baby daddy” Dylan.
Although, honestly, it's hard to visualize the show without every last one of them.
The Bottom Line
We may have to wait a while, but we’re getting our second season. And with the show garnering solid reviews so far (91% on Rotten Tomatoes), we might just get lucky *again* and score a Season 3. We just need all the self-professed honorary Hollibabes to keep showing up and loving The Five-Star Weekend loudly enough for the network to take notice.
source https://www.scarymommy.com/entertainment/the-five-star-weekend-season-2-renewal-updates
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