'The Rig' Will Descend Further in Season 2's First Images

Ahead of The Rig's initial debut on Amazon Prime Video in January 2023, series creator David Macpherson explained the series as one that was inspired by and acknowledges just how little we know about the waters of our own planet. "The deep ocean contains over 95% of the life-supporting space on our planet, and we still explore it with candlelight. We have no idea how much more there is to see." Even though Season 1 was not exactly a high-profile series for Prime Video here in the U.S., receiving almost no marketing, the producers decided there was more to explore, greenlighting a second season.

Considering Season 1 ended with an evacuation of the titular rig, most had assumed The Rig to be a closed-ended miniseries. Any future season would likely follow the pattern established by Time and Showtrial and be an anthology series with a majority new cast and perhaps one crossover character to link the installments. However, the series has zagged instead of zigged, bringing back all the surviving characters from the first season and adding just enough new names to fill in all the gaps from those who didn't make it.

For those wondering what exactly the show plans to do with these characters, the plot synopsis and the first photos, one of which is a far shot of a helicopter landing on an aircraft carrier, give a good idea of where the thriller plans to head next.