'Surface' Season 2's Trailer Slowly Remembers Its Existence

Most people probably missed Surface the first time around when it debuted on Apple TV +. The series initially arrived in 2022, about a month before the first season of Bad Sisters and less than a year after star Gugu Mbatha-Raw appeared in Max drama The Girl Before, another thriller about a woman struggling to discern reality from what people are telling her. Apple still primarily treated its streaming service back then like a free bonus that came with their new laptop or phone instead of promoting individual shows as worth paying for in and of themselves, regardless of what model device one prefers. Hopefully, with the new change in strategy, it plans to actually promote the arrival of Surface's second season.

If you missed the series when it first arrived, Mbatha-Raw stars as Sophie, who woke up five months ago in the hospital with no memory of who she is or how she got there. She's been told her name was Sophie and that she attempted suicide. Since then, she has been working with her therapist (the great Marianne Jean-Baptiste) to put her life and marriage to James (Oliver Jackson-Cohen) back together despite not remembering any of it.

Of course, nothing is as it seems on the surface. (Hey, look, we have a title!) Unfortunately, the first season suffered from Apple TV+'s lack of experience (as did many of its shows in the first couple of years), moving at a snail's pace that was far more suited to an old-school 24-episode season of TV instead of the faster paced, more dynamic shows that are only eight hours long, so there's little time for long broody installments without much plot momentum. If Season 2's trailer is anything to go by, it appears as though that problem has been at least addressed, if not outright fixed.

Here is the Season 2 synopsis:

The second chapter of Surface follows Sophie to London to unravel the secrets of her past. Having suffered an injury that robbed her of her memories, Sophie follows the few clues she has, using her vast stolen resources to embed herself in elite British society and discovering a possible connection to a beautiful heiress. 

But everything changes when a journalist contacts her out of the blue, and Sophie realizes they were working together to expose a shocking scandal about the dangerous people she’s now become close to.

Mbatha-Raw will again be joined by co-stars Oliver Jackson-Cohen (Towards Zero) and Millie Brady (Roadkill). Season 2 also adds several new faces, including Phil Dunster (Ted Lasso), Gavin Drea (Wedding Season), Rupert Graves (Sherlock), Tara Fitzgerald (Belgravia), Nina Sosanya (Good Omens), Joely Richardson (The Gentlemen), and Freida Pinto (Mr. Malcolm's List).

Veronica West, the series creator and showrunner, once again wrote all episodes of Surface Season 2. Directors Ed Lilly, Jon East, Lynsey Miller, and Alrick Riley split helming duties across the show's eight episodes. Mbatha-Raw executive produces with West alongside Reese Witherspoon & Lauren Neustadter for Hello Sunshine.

Surface Season 2 premieres on Apple TV+ on Friday, February 21. New episodes will air every Friday through April 11, 2025.