It’s not long now until Never Have I Ever returns with its much-anticipated second season and judging by the show’s brand new trailer, there’s a lot to look forward.
Maitreyi Ramakrishnan stars as Devi, an awkward 15-year-old trying to make the most out of her high school career by climbing the social ladder, getting a boyfriend and going to parties whilst avoiding her overbearing mother.
Season one ended with Devi finding herself in a love triangle between her geeky former-nemesis Ben Gross and high school hunk Paxton Hall-Yoshida, and it looks as though she’s going to try to date both of them at the same time if the trailer is anything to go by.
“Oh my God – I have two boyfriends,” she tells her horrified friends. If we’ve learnt anything from romcoms, two-timing never ends well.
Netflix announced the show’s official return date earlier this month, with season two of the Mindy Kaling created show set to arrive on our screens in less than a month.
Here’s everything we know so far about Never Have I Ever season two.
Never Have I Ever season 2 release date
Netflix has finally given us an official release date for Never Have I Ever season 2, announcing that the series is returning on Thursday 15th July.
Never Have I Ever S2 arrives on 15 July, when you can expect to see more gems like this… pic.twitter.com/1OE3xUilEg
— Netflix UK & Ireland (@NetflixUK) June 10, 2021
The show announced on Twitter back in November that it had begun production on season two with a video featuring Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Ramona Young, Lee Rodriguez, Darren Barnet, Jaren Lewison, Richa Moorjani, Poorna Jagannathan and new cast member Megan Suri on set.
the only thing better than hearing nhie is back in production is getting to meet the newest cast member @megansuri !!! 💘 pic.twitter.com/8Wv1BscTEq
— Never Have I Ever (@neverhaveiever) November 23, 2020
Never Have I Ever announced its renewal with a video of the cast on a Zoom call – a sight we’ve become all too familiar with during lockdown.
The 60-second clip featured Lee Rodriguez (Fabiola Torres), Ramona Young (Eleanor Wong), Poorna Jagannathan (Nalini Vishwakumar), Darren Barnet (Paxton Hall-Yoshida), Jaren Lewison (Ben Gross) and Richa Moorjani (Kamala) as they learn the good news from Maitreyi Ramakrishnan (Devi Vishwakumar).
Series creator Mindy Kaling also tweeted announcing her excitement for the second season, adding: “It’s all because you guys turned up to watch it and told your friends – it’s that simple! Thank you so much. And THANK YOU to our partners at Netflix.”
What will happen in Never Have I Ever season 2?
Now we finally have a trailer for Never Have I Ever season two, we have a good idea of what’s going to go down in the upcoming episodes and it looks like it’s going to get messy for Devi!
Picking up from where we left off in the season one finale – Devi and Ben kissing while Paxton realises he has feelings for Devi – season two is set to see Devi try to make the most of her romantic situation before her mother takes moves her to India.
Currently stuck in a love triangle with both Ben and Paxton, she decides to date them both without them knowing – because that romcom trope always ends well!
Meanwhile, Devi is set to feel threatened by new girl in school Aneesa, “another Indian girl” she thinks is “cooler and prettier” than her, who also seems to take a liking to Ben.
As for Devi’s friends Eleanor and Fabiola, the clip didn’t tease much of Eleanor’s upcoming storylines however it looks as though Fabiola will be getting a girlfriend of her own after coming out in season one. Exciting stuff!
Earlier this year, Lena Khan, who directs a few episodes of the upcoming series, has teased what’s to come for Devi.
“There’s 10 episodes in the season so I’m doing about two and a half of them. Because of COVID, we’re splitting one of them because crazy scheduling madness,” she told RadioTimes.com in February.
“Devi kind of – I don’t think I can say much but in the first season, she was trying to figure out how to deal with her situation with her father and now she’s kind of calibrating a different level of cool in her school.”
Meanwhile, it seems Devi’s mum Nalini is in for some romance of her own when she meets dermatologist rival Dr. Chris Jackson (played by rapper Common).
“Mohan is probably the only person [Nalini’s] ever been with,” show runner Lang Fisher told Entertainment Weekly. “They got together very young, and I don’t think she’s ever [experienced] adult dating. It does catch her by surprise.”
He added that their complicated relationship soon “throws the family into turmoil” and “becomes a real chasm between Nalini and Devi, because Devi feels like it’s a betrayal”.
Never Have I Ever season 2 trailer
Netflix released a trailer for Never Have I Ever’s second season in June, teasing the love triangle between Devi, Paxton and Ben, the arrival of new girl at school Aneesa and Devi’s continued sessions with her therapist Dr. Jamie Ryan.
Earlier this year, Netflix released a number of first-look images from the upcoming episodes, including one scene where Devi is seen uncomfortably sat in-between her two love interests – Ben Gross and Paxton Hall-Yoshida.
Never Have I Ever season 2 cast
The cast of season one are expected to return for Never Have I Ever’s second outing, which includes:
- Maitreyi Ramakrishnan as Devi Vishwakumar
- Richa Moorjani as Kamala, Devi’s cousin
- Jaren Lewison as Ben Gross, Devi’s school nemesis (turned potential love interest?)
- Darren Barnet as Paxton Hall-Yoshida, Devi’s friend
- Poorna Jagannathan as Dr. Nalini Vishwakumar, Devi’s mother
Also set to appear in the show is rapper Common, who’ll be playing dermatologist Dr. Chris Jackson – Nalini’s competitor-turned-love-interest. Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, show runner Lang Fisher said his relationship with Nalini will be similar to Devi and Ben’s. “He is a little flashier. He’s a real L.A. dermatologist, with his own product line, he does a lot of cosmetic work, and his office looks like a spa, whereas Nalini thinks that’s undignified for a medical office.”
Meanwhile, Netflix has announced that American Vandal star Tyler Alvarez is joining season two as recurring character Malcolm – a young Hollywood type who went to primary school with Devi but left when he was cast in a Disney Channel show.
Also joining the season two cast is Megan Suri, who’ll be a recurring guest star. She’s set to play Aneesa, a new Indian student at Sherman Oaks High who Devi sees as an immediate threat.
Confirmed to be returning in a recurring role is Grey’s Anatomy’s Rushi Kota, who played Kamala’s long-distance boyfriend Prashant in the last few episodes of season one.
While model and TV personality Chrissy Teigen was meant to take on a guest role in Never Have I Ever’s upcoming season as a narrator, a spokesperson for the show announced at the start of this month that her voiceover would be cut following accusations that Teigen cyber bullied former reality star Courtney Stodden. Chrissy apologised to Courtney shortly after the news broke.
Not a lot of people are lucky enough to be held accountable for all their past bullshit in front of the entire world. I’m mortified and sad at who I used to be. I was an insecure, attention seeking troll. I am ashamed and completely embarrassed at my behavior but that…
— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) May 12, 2021
“Chrissy Teigen has decided to step away from a guest voiceover role in one episode of the upcoming second season of Never Have I Ever,” the spokesperson told Deadline. “The role is expected to be recast.”
The series wouldn’t be quite the same without John McEnroe returning as narrator, so fingers crossed he’s back, alongside supporting cast members like Ramona Young (Eleanor Wong), Lee Rodriguez (Fabiola Torres), Niecy Nash (Dr. Jamie Ryan) and Sendhil Ramamurthy (who plays Mohan, Devi’s father who passed away before the series began).
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