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Prime Video has announced that Season 2 of the horror anthology — dubbed THEM: The Scare — will release all eight episodes on Thursday, April 25, more than three years after THEM‘s freshman run dropped.
THEM will once again be set in Los Angeles but leap forward nearly 40 years, to 1991, where it will follow LAPD Homicide Detective Dawn Reeve (a new character played by Season 1 star Deborah Ayorinde) as she investigates the gruesome murder of a foster home mother.
“Navigating a tumultuous time in Los Angeles, with a city on the razor’s edge of chaos, Dawn is determined to stop the killer,” reads the synopsis. “But as she draws closer to the truth, something ominous and malevolent grips her and her family….”
Said family includes Dawn’s son Kel (played by Cloak & Dagger‘s Joshua J. Williams) and her mother Athena, played by the one and only Pam Grier.
The Season 2 cast also includes musician Luke James (The Chi) as aspiring actor Edmund Gaines; Jeremy Bobb (Russian Doll) as Dawn’s partner, Detective Ronald McKinney; Wayne Knight (Seinfeld) as Dawn’s supervisor, Lt. Schiff; Carlito Olivero (Step Up: High Water) as Joaquin Diaz, a newly minted detective; Charles Brice (Homeland) as Reggie Marks, a charming attorney; and former NBA star Iman Shumpert (The Chi) as Dawn’s ex, Corey.
The anthology series has also cast Joshua J. Williams, Jeremy Bobb, Wayne Knight, Carlito Olivero, Charles Brice and Iman Shumpert.
Horror anthology Them has lined up the cast for its second season on Amazon’s Prime Video.
Deborah Ayorinde — who also starred in the show’s first season — Pam Grier and Luke James will head the cast for the season, formally titled Them: The Scare. Joshua J. Williams and Jeremy Bobb will also be regulars in season two, and Wayne Knight, Carlito Olivero, Charles Brice and Iman Shumpert will recur.
Them will once again be set in Los Angeles County (the first season, subtitled Covenant, took place in Compton circa 1952) but will move the time frame forward to 1991. The story centers on LAPD Detective Dawn Reeve (Ayorinde, Apple TV+’s Truth Be Told, Prime Video’s forthcoming Riches), who is assigned to a new case: a gruesome murder that has left the most hardened detectives shaken. As Dawn draws closer to the truth, something malevolent grips her and her family.
Ayorinde’s Dawn, one of the only women of color in the robbery homicide division, is sharp and observant, but she becomes uncharacteristically unnerved by her new case.
Grier (Jackie Brown, ABC’s Bless This Mess) plays Dawn’s mother, Athena. She’s eticulous, clever and prideful, but her mama bear qualities hide secrets. James (The Chi) plays Edmund Gaines, an aspiring actor who appears to be a sensitive soul but has a deep void within him.
Williams (Mudbound) will play Kelvin “Kel” Reeve, Dawn’s teenage son, who’s harboring a secret from both his mom and his grandmother. Bobb (Russian Doll, HBO’s The Outsider) will play Detective Ronald McKinney, Dawn’s partner, who has a reputation for closing cases quickly and through sometimes questionable means.
Knight (Seinfeld) will recur as Lt. Schiff, Dawn’s supervisor at the LAPD. Olivero (Step Up: High Water) will play Joaquin Diaz, a newly minted detective who wants to impress Dawn. Brice (HBO’s The Survivor) plays Reggie Marks, a stylish and charming attorney for the city of Los Angeles. Former NBA player Shumpert (The Chi, BET’s Twenties) plays Dawn’s ex, Corey, a musician who’s frequently on the road.
It took me a long time to recover from that episode!
THEM: Covenant is NOW available to stream on Prime Video. Share your thoughts below.
I thought it was really good. Not quite great, but definitely good. Episodes 5 and 9 were especially intense. I do feel it was far more grounded and better structured than Lovecraft Country, which at times was all over the place, but I wish it the ending didn’t feel as unfinished as it does. Overall, I look forward to S2 and whatever that brings given that this is an anthology
THEM: Covenant is set to be released on April 9, 2021. Amazon has also released a teaser trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YULbffrh9aM
Just wanted to say hey to anyone who sees this and welcome. Thoughts on the announcement of the series?
