Maxton Hall Season 2: Release Date, Story Teases, Returning Cast — Your Complete Guide
Breakout German hit Maxton Hall: The World Between Us scored a lightning-fast renewal two weeks after its May 2024 launch—now Season 2 is locked for November 7, 2025, setting the stage for more of Ruby Bell’s high-stakes world.
Prime Video's German hit 'Maxton Hall: The World Between Us' is officially back on the calendar, and the rollout is very much a slow-burn romance in release-schedule form. If you binged Season 1 in a day and wondered when we'd get more Ruby and James angst, here's the full picture.
When Season 2 drops and how Prime Video is rolling it out
Season 2 premieres Friday, November 7, 2025. Prime Video will drop the first three episodes at once, then go weekly, with the finale landing November 28, 2025. There are six episodes total this season.
Amazon teased back in March 2025 that new episodes would land toward the end of the year, then locked the date (Deadline first had it). They also renewed the show just two weeks after its May 9, 2024 debut, which is lightning fast for them. And yes, Season 3 is already confirmed (THR reported that), which will adapt the last book in the source trilogy.
'We want to offer fans around the globe the best Maxton Hall experience.'
Where the story picks back up
Season 2 starts right after the Season 1 ending. If you remember: scholarship student Ruby Bell and old-money heir James Beaufort shared a night together in Oxford, Ruby's dream was finally within reach, and for a minute it looked like the fairytale version of the show's 'love conquers all' premise might actually stick.
Then it doesn't. James' mother dies, and the series gets blunt about grief, class, and the stuff a glossy boarding-school romance usually sidesteps. Ruby's love is big and uncomplicated; James' life is neither. She wants in, but not if the price is losing herself. He hurts her. She starts to want her old invisibility back. And still, she can't quite let him go - while he does what he can to win her back.
Damian Hardung (James) has been open about the tonal shift. He said the second season is darker and more grown up, which tracks given where we left his character.
'We kind of knew reading the first draft of the script for the second season that it was going to be much bleaker, but also more honest in a way and more grown up. Which I think is important, because we've seen him, the last time, when his mother has just passed away.'
He also mentioned on the Short Take podcast that doing ADR - the post-production dialogue recording - made the intensity hit even harder:
'I just did the ADR for it and the second season is really dark and a lot of grief and trauma in my character, I had a really tough time shooting that, it really pushed me to a point where I'm like, I don't know if that's healthy anymore. So, I'm really eager to see how that played out on screen'
Translation: expect fewer meet-cutes, more fallout.
Why the show's still a big deal
'Maxton Hall' isn't just a local favorite. Season 1 hit number one on Prime Video in over 120 countries and territories, and it landed top three in more than 50, including the U.S., UK, Mexico, Brazil, Australia, Canada, and South Africa (per Amazon MGM Studios). The Harriet Herbig-Matten and Damian Hardung pairing is the engine: her drive plus his charm equals instant binge fuel.
Who's back, who's new
Amazon says seven new faces join the returning cast this season. Full lineup below. Yes, there's a slightly confusing credit in here - Laura de Boer is listed as 'Mortimer Beaufort' alongside Fedja van Huêt as 'Mortimer' - but this is how the studio's materials present it for now.
- Harriet Herbig-Matten as Ruby Bell
- Damian Hardung as James Beaufort
- Sonja Weißer as Lydia
- Ben Felipe as Cyril
- Fedja van Huêt as Mortimer
- Runa Greiner as Ember
- Justus Riesner as Alistair
- Andrea Guo as Lin
- Frederic Balonier as Kieran
- Eli Riccardi as Elaine
- Dagny Dewath as Ophelia Beaufort
- Proschat Madani as Alice Campbell
- Anna Lucia Gustmann as May Clancey
- Basil Eidenbenz as Frederick Ellington
- Laura de Boer as Mortimer Beaufort
- Kiro Ebra as Forest
- Gina Henkel as Helen Bell
Behind the scenes and other quick hits
The series is based on Mona Kasten's bestselling Save Me trilogy, with Season 3 set to adapt the final book. Season 2 runs six episodes, same as Season 1.
Direction is split between Tarek Roehlinger and Martin Schreier. Head writer Daphne Ferraro leads the writing team, which includes Daphne Ferraro, Marc Schießer, Marlene Melchior, Zoe Hagen, Nina Rathke, Anna Schimrigk, and Juliana Lima Dehne. Executive producers include Markus Brunnemann and Ceylan Yildirim; Valentin Debler produces. Cinematography is by Christof Wahl. The show comes from UFA Fiction.
Original language is German, country of origin is Germany, and the German title is 'Maxton Hall - Die Welt zwischen uns'. It streams exclusively on Prime Video.
If you care about scores: Season 1 sits around a 7.5/10 on IMDb and 70% critics, 89% audience on Rotten Tomatoes. The first season premiered May 9, 2024.
The bottom line
Season 2 arrives November 7, 2025, with a three-episode premiere and weekly drops to November 28. Expect more romance, more fallout, and a heavier, more honest look at Ruby and James' very messy, very watchable world. And with Season 3 already locked, this story isn't wrapping up anytime soon.