Maxton Hall Season 2: Will the Finale Reunite Ruby and James or Tear Them Apart?
By Episode 5, Maxton Hall Season 2 reunites Ruby and James—but the win is messy, and their second chance immediately buckles under fresh drama and unresolved wounds.
Maxton Hall Season 2 has been putting Ruby and James through the wringer, and by the end of Episode 5 they finally circle back to each other. It is not neat, and it is definitely not calm. And because this show loves chaos, the finale is already teasing fresh trouble ready to blow all that progress up.
Where things stand by Episode 5
Ruby and James are officially back together. The win is real, but the road there was bumpy, and the runway ahead looks even rougher. There are new landmines waiting for them, and the show is clearly saving the biggest explosion for last.
How we got here (the fast, no-nonsense recap)
- Episode 1: Ruby is still done with James after last season. She freezes him out, buries herself in school, and shuts down every attempt he makes to talk.
- Episode 2: The stalemate holds. They only speak when they absolutely have to.
- Episode 3: Things shift. Ruby notices James quietly backing her up academically with zero strings attached. Real conversations start creeping in.
- Episode 4: Ruby forgives him. They make it official again. Bonus: Ruby lands an Oxford scholarship.
- Episode 5: The hammer drops. Ruby’s scholarship is yanked because James’s father, Mortimer Beaufort, pulls strings at Oxford to sink her spot and drag James back into the family orbit. On top of that, Mortimer hacks James’s phone, opening the door for private messages, photos, and chats to leak. Cue fresh scandals around school that Ruby and James did not start but now have to deal with.
The Mortimer situation, in plain English
Mortimer is not just meddling; he is weaponizing influence and tech to control the board. Sabotaging Ruby’s Oxford future is gross. Hacking his own son’s phone is a new level of invasive. If that data spills, it does three things at once: shreds James’s reputation, tests Ruby’s trust all over again, and shakes the school’s social ecosystem. It is a lot, and it is deliberately engineered.
So what is the finale actually setting up?
Episode 6, titled 'Reaching for the Stars', is being framed as the big one. The preview flashes a steamy Ruby/James kiss, which tells you they head into the finale emotionally aligned. But the episode is clearly built around the fallout from the phone hack. If those private receipts go public, expect splash damage everywhere.
Two big decisions hang over the hour: Ruby deciding whether to push back against Mortimer’s reach (and the system that lets him pull this off), and James choosing if he finally breaks free of his father or gets dragged deeper into the mess Mortimer created.
When and where to watch
Season 2 premiered November 7, 2025, exclusively on Prime Video. The finale (Episode 6) lands November 28.
Who is front and center
Damian Hardung leads as James Beaufort, with Harriet Herbig-Matten as Ruby Bell.
How it is tracking
'Maxton Hall – The World Between Us' currently spans 2 seasons, sits at 7.5/10 on IMDb, and holds a 65% on Rotten Tomatoes. It is streaming on Prime Video.