Tempest Season 2: Canceled or Renewed? Here’s What We Know
Tempest left viewers reeling with secrets, seduction, and a scandal only Munju and Sanho could crack. Now the real cliffhanger is off-screen: will Season 2 get the green light, or has the storm blown over?
If you just blasted through Tempest and are staring at the credits wondering 'So... Season 2?', here is where things stand without the fluff.
Season 2 status: hurry up and wait
As of right now, Disney+ and Hulu have not renewed or canceled Tempest. The creative team has not said anything either. The decision is going to come down to performance data — viewership, completion rates, all that fun streaming math. The show has been a buzzy K-drama with solid weekly ratings, so a renewal would not be surprising, but there is no official green light yet.
- Premiere: September 10, 2025
- Finale: October 1, 2025
- Episodes: 9 total
- Where to watch: Disney+ and Hulu
- Created by: written by Jeong Seo-kyeong; directed by Kim Hee-won
What the show is actually about
Tempest is a spy-romance turned political thriller with a lot of sharp corners. It centers on Seo Mun-ju (a former United Nations ambassador) who gets pulled back into the political arena when her husband, Jang Jun-ik — a presidential frontrunner accused of being a North Korean spy — is assassinated. Chasing answers drags her into a mess of state secrets and competing agendas that stretches from Seoul to Washington and Pyongyang.
She teams up with Baek San-ho, whose background gets described two ways depending on who you ask: special agent or ex-mercenary with a past he would rather not unpack. Either way, he is the kind of guy you call when the truth keeps getting people killed. Together, they peel back a global conspiracy and run headfirst into themes the show actually takes seriously: ambition, power, and what you give up to get to the truth.
The cast is loaded: Jun Ji-hyun and Gang Dong-won lead, with John Cho, Kim Hae-sook, Yoo Jae-myung, Oh Jung-se, Lee Sang-hee, Joo Jong-hyuk, and Won Ji-an in the mix. Yes, that is John Cho — the cross-border casting fits the story’s international footprint.
So... are we getting another season?
Maybe. The finale is out, the numbers look encouraging, and the platforms are quiet for now. If the data holds, a pickup is very possible. Until Disney+ or Hulu makes it official, consider Season 2 firmly in wait-and-see territory.