• The Waterfront season 1 debuted on Netflix in June 2025.
• The season finale ends with an sudden demise and a tantalizing cliffhanger.
• Creator Kevin Williamson and a few solid members have shared their hopes for a possible season 2.

Netflix simply dropped its newest must-watch, and it's angling for a future.

The Waterfront, a salty crime drama with loads of twists and turns, comes from Dawson's Creek (1998–2003)mastermind Kevin Williamson. Set within the coastal city of Havenport, N.C., the collection follows the rich Buckley household as they battle to maintain their once-thriving fishing empire afloat by entangling with a crew of drug-runners.

Impressed by Williamson's circle of relatives historical past (sure, actually), the story hits near house. "Again within the '80s, my dad acquired into some hassle," he advised Entertainment Weekly. "He was a fisherman, and he acquired attached with some folks that provided him some cash to run [drugs] on his fishing boat."

The Waterfront premiered on June 19 and wasted no time climbing up Netflix's prime 10 chart.

The season 1 finale leaves loads of questions (and insanity) in its wake, setting the stage for much more drama. However will the hit present return for a second season? Right here's the whole lot we find out about The Waterfront season 2.

Will there be a season 2 of The Waterfront?

As of this writing, Netflix hasn't formally renewed The Waterfront for a second season. Nonetheless, that hasn't stopped the solid from considering forward. Jake Weary, who performs Cane Buckley, advised EW that he's already had conversations with Williamson a couple of potential season 2.

"I feel it's unhealthy juju to speak about story while you haven't gotten that official pickup but, a minimum of for me," he mentioned. "I border on a pessimistic individual, so I actually hope we get a season 2, however I hate speaking about it till it's really a factor."

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Weary additionally shared a humorous second which may trace at simply how a lot the present's future is on the staff's minds. After the Animal Kingdom star shaved his head for an additional position, Williamson had a light freakout.

"He was like, 'Wait! What about season 2? When did you enlist within the military?'" Weary recalled. "I noticed him in Texas, he was taking a look at me and was like, 'Perhaps Cane in season 2 simply in the future, halfway by the season, buzzes his head and will get a tattoo.' I used to be like, 'No, no, no, no! We spent a lot time ensuring this character was so completely different from a [Deran] Cody unhealthy boy!'"

Williamson additionally revealed that he's mapped out a number of seasons of The Waterfront.

"I've simply form of found out who these actors are in these roles, and I’d love an opportunity to write down for them and lean into them, and I feel the present can simply go up," he advised ScreenRant. "There's a complete second season that I’ve deliberate out, and a 3rd season, fairly frankly. So I'm hoping I get the prospect to inform these tales. I do suppose it's a enjoyable present, and it's in contrast to something I've ever carried out, and I simply hope folks get pleasure from it."

What occurred on the finish of The Waterfront season 1?

After a season filled with shocking twists, bloodshed, and hazard, The Waterfront wraps with a dramatic and intense finale.

Grady (Topher Grace), whose drug empire has fully fallen aside, kidnaps Bree (Melissa Benoist) and her son, Diller (Brady Hepner), taking them out on his boat. He calls Buckley patriarch Harlan (Holt McCallany), hoping to lure him and the remainder of the household right into a lethal entice.

Whereas ready for them to reach, Bree makes an attempt to combat again in opposition to Grady, however is in the end shot within the leg and thrown overboard. Happily, Diller manages to toss Bree a raft so she will be able to keep afloat.

When Harlan and Cane lastly present up, the latter sneaks aboard, kills Grady's males, and frees his household. Cane then shoots Grady twice within the face, sending him overboard for good.

The daddy-son duo shortly rescues Bree and will get her to the hospital, the place she begins her restoration. Regardless of all of the violence in season 1, no Buckleys die — however the remaining moments reveal a brand new menace.

The household matriarch, Belle (Maria Bello), has been quietly making her personal strikes together with her household's largest rivals, the Parkers. Whereas the remainder of the Buckleys give attention to saving Bree, Belle is establishing secret conferences with Emmett Parker (Terry Serpico).

The finale's remaining moments carry viewers again to the Buckley fish home, the place Belle finds scheming developer Wes Benson (Dave Annable) tied up and overwhelmed to a pulp by Emmett. She and the Parkers are on this collectively now, and Emmett addressing her as "boss" makes it clear that they see her, not Harlan, because the Buckley household boss.

Harlan gained't like that.

What’s going to season 2 of The Waterfront be about?

Whereas season 1 of The Waterfront has already dropped and delivered its fair proportion of jaw-dropping moments, issues are solely going to get messier in a doable second season.

Williamson advised TheWrap that the actual drama in season 2 would heart on Harlan realizing he's now not in cost. Belle, who's spent years pulling strings from the shadows, is stepping up because the chief, and never everybody will be capable of get behind this shift.

"What she's going to do now could be she's going to face entrance and heart starting in season 2," he mentioned. "That's going to create an entire shift within the household dynamic, the place they're going to have to select sides because the household breaks aside just a little bit."

But it surely's not simply inside household feuds followers ought to brace for, because the Parkers could be main gamers in a possible season 2. Williamson advised The Hollywood Reporter there's much more to that household than we've seen thus far.

"They’ve such a backstory with the Buckleys already," he defined. "There are extra Parker relations and they’ll show to be equally as difficult because the Buckleys — and extra harmful than Grady might ever be."

Who's within the solid of The Waterfront season 2?

If The Waterfront does return for a second season, anticipate the Buckley crew to return in full pressure, together with McCallany, Bello, Weary, and Benoist. Different acquainted faces prone to return embody Serpico, Annable, and Hepner, in addition to Rafael L. Silva, Danielle Campbell, and Humberly González.

As for Grace? Don't maintain your breath, what with the That '70s Present alum taking two bullets to the face and falling overboard. However hey, it was enjoyable whereas it lasted — his unhinged efficiency was a spotlight of the primary season.

The place can I watch The Waterfront?

The primary season of The Waterfront is now streaming on Netflix.

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