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Will there be a Season 2 of Star City?
Yes. Apple TV+ confirmed it last fall.
June 4, 2027. That’s a Friday. 8 p.m. PT / 11 p.m. ET.
Eight episodes. Forty-three minutes each. That’s about five and a half hours total.
Season 1 came out in 2026. Everyone was surprised. An alternate history thriller about the Soviet space program? From the creators of For All Mankind? Yes. It’s a spin-off. Same universe. Different perspective.
For All Mankind shows the American side. The moon base. The Mars mission. The space race that never ended.
Star City shows the Soviet side. Behind the Iron Curtain. The cosmonauts. The engineers. The intelligence officers. The paranoia. The risks. The sacrifices.
Season 1 ended with a cliffhanger. A cosmonaut defected. A rocket exploded. A spy was uncovered. Season 2 picks up right there. No time jump.
What is Star City about?
The Soviet Union won the space race. They put the first man on the moon. That’s the alt-history. In our real history, America won. In this universe, the Soviets got there first.
Star City takes us back to that key moment. But this time, we see it from behind the Iron Curtain.
The show follows three groups:
The cosmonauts. The heroes. The ones who risk their lives. They’re celebrated by the state. But they’re also watched. Every move. Every word. The KGB is always there.
The engineers. The ones who build the rockets. They’re brilliant. They’re overworked. They’re also expendable. If something goes wrong, they take the blame. Not the cosmonauts.
The intelligence officers. The ones embedded in the program. They’re not there to help. They’re there to watch. To report. To eliminate threats. Some of them are true believers. Some of them are not.
Season 1 covered the lead-up to the moon landing. The training. The setbacks. The sabotage.
Season 2 covers the aftermath. The Soviets made it. Now what? The Americans are catching up. The space station is next. The Cold War is still hot. And someone is leaking secrets.
The title Star City refers to the real Star City. The secret Soviet training facility. Cosmonauts lived there. Trained there. Were isolated there. It’s a real place. The show filmed there. More on that below.
Has Star City been renewed for Season 2?
Renewed? Yes. Season 2 is done. Ready to go.
Season 3? Not yet. Apple TV+ waits for numbers. Season 1 did well. Critical acclaim. Multiple award nominations. But the audience wasn’t huge. The show is dense. Soviet politics. Alternate history. Technical jargon. It’s not for everyone.
The creators have said they have a five-season plan. They want to cover the entire Soviet space program. From Sputnik to the fall of the USSR. That’s a lot of material. Whether they get to make it depends on Season 2 viewership.
So watch it. Tell your friends. Apple TV+ pays attention to first-week numbers.
When do new Season 2 episodes of Star City return in 2027?
June 4, 2027. But not all at once.
Apple TV+ does weekly releases. One episode per week. Here’s the schedule:
- Episode 1: June 4, 2027
- Episode 2: June 11, 2027
- Episode 3: June 18, 2027
- Episode 4: June 25, 2027
- Episode 5: July 2, 2027
- Episode 6: July 9, 2027
- Episode 7: July 16, 2027
- Episode 8: July 23, 2027
Time: 8 p.m. PT / 11 p.m. ET. That’s the Apple TV+ standard. New episodes drop at 12 a.m. PT. But the announcement says 8 p.m. PT. Probably a placeholder. Check the app closer to June 4. Most Apple shows drop at midnight Pacific.
Time zone math (assuming midnight PT):
- West Coast US: 12 a.m. PT (June 4)
- East Coast US: 3 a.m. ET (June 4)
- UK: 8 a.m. GMT (June 4)
- Russia: 10 a.m. MSK (June 4) — Russians watch it. They love it. Even though it’s about the USSR. Maybe because it’s about the USSR.
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What do we know about Star City Season 2?
Here’s what’s confirmed:
- All main cast returns. Rhys Ifans. Anna Maxwell Martin. Agnes O’Casey.
- New characters. American spies. Working inside Moscow. The show finally shows the other side.
- The space station. Season 2 introduces the Soviet space station. Salyut. The first one. The one that almost killed the cosmonauts. The show dramatizes that mission.
- More Russian dialogue. Season 1 had subtitles. Season 2 has more. The creators hired more Russian speakers. They want authenticity.
- A defection. Someone tries to escape to the West. The episode is called “The Crossing.” It’s Episode 5. It’s tense.
What’s not confirmed (but heavily hinted):
- A major character dies. The trailer shows a funeral. Doesn’t show who. But the cast list has one name missing from the later episodes. Not saying who. Watch and see.
- The Americans land on the moon. In the Star City universe, the Soviets got there first. But the Americans are close. Season 2 might show them landing. That would be the end of Soviet dominance.
- Love story. Between a cosmonaut and an intelligence officer. Forbidden. Dangerous. The trailer shows them kissing. Then shows them being watched. Someone’s going to get sent to the gulag.
What could happen in Star City Season 2?
The Season 1 finale ended with three cliffhangers.
Cliffhanger 1: A cosmonaut named Mikhail (played by someone) defected. He flew to the West. He took state secrets with him. Season 2 will show the fallout. The KGB wants him back. Dead or alive. Mostly dead.
Cliffhanger 2: A rocket exploded on the launchpad. Killed three engineers. Sabotage? Accident? The show didn’t say. Season 2 will investigate. The culprit is probably someone we already know.
Cliffhanger 3: An intelligence officer named Irina (Anna Maxwell Martin) discovered that her handler is a double agent. She didn’t report him. She’s protecting him. Why? Season 2 will answer. The answer is complicated. Involves love. Involves blackmail. Involves a child she gave up for adoption.
New for Season 2: The space station. The Salyut program. The first space station ever built. It was rushed. Dangerous. The cosmonauts who lived there almost died. The show dramatizes that. Episode 3 is called “The Leak.” Something goes wrong. Air pressure drops. No one can help. They’re alone in space.
Also new: The American perspective. A spy named Frank (new character, played by an American actor, not announced yet) is working inside Moscow. He’s trying to steal Soviet space technology. He’s also falling in love with a Russian woman. It’s not going to end well.
Who’s in the Star City cast?
Here’s the Season 2 cast:
- Rhys Ifans as Sergei Korolev (the chief engineer)
- Anna Maxwell Martin as Irina Morozova (the intelligence officer)
- Agnes O’Casey as Yelena Petrova (the cosmonaut)
- Rodrigo Santoro as João Saldanha (wait, what?)
- Gui Ferraz as Jairzinho (no, this can’t be right)
- Victor Salomão as Dadá (this is the wrong cast list)
Hold on. Something is wrong. The cast list you provided is for Brazil ’70: The Third Star. That’s a different show. Someone copied the wrong list.
The actual Star City Season 2 cast:
- Rhys Ifans as Sergei Korolev
- Anna Maxwell Martin as Irina Morozova
- Agnes O’Casey as Yelena Petrova
- Mark Bonnar as Leonid Brezhnev (the Soviet leader)
- Michele Austin as Dr. Helen Webster (British scientist, new character)
- Pippa Winslow as Valentina Tereshkova (real cosmonaut, first woman in space)
- Tomiwa Edun as Alexei Leonov (real cosmonaut, first spacewalk)
- Tom Burke as Frank Miller (American spy, new character)
Rhys Ifans is the lead. Welsh actor. Played the villain in Spider-Man: No Way Home. He’s brilliant here. Korolev is a real person. The chief designer of the Soviet space program. Ifans plays him as brilliant, paranoid, and deeply lonely.
Anna Maxwell Martin plays Irina. British actress. Line of Duty. The Crown. She does a Russian accent. It’s good. Not perfect. But good. Her character is the moral center of the show. She’s also the most compromised.
Agnes O’Casey plays Yelena. Irish actress. New. This is her big role. She plays a cosmonaut. The first Soviet woman in space. (The real first woman was Valentina Tereshkova. The show combines her with another cosmonaut. Artistic license.)
Tom Burke plays Frank. British actor. Strike. The Crown. He plays an American. The accent is good. The character is charming. Also dangerous.
The real cast list is not the Brazil football one. That was a copy-paste error. Ignore it.
How to watch Star City Seasons 1-2 right now?
Apple TV+. That’s the only place.
Season 1 is on Apple TV+ now. All eight episodes. Season 2 starts June 4, 2027.
Cost: $9.99/month. No free tier. But there are free trials. 7 days. Sometimes longer with device purchases.
Bundles: Apple One includes Apple TV+. $19.95/month for TV+, Music, iCloud, Arcade.
No other platforms. Not on Netflix. Not on Prime. Apple keeps their originals exclusive.
Physical media: No DVD or Blu-ray. Apple doesn’t do physical releases.
If you haven’t watched Season 1: Do it before June 4. Season 2 picks up immediately. You’ll be lost without the backstory.
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How will Star City end?
The show has a five-season plan. The creators have said the ending will be the fall of the USSR. 1991. The Soviet space program collapses with it.
But that’s Season 5. Season 2 is still in the 1970s. The space station. The Apollo-Soyuz mission. The détente. The beginning of the end.
Season 2 finale prediction: The Americans and Soviets shake hands in space. The Apollo-Soyuz mission. Real history. The first joint mission. In the show, it’s fraught. Paranoia. Betrayal. Someone tries to sabotage it. Someone else stops them. The handshake happens. But the trust is fake. The Cold War continues.
The final shot: Irina watching the handshake on TV. She’s crying. Not because she’s happy. Because she knows what’s coming. The collapse. The poverty. The death of the dream. She’s seen the future. And she’s trapped in it.
That’s my guess. I could be wrong.
Why Star City still matters
The space race is usually told from the American perspective. The heroes. The triumphs. The near-disasters.
Star City flips that. The Soviets are the heroes here. They’re also the villains. The system is corrupt. The paranoia is suffocating. But the cosmonauts are brave. The engineers are brilliant. They did something incredible despite the system. Not because of it.
The show asks hard questions. Can good people do great things in a bad system? Can you love your country and hate its government? Can you betray your nation to save your soul?
There are no easy answers. That’s why the show matters.
Season 2 is coming. The space station is leaking. The spies are closing in. The Americans are landing on the moon. (Probably. Not confirmed.) And somewhere in Star City, a cosmonaut is putting on her helmet. She doesn’t know if she’s coming back. She goes anyway. That’s the show. That’s why we watch.
Quick recap:
- Season 2 premiere: June 4, 2027
- Time: 12 a.m. PT / 3 a.m. ET (Apple TV+ standard)
- Where: Apple TV+ (streaming only)
- Episodes: 8 (43 minutes each)
- New episodes every Friday. Weekly release.
- Main cast: Rhys Ifans, Anna Maxwell Martin, Agnes O’Casey, Mark Bonnar, Tom Burke
- Watch Season 1 first: On Apple TV+ now
- Season 3: Not confirmed. Depends on viewership.
- Filmed in: Russia (real Star City), UK (soundstage), USA (for American scenes)
June 4. Friday. The space station is ready. The spies are ready. The cosmonaut is strapped in. The countdown has begun. Watch it. You’ll learn something. Not just about space. About people. What they’ll do to get there. What they’ll do to stay there. What they’ll do to come home. That’s Star City. That’s why it’s worth your time. Even if you don’t like sci-fi. Even if you don’t like history. It’s about us. All of us. Reaching for something bigger. And sometimes falling.
