‘A Teacher’ Season 2 Release Date and Spoilers: What will happen after Claire and Eric's broken relationship?
Portraying a sensitive topic like sexual assault is not easy. Hannah Fidell's ‘A Teacher’ — based on her 2013 film — does the Herculean task. The limited 10-episode series follows 30-something Claire Wilson (Kate Mara), a young teacher at a suburban Texas high school caught in an affair with her 17-year-old student, Eric Walker (Nick Robinson), as they navigate the complexities and consequences of the predatory relationship.
After the scandal is exposed, their lives are turned upside down. Despite being a victim of grooming, Eric keeps apologizing and thinks it's his fault that Claire is arrested. Moreover, the controversy leaves a deep scar on his psyche and it doesn't seem likely he will ever be able to have a normal relationship again. As the series leads to the season finale, it ends on a complex note.
Now after that episode, will the series be renewed for Season 2? Will Eric be able to move on and have a healthy relationship? Here's all we know about the possibility of another installment.
‘A Teacher’ Episode 10 Recap: Will Claire and Eric get closure?
A decade flies by after Claire and Eric's illicit relationship goes public. After all the chaos, Claire settles in with another man in Houston and we see her celebrating her father's 75th birthday in Austin. Meanwhile, Eric is leading therapeutic wilderness trips and heads back home for his 10-year high school reunion, where he reunites with school friends Josh Smith (Dylan Schmid), Logan Davis (Shane Harper) — who is now married with two kids — and his high school girlfriend Alison Miller (Camila Perez).
A chance meeting at a grocery store brings Claire and Eric face-to-face and they have an awkward encounter. Claire later calls Eric for lunch to say sorry but Eric slams her saying their relationship ruined his life. In fact, Eric finally realizes how he was a victim of grooming and doesn't accept the apology Claire tosses at him.
“My life is not perfect. Yeah, sure I got lucky... I found a husband - who for reasons I don't understand - doesn't judge me the way others do. But I can't get a job. I can't go to PTA meetings. The way other parents look at me. It's just a Google search away. I am one click away from ruin. It's hell...” she says. What irks him is how Claire cannot stop talking about her own problems... and he leaves. He tells Claire that she has to live with what happened, just like him.
‘A Teacher’ Season 2 Predictions: Will happens now?
The season finale leaves the ending open for interpretation. Could that be a signal for a new season? In the second half of the show, Claire serves her time in prison for sexual assault and child sex rape. Meanwhile, Eric isn't able to push away those dark memories from his mind.
Toward the end, Claire and Eric meet again for lunch and after he walks away, we don't really know what happens. The series suggests there is no conclusion or happy ending after a huge trauma like that. But do you think it warrants another season to set the storyline straight? After dismissing Claire's apology, will Eric finally be able to move on?
“Really wish in 10 years Eric could’ve healed and had healthy relationships but this is the reality of being taken advantage of at such a young age. A Teacher did a great job at portraying real-life issues and how they can negatively affect your future,” one fan hoped while another said, “Finished A Teacher the ending was probably the most realistic route it could’ve gone but that doesn’t mean it’s good. it ended so aggressively. not really much of a payoff, but it just showed how Eric remained traumatized over the years. Kinda bitter.”
Will ‘A Teacher’ Season 2 release?
‘A Teacher’ premiered on Tuesday, November 10, 2020, from 3 am ET on FX on Hulu with three back-to-back episodes. More episodes in the 10-episodic series followed every week starting from Tuesday, November 17, 2020. Billed as a “limited series”, the show ends with the last episode.
Directed by Hannah Fidell and written by Fidell and Dana Kitchens, the new half-an-hour episode was available to stream Tuesday, December 29, 2020, after 12.01 am EST on Hulu. If you still haven't watched it, you can binge-watch all the episodes on Hulu now.
As for the next season, there doesn't seem to be a green light right now as it was created keeping 10 episodes and one season in mind. With a rating of 71% based on 28 reviews, with an average rating of 6.26/10, the series got mediocre reviews but fans seem to have loved the show. That might be a reason for the makers to put their thinking caps for a new season, won't it? As of now, there is no news on the renewal but we will update this space with the latest news.