Watch EW’s exclusively debut of the final season trailer for this whip-smart Netflix comedy.
IfSpecialis going out, then it’s going out bigger and bolder than ever.
“The story will feel complete.”
Ryan O’Connell in ‘Special’ season 2.BETH DUBBER/NETFLIX
“Ryan ended season 1 feeling very triumphant,” O’Connelltold EW in an interviewway back in May 2020.
“He was like, I conquered cerebral palsy, everything’s good.
He quickly realizes that just by being honest with who you are is only part of the struggle.
Ryan O’Connell and Jessica Hecht in ‘Special’ season 2.BETH DUBBER/NETFLIX
He still has a lot of issues regarding disability.
Not everything isFootlooseand fancy free.”
It also seems that he’s no longer with Carey (Augustus Prew).
Ryan O’Connell and Max Jenkins in ‘Special’ season 2.BETH DUBBER/NETFLIX
So… there’s that.
Punam Patel also gets an expanded role as Kim.
“It really was a two-hander, Ryan and Karen,” O’Connell said of that initial order.
Ryan O’Connell, Max Jenkins, and Jeremy Glazer in ‘Special’ season 2.BETH DUBBER/NETFLIX
“But once Punam started embodying Kim, you’re like, ‘Oh my God!
I want to go home with Kim.
What’s Kim doing?
Punam Patel and Charlie Barnett in ‘Special’ season 2.Netflix
What is she doing on the f—ing weekend?
I want to be with her.’
It’s really, really exciting cause she just knocks it out of the park.”
Punam Patel in ‘Special’ season 2.Netflix
Oh, and it’ll have “a lot more gay sex,” O’Connell promises.
“Just a lot more sex in general, which I love.
Going through the scenes, you’re like, ‘Oh my God.
Leslie Jordan and Jessica Hecht in ‘Special’ season 2.BETH DUBBER/NETFLIX
Were we ever so close?’
Specialseason 2 will premiere on Netflix this May 20.
Watch the trailer above.
Lauren Weedman in ‘Special’ season 2.BETH DUBBER/NETFLIX
