'The Body' Creators Leave Season 2 Clues For Wonder

Spoiler alert: this article contains revelations about the ending of the first season of The Body, available on Netflix.

Creator Quinn Shephard and co-showrunner Gina Gammell are officially campaigning for a second season of The Body. In an interview with Deadline, the showrunners revealed that the plot was built from the beginning with hooks for the future, and that they already have clear plans about which mysteries to explore if Netflix renews the new hit.

According to Shephard, Grace's (Sofia Wylie) awakening arc was always the planned outcome for the year. "A lot of that has to do with things we would love to do next season and how to keep carrying the story," he stated, emphasizing that the series was designed to allow for multiple interpretations.

As a true teaser of what's to come, the creators pointed out that Anya's (Kristina Bogic) confession to Father Franklin (Nnamdi Asomugha) in the final episode is one of the main hooks. "That's a fire take. That's Maddie's prophecy, and if there's a season 2, we're going to be all over that," stated Gammell.

Another mystery that needs to be answered is what happened between Lisbeth (Geena Meszaros) and Tyler (Marcel Ruiz), including the possibility of a pregnancy left open in the plot. The showrunners also promised to delve deeper into Lisbeth's journey. "It’s a character we’re just scraping the surface of in regards to where she can go", said Gammell, rejecting the interpretation that she is manipulative. "I think that Lisbeth is someone who is deep in survival and has been for a lot of her life".

Quinn Shephard also commented on the complexity of Leo (Jackson Kelly) and the script's approach to the men in the story, highlighting that the intention was to avoid the cliché of stories about girls being controlled by men. "Listen, we we’re not doing that in this show, but we are doing these girls torturing this poor man who is really just trying to do his best", she stated.