SEASON 2
DO THE GIRLS EVER MAKE IT OUT? WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO THAT DESSALINES GUY?
While season one asked whether the characters had enough determination to choose themselves and fight for each other, season two questions the lengths people are willing to go to for their liberation. Ending season one at the height of the initial slave revolts leaves ample space for a second season, further developing the storyline of current characters, and leaving room for others to be introduced. While Dessalines has a history with Victoria, he also isn’t around to see most of season one happen. Once he gets word of the slave revolts up near Cap-Haitien, he travels from Port-au-Prince in hopes of finding his mother. Dessalines, as Haiti's eventual first president and a military general during the Revolution, will become a central character in the arc of season two, integrating into the dynamics of the other characters.
THE ARC
Roseline and Gabrielle are still in Haiti, as season two will pick up right after the initial plantation burnings in episode eight of season one. Jaques and Irina are still frantically looking for the girls as they simultaneously try to get Rose-Marie out of an immigrant detention center. The longer the girls are gone, the further the current day unravels, and with fewer hands to carry the load, Irina and Jaques are scrambling. Dessalines and Toussaint clash as they realize that their military tactics are not aligned. In the Revolution’s timeline, the arc of season two will move from energized, initial revolts and guerrilla warfare to the chaos that ensues from disorganization to organized military efforts, culminating in the Battle of Verières in 1803. In the current day, the time that the girls are missing will be 12 months, while the relative time for Roseline and Gabrielle is 12 years.