Never Have I Ever season 2 release date: Full guide to Netflix comedy including cast and plot

While it's hard to believe that a whole year has flown by since the Mindy Kaling-created show made its Netflix debut, at least that means we're closer to the release of season two, which is currently in post-production.

The streamer recently teased the upcoming series with a few first-look images, revealing the addition of rapper Common to the cast as a love interest for Devi's mum Nalini, as well as the huge love triangle Devi is set to find herself in between her former nemesis Ben Gross (Jaren Lewison) and high school jock Paxton Hall-Yoshida (Darren Barnet).

Here's everything we know so far about Never Have I Ever season two, from the upcoming release date and potential plot lines, to which cast members are returning and which stars are making their NHIE debut.

Never Have I Ever season 2 release date

While season two has officially been confirmed, Netflix has not yet given us a release – instead promising that Never Have I Ever's second season is "coming soon".

That being said, the show announced on Twitter back in November that it had begun production on season two with a video featuring Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Ramona Young, Lee Rodriguez, Darren Barnet, Jaren Lewison, Richa Moorjani, Poorna Jagannathan and new cast member Megan Suri on set.

The first season of Never Have I Ever entered production in early 2019 and arrived on Netflix around a year later.

Netflix typically puts out a new season of its half-hour series – think Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Santa Clarita Diet, Grace and Frankie – every year, so the earliest RadioTimes.com predicts a return for Never Have I Ever is spring 2021.

However, it's worth noting that the current hiatus in TV production caused by the coronavirus pandemic could have a knock-on effect which leads to any filming being postponed, due cast and production talent being tied up in other delayed projects.

The show's Twitter account first announced its renewal with a video of the cast on a Zoom call – a sight we've become all too familiar with during lockdown.

The 60-second clip featured Lee Rodriguez (Fabiola Torres), Ramona Young (Eleanor Wong), Poorna Jagannathan (Nalini Vishwakumar), Darren Barnet (Paxton Hall-Yoshida), Jaren Lewison (Ben Gross) and Richa Moorjani (Kamala) as they learn the good news from Maitreyi Ramakrishnan (Devi Vishwakumar).

Series creator Mindy Kaling also tweeted announcing her excitement for the second season, adding: "It's all because you guys turned up to watch it and told your friends – it's that simple! Thank you so much. And THANK YOU to our partners at Netflix."

What will happen in Never Have I Ever season 2?

While Netflix has given very little away as to what we can expect from season two, Lena Khan, who directs a few episodes of the upcoming series, has teased what's to come for Devi.

"There's 10 episodes in the season so I'm doing about two and a half of them. Because of COVID, we're splitting one of them because crazy scheduling madness," she told RadioTimes.com in February.

"Devi kind of – I don't think I can say much but in the first season, she was trying to figure out how to deal with her situation with her father and now she's kind of calibrating a different level of cool in her school."

Judging by first-look images of season two, it looks as though the upcoming episodes will see Devi struggle to decide between Paxton, the jock she spent the whole of season one crushing on, and Ben, who she kissed in the season finale.

Meanwhile, it seems Devi's mum Nalini is in for some romance of her own when she meets dermatologist rival Dr. Chris Jackson (played by rapper Common).

"Mohan is probably the only person [Nalini's] ever been with," show runner Lang Fisher told Entertainment Weekly. "They got together very young, and I don't think she's ever [experienced] adult dating. It does catch her by surprise."

He added that their complicated relationship soon "throws the family into turmoil" and "becomes a real chasm between Nalini and Devi, because Devi feels like it's a betrayal".

Never Have I Ever season 2 trailer

While we don't yet have a trailer for Never Have I Ever season two, Netflix has released a number of first-look images from the upcoming episodes, including one scene where Devi is seen uncomfortably sat in-between her two love interests – Ben Gross and Paxton Hall-Yoshida.

Never Have I Ever season 2 cast

The cast of season one are expected to return for Never Have I Ever's second outing, which includes:

• Maitreyi Ramakrishnan as Devi Vishwakumar
• Richa Moorjani as Kamala, Devi's cousin
• Jaren Lewison as Ben Gross, Devi's school nemesis (turned potential love interest?)
• Darren Barnet as Paxton Hall-Yoshida, Devi's friend
• Poorna Jagannathan as Dr. Nalini Vishwakumar, Devi's mother

Also set to appear in the show is rapper Common, who'll be playing dermatologist Dr. Chris Jackson – Nalini's competitor-turned-love-interest. Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, show runner Lang Fisher said his relationship with Nalini will be similar to Devi and Ben's. "He is a little flashier. He's a real L.A. dermatologist, with his own product line, he does a lot of cosmetic work, and his office looks like a spa, whereas Nalini thinks that's undignified for a medical office."

Meanwhile, Netflix has announced that American Vandal star Tyler Alvarez is joining season two as recurring character Malcolm – a young Hollywood type who went to primary school with Devi but left when he was cast in a Disney Channel show.

Also joining the season two cast is Megan Suri, who'll be a recurring guest star. She's set to play Aneesa, a new Indian student at Sherman Oaks High who Devi sees as an immediate threat.

Confirmed to be returning in a recurring role is Grey's Anatomy's Rushi Kota, who played Kamala's long-distance boyfriend Prashant in the last few episodes of season one.

The series wouldn't be quite the same without John McEnroe returning as narrator, so fingers crossed he's back, alongside supporting cast members like Ramona Young (Eleanor Wong), Lee Rodriguez (Fabiola Torres), Niecy Nash (Dr. Jamie Ryan) and Sendhil Ramamurthy (who plays Mohan, Devi's father who passed away before the series began).

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