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All About 'Unprisoned' Season 2: Release Date, Cast And Plot Revealed

Hulu’s comedy-drama series, ‘UnPrisoned,’ follows the story of Paige Alexander, a therapist and single mom whose life is upturned after the arrival of her father, Edwin. Following its big premiere at Hulu today, can you expect an UnPrisoned season 2 renewal to happen down the road? Here is what we know about its release date, time and cast.
 

#1. Is 'UnPrisoned' base on true story

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‘UnPrisoned’ is inspired by the real story of creator-writer Tracy McMillan. The basic premise of the show, focusing on the fractured relationship of Paige and Edwin, is plucked directly from the writer’s life. McMillan, who is also a relationship expert, a social media influencer, and a self-help blogger, wrote the character of Paige in her own image, giving her the same childhood and, consequentially, the same struggles that McMillan went through in her life. The idea for writing ‘UnPrisoned’ came to her while pondering the possibility of meeting her dad, who had been serving a prison sentence of 19 years.
“Even about ten years before he got out, I started thinking about what it was going to be like to be in a relationship with him for basically the first time, outside of like one year when I was very young, like eight, and then when I was very, very young, like 0 to 3. But outside of that time, I had never really been in a relationship with my dad where we would go to lunch, be in the world, or have anything to do with each other outside of a prison visiting room. So I started to imagine what it would be like to establish a relationship with my dad again in the world and have him meet my son,” McMillan explained.

#2. Is there 'Unprisoned' Season 2? 

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The first thing that we should really note here is that this feels like one of those shows that a lot of us needed — a family comedy in 2023 anchored by a great cast including Kerry Washington and Delroy Lindo. There is somehow both a timeliness and throwback quality to this show at the same time, and the eight episodes it has really blow by in the blink of an eye.
Unfortunately, we can’t sit here and tell you that we know what the future is going to be beyond everything that dropped on the aforementioned streaming service. There is no indication as of yet that we are going to get an UnPrisoned season 2 down the road, even if we remain hopeful that we’re going to get some sort of good news announced in the future on the subject. The truth is just that there are a lot of different factors that go into something like this. You have to look at total viewers, but also critical reception, season 2 potential, and then also whatever else the future could hold story-wise.
For the time being, we do think that Hulu is going to take their time to figure out what they want to do moving forward, mostly because there is no reason to hurry things along. Washington and Lindo have a lot of other projects, for starters, and we don’t think anyone would expect a season 2 back until some point in 2024 anyway.
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#3. 'UnPrisoned' Release Date and Time

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UnPrisoned is coming exclusively to Hulu on Friday, March 10, 2023. An original for the streamer, viewers can subscribe to various plans to watch the series. Hulu offers ad-supported plans for $7.99/ month and ad-free plans starting at $14.99/month. Hulu also offers various other premium add-ons, including subscriptions to HBO Max ($14.99/month), Showtime ($10.99/month), Starz ($8.99/month), and Cinemax ($9.99/month). Season 1 of UnPrisoned will contain a total of eight episodes. Each episode will have a run time around the thirty-minute mark, and all of them will be released together on March 10.

#4. Who’s In the Cast of 'UnPrisoned'?

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Kerry Washington leads UnPrisoned as relationship therapist Paige Alexander. Washington's best-known TV work is arguably her performance as Olivia Pope in ABC’s political thriller, Scandal (2012-2018). Created by Shonda Rhimes (Grey’s Anatomy, Bridgerton), Olivia Pope became a pop culture icon during the series’ seven-season run, which then led to Washington becoming a household name. Garnering critical acclaim and numerous awards, Washington received two Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Leading Actress in a Drama Series, and Golden Globe and SAG award nominations as well. Washington has also starred in numerous blockbuster films, including Ray (2004), The Last King of Scotland (2006), and Django Unchained (2012).
Delroy Lindo is co-starring opposite Kerry Washington as Edwin Alexander. An ex-convict fresh out of prison, Edwin has practically been an absent father for the majority of his daughter’s life and has never even met his grandson due to his most recent 17-year stint in prison. Lindo is a living legend of the screen and has been making Movies.and starring in television series for several decades. He’s won numerous awards, including a Tony Award, an NAACP Image Award, and multiple SAG awards. A frequent collaborator of Oscar-winning director Spike Lee, he’s starred in four of his films, including Malcolm X (1992), Crooklyn (1994), Clockers (1995), and, most recently, Da 5 Bloods (2020), for which he received worldwide acclaim.
Newcomer Faly Rakotohavana (The Mick) is playing the third generation of the Alexander family, 16-year-old Finn. An angsty teen meeting his grandfather for the first time, Edwin becomes a bit of a father figure in Finn’s life while also upholding the wiser, grandfather role. The rest of the cast includes Jee Young Han (Perry Mason) as Esti, Paige’s best friend, and Marquee Richardson (Antebellum) as Mal, Edwin’s parole officer.
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