Fun is for suckers. Bad attitude keeps the party going. And going. Netflix has renewed its time-loop comedy Russian Doll for season 2, according to Deadline. The repeat of Natasha Lyonne’s semi-autobiographical take on Groundhog Day will consist of eight episodes, Lyonne and Netflix vice president of original content Cindy Holland announced at Recode’s 2019 Code Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona.
“Same show, just weirder,” Lyonne confirmed at the conference.
Russian Doll was co-created by Lyonne, who stars in every episode. The series follows her character Nadia Vulvokov, a coder who is forced to re-live her 36th birthday on an endless loop of dying and coming back to life to the strains of Harry Nilsson’s song “Gotta Get Up.”
Russian Doll premiered on February 1, 2019, the day before Groundhog Day, and has maintained a 96 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The series’ opening season employed an all-female writing and directing team.
Russian Doll appeared to end its first season with enough closure to make a second unnecessary, but the series was pitched with a three-season arc. There is no word on what will happen in the second season, or who will be in it.
Season 1 featured Charlie Barnett, Rebecca Henderson, Jeremy Bobb and Yul Vazquez, and also starred Greta Lee, Elizabeth Ashley, Chloë Sevigny, Dascha Polanco of Orange Is The New Black and Brendan Sexton III.
The renewal comes as Lyonne is preparing to end her run on Orange Is The New Black, which will release its seventh and final season on July 26.
A release date for Russian Doll season 2 has not yet been announced.
