Season 2

**Season 2** of the Cinemax original martial arts crime drama *Warrior* was renewed for a 10-episode season order on April 24, 2019. It premiered on October 2, 2020.

## Synopsis

Season two follows rival Chinatown tongs, the Hop Wei and the Long Zii, as they fight for dominance amidst the growing anti-Chinese racism that threatens to destroy them all. After barely surviving last season's disastrous showdown, Ah Sahm is back with the Hop Wei and determined to wreak vengeance on Long Zii's new leader, Mai Ling (Dianne Doan), who also happens to be his sister. Spending his nights honing his martial arts skills at a notorious Barbary Coast fight pit run by a savvy, opportunistic woman named Rosalita Vega (Maria-Elena Laas), Ah Sahm harbors ambitions to topple Hop Wei head Father Jun (Perry Yung). To accomplish this, he pushes tong heir Young Jun (Jason Tobin) into a new opium deal and welcomes the arrival of an enthusiastic new recruit and fighter, Hong (Chen Tang).

As the two tongs fight for dominance over the course of the season, both face numerous outside threats, including from the brutal Fung Hai tong and its nihilistic leader Zing (Dustin Nguyen), the embittered Irish labor movement led by tough-as-nails bar owner Dylan Leary (Dean Jagger), and the hostile local government under the politically spineless Mayor Blake (Christian McKay) and his scheming deputy, Walter Buckley (Langley Kirkwood). With the stakes mounting and tensions with her brother growing, Mai Ling struggles to control her new-partner Zing, and lover and tong lieutenant, Li Yong (Joe Taslim).

Meanwhile, brothel madame Ah Toy (Olivia Cheng) continues to pursue her secret and violent agenda and slowly becomes intrigued by Nellie Davenport (Miranda Raison), a wealthy widow using her fortune to rescue young Chinese sex workers. Struggling to get out from the Fung Hai's grip, debt-ridden police sergeant Bill O'Hara (Kieran Bew) faces growing suspicion from his subordinate (Tom Weston-Jones) while fixer and profiteer Wang Chao (Hoon Lee) continues to play both sides. Socialite-turned-businesswoman Penny Blake (Joanna Vanderham) works to keep her father's factory open using Chinese labor and must adjust to the arrival of her young, rebellious sister Sophie (Céline Buckens) who begins to cross family lines in favor of the Irish labor movement. Between the local political turmoil and the escalating gang violence, tensions in Chinatown threaten to boil over into a full-scale war that will raise the stakes and its survival of the fittest for those left standing.

## Cast

* Olivia Cheng as Ah Toy
* Jason Tobin as Young Jun
* Dianne Doan as Mai Ling
* Kieran Bew as Bill O'Hara
* Dean Jagger as Dylan Leary
* Joanna Vanderham as Penelope Blake
* Tom Weston-Jones as Richard Lee
* Hoon Lee as Wang Chao
* Langley Kirkwood as Walter Buckley
* Christian McKay as Samuel Blake
* Perry Yung as Father Jun
* Dustin Nguyen as Zing
* Céline Buckens as Sophie Mercer
* Miranda Raison as Nellie Davenport
* Chen Tang as Hong
* Maria-Elena Laas as Rosalita Vega
* Joe Taslim as Li Yong
* Kenneth Fok as Jacob
* Emily Child as Lucy O'Hara
* David Butler as Russell Flannagan
* André Jacobs as Lymon Merriweather
* Patrick Baladi as Robert Crestwood
* Frank Rautenbach as Leonard Patterson
* Gaosi Raditholo as Abigail
* Nicholas Pauling as Harrison
* Robert Hobbs as Stone
* Patrick Buchanan as Tully
* Conor Mullen as Elijah Rooker
* María Elisa Camargo as Marisol Rooker
* Christos Vasilopoulos as Smits
* Michael Bisping as Dolph Jagger
* Nat Ramabulana as Happy Jack
* Michelle Allen as Claire

## Production

* On April 24, 2019, *Warrior* was renewed.
* On May 9, 2019, Dustin Nguyen was promoted to series regular and Chen Tang, Céline Buckens, Miranda Raison, and Maria-Elena Laas were cast.
* Pre-production started in South Africa in late 2018-early 2019.

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## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 ‘Warrior’ Renewed For Season 2 By Cinemax - Deadline
2. ↑ Season 2 Synopsis - WarnerMedia
3. ↑ ‘Warrior’ Casts Four For Season 2 Of Cinemax Drama Series; Promotes Dustin Nguyen To Regular - Deadline