Nobody (Series)/Season 2

"*Do the right thing...**no matter what**,*"
—The tagline of the second season[src]

The **second season** of *Nobody* was released in March 2021. It consists of eight episodes, one more than the seven episodes of *Season 1*.

Set one year after *Season 1*, the second season follows Michael, now known as "Nobody", as he unravels the case of the Empire Killer, a serial killer targetting families throughout New York City.

## Plot

*One year after beginning his violent campaign, the mysterious vigilante known as "Nobody" begins to investigate the activities of a sadistic serial killer known as the Empire Killer.*

## Synopsis

### 'New Me'

In an unsettlingly quiet N.Y.C house, a masked man uses his knife to slice the face of a dead woman to shreds. He takes a break and sips some water, starring at the body of a dead man with his throat slit and two children tied together with plastic bags around their heads, dead. The killer cleans the glass and continues cutting the woman's face.

One year after facing Iosef Barnes at the top of the Shaw Building, Michael Keene has continued his vigilante campaign under the alias "Nobody". Out on patrol in early evening, Nobody's police scanner picks up chatter of a drug deal in a Midtown apartment, and he is able to beat the cops there. Breaking through a window, Nobody easily beats up six armed thugs, having drastically improved his fighting style in the past year. He calls Adrian and informs him that the situation has ended before he hears a cry. He enters a bedroom and finds a crying baby having soiled itself a while ago; Nobody then tells Adrian to contact Child Protective Services and leaves before the cops break down the door. Nobody then tells Adrian that he is done for the night and quickly heads back to his apartment, where he gets dressed and meets up with Joseph and his girlfriend, Sophie, for a double date. Michael quickly becomes affectionate with his date, Elise, and takes her home where they have sex.

The next morning, Michael heads out for his day job as a rideshare driver and passes the time by talking to his passengers or listening intently to their conversations, such as a student celebrating getting into college or a soldier about to head overseas. Meanwhile, crime lord Archie Shaw bribes NYPD Lieutenant Patrick Hayward to let Archie's twin brother, Deacon, out of jail, much to the anger of Adrian Sheppard who had arrested Deacon for selling stolen luxury cars. Adrian and his new partner, Mariana Montoya, are chastised by Hayward, who assigns them to the Empire Killer case, surrounding the eponymous serial killer who has been terrorizing New York City for three months and claimed an additional four lives the previous night, sticking to the same M.O: breaking into a family's house; suffocating the children with plastic bags; slitting the throat of the father; and mutilating the face of the mother; all this brings the killer's body count to fifteen. Hayward informs the two detectives that the precinct detectives originally assigned to the case recommended that the case be transferred to Major Crimes, something almost unheard of. Adrian reviews the case with Mariana before heading up to the roof to call Michael, giving him details on the case. Michael uses code to tell Adrian that he has already began looking into the Empire Killer. While Adrian gives Michael the details, he is unaware that Montoya is listening in on the conversation.

Meanwhile, Cassidy Lynn packs up her books as school lunch begins. Before she can stand, she is surrounded by five other girls, who begin taunting and mocking her brooding and quiet persona, brought on by the trauma she suffered a year before at the hands of David Crank. She initially ignores them until one of the girls pours coffee onto her books and prepares to attack them before the smell causes her to have flashbacks to her time in captivity. She begins to cry silently as the girls leave. Later that day as school ends, Cassidy is picked up by Michael, who inquires about how her day went but Cassidy does not answer. Michael correctly deduces that Cassidy is still being bullied and encourages her to stand up for herself. Cassidy snaps back and tells him she would if he trained her; Michael shuts her down, saying that what he does isn't suited for a child, especially one in school.

### 'Punishment'

Michael and his crew assemble at the apartment, where they begin their deductions as to where Marie Anderson has taken the other members of the support group. Using the diary recovered from Jake Hendrik's apartment and the traditions of the support group, they deduce that Marie has lured the support group to the abandoned Manhattan Psychiatric Center, the psychiatric hospital where Marie was admitted to following the death of her husband and children. Minerva agrees to take their evidence to the police, while Michael, Adrian and Stephanie drive out to the MPC to confront Marie.

At the hospital, the trio smell a gas leak and are attacked by Paul O'Neil. While Adrian faces O'Neil, Nobody heads deeper within the building and finds Marie preparing to commit suicide by gunshot, which would ignite the gas and kill everyone in the building, including the captive support group. Nobody removes his mask and reveals his identity to Marie, using his friendship with her to try and talk her down from her threat. Marie hesitates before retorting that others need to know her pain and raises the gun to her head. At that moment, Adrian is forced to shoot O'Neil dead, igniting a portion of the gas and distracting Marie long enough for Nobody to wrestle the gun from her. Jake Hendrik appears from the darkness and fights Nobody, but Hendrik is overpowered and manages to escape. With the help of the hostages, Nobody is able to prevent Marie from firing, but as the gun falls to the floor it fires, igniting the gas and causing the building to begin to collapse. As Adrian and Stephanie escort the hostages out, Nobody restrains Marie. She threatens that she will go after Cassidy next, so Nobody tells her that he won't kill her, but he also won't save her. Marie is unable to escape before the building collapses, crushing her. The hostages vow to never reveal Nobody's true identity as Michael Keene, and Nobody leaves the scene with Stephanie as the NYPD arrives.

At the hospital, Stephanie tends to Michael's injuries and the two make small talk, both trying to avoid talking about the case. Michael reveals that he broke up with Elise, saying she deserved better, while hiding the fact that Stephanie has broken up with her own boyfriend. They become sentimental when they discuss the tragic backstory that led to Marie's twisted quest for revenge. When Stephanie finishes, Michael dons his costume again and heads back out into the night.

Michael arrives as the Lynn Residence, where he checks in on Cassidy. He compliments her bravery and strength in facing Jake Hendrik and expresses guilt that he put her in that situation. As Cassidy says she forgives him, Michael finally agrees to begin training her, on the condition she doesn't use her skills for vigilantism, to which Cassidy agrees. Before he leaves, Michael removes his mask and finally gives her his true name before leaving.

Finally getting home, Michael starts putting away his gear before he hears sobbing from Joseph's bedroom. As he approaches the door, he sees blood seeping from under the door. Bursting in, Michael is horrified to see Joseph sitting beside the dead body of Sophie, a bloody pillow in his hands. Michael asks what Joseph has done, and in response Joseph says that he wanted her to "feel better" about her face before revealing what he has done to himself: he has cut off his own face with a knife. Joseph begins cry-laughing and proclaims "she called me her Handsome Joe!" and the season ends with Joseph laughing maniacally as he literally holds his face in his hands.

## Trivia

* This season begins just over one year after the series' premiere.