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Doctor Foster · Season 2 · BBC One

Doctor Foster Season 2

Doctor Foster Season 2 is a WORTH-IT, BollyMeter 7.5/10. 5 episodes on BBC One from 5 September 2017.

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BollyMeter7.5/10An 81% Rotten Tomatoes score from 16 critics reflects a series that delivered on Jones's performance while critics noted the plotting leaned more heavily into melodrama than Series 1's controlled psychological register.

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What BollyAI Thinks

Series 2 aired September to October 2017, returning to Gemma two years after the events of Series 1 when Simon and Kate move back to town. Critics scored it at 81% on Rotten Tomatoes from 16 reviews - a meaningful drop from the debut season's 91%, tracking a general critical sense that the second run tilted toward a more operatic mode. The show's domestic-thriller mechanics remained well-executed and Jones continued to receive near-universal individual praise, but the plotting tested credibility in ways Series 1 had managed to avoid. An average of 9 million BBC One viewers per episode indicated that the audience's appetite was undiminished. The series ended on a note designed to leave a third instalment possible.

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Tilts toward melodrama while Jones remains the anchor; the 81% RT score tracks a real but modest step back from the debut's controlled register.