Netflix has announced the release date for Raising Dion Season 2.
Revealed in a press release from Netflix about its upcoming slate of genre TV series, Raising Dion Season 2 will premiere Feb. 1, 2022, on the streaming service. That puts Raising Dion right in time for Black History Month.
You can read Netflix's official synopsis for Raising Dion Season 2 below, which teases a time jump, another super-powered child and a new problem for the titular hero to contend with:
Raising Dion follows the story of Nicole (Alisha Wainwright) and her son Dion (Ja'Siah Young) after Dion starts to manifest several mysterious, superhero-like abilities. Two years after defeating the Crooked Man (Jason Ritter), Season Two follows Dion as he continues honing his powers with the support of his mom and Tevin (Rome Flynn), his Biona trainer who catches Nicole’s eye. After befriending new student Brayden (Griffin Robert Faulkner) - a fellow powered kid - a series of alarming events unfold, and Dion learns that danger is still looming. Navigating twists, turns, and surprise visitors, Dion and Nicole must prevail again -- not just to save themselves, but the entire city of Atlanta.
The Raising Dion Season 1 finale, "ISSUE #109: Storm Killer," saw the villainous Pat Rollins/Crooked Man looking to get Dion to heal him, as a result of the detrimental effects Pat's powers were having on his body. Dion and Pat end up fighting, and the young hero -- with help from his mother, Nicole -- is able to take Pat down, seemingly killing him in the process. While the above synopsis hints at a new threat, just what that might be isn't totally clear at this time.
Based on a comic and short film by Dennis Liu, the first season of Raising Dion released in 2019 on Netflix. Overall, the show proved a strong entry in Netflix's line of original content, and the first season currently holds an 83 percent on Rotten Tomatoes among critics. The show's Audience Score on that review aggregator is slightly lower at 71 percent. Raising Dion was then renewed for a second season just three months after its debut.
Created by Carol Barbee, Raising Dion Season 1, which stars Alisha Wainwright, Ja'Siah Young, Jason Ritter, Sammi Haney and Jazmyn Simo, is available to stream now on Netflix. Season 2 will consist of eight episodes
Source: Netflix