Premiering on MGM+ on Sunday, November 8, 2026 at 9pm ET/PT is the second season of The Institute. The cast includes Joe Freeman, Ben Barnes, Mary Louise Parker, Alfie Allen, Simone Miller, Fionn Laird, Arlen So, Robert Joy and Hannah Galway.
In the wake of their escape and the destruction of the Dennison facility, Luke Ellis (Joe Freeman) and fellow survivors Kalisha Benson (Simone Miller), Nicky Wilholm (Fionn Laird), and George Iles (Arlen So), alongside former-cop allies Tim Jamieson (Ben Barnes) and Wendy Gullickson (Hannah Galway), are still on the run as they search for a way to end the Institute for good. Meanwhile, The Director enlists a new ally, tech billionaire Nolan Reeves, to help him rebuild, and Sigsby’s life as a fugitive pushes her to seek a way back “in.”
Luke also begins experiencing troubling visions and a dangerous upgrade to his psychic abilities, forcing him to make high-stakes choices that risk compromising their safehouses and fellow children.
Directed by Jack Bender, the executive producers are Stephen King, Jack Bender, Benjamin Cavell, Gary Barber, Sam Sheridan, Ed Redlich, Michael Mahoney.
Blackfilmandtv.com's Wilson Morales talks to The Institute cast members Joe Freeman, Ben Barnes, Simone Miller, Fionn Laird, and Arlen So on Season 2.
