The Flight Attendant season 2 proves you can never have too many Kaley Cuocos

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When The Flight Attendantdropped on HBO Max in 2020, it was Kaley Cuoco’s first major project since The Big Bang Theory went off the air a year prior. With the role of Cassie, she earned her first Emmy nomination 20 years into her career and reached new heights of creative involvement — she’s involved in all aspects of the show, from optioning to producing to fronting the show in a lead role that allows her to meld her comedic chops with a more dramatic edge.

“Was I able to reinvent myself overnight, and they’ve totally forgotten about everything else?” she told Variety. “If they’re willing to see me like that, I’m just laughing in the corner.”

This underestimation perhaps worked in Cuoco’s favor, with few really expecting her move from lowbrow sitcom girl to the heroine of a drama-comedy-thriller series. It mirrored her character’s journey, and she knocked it out of the park. Now, The Flight Attendant is back, and season 2 is pushing Cassie’s story even further.

Based on the 2018 novel of the same name by Chris Bohjalian, The Flight Attendant was optioned by Cuoco’s own production company, Yes, Norman Productions, in 2017 prior to the book’s publication.

“One night, I was swiping through upcoming books on Amazon and saw The Flight Attendant,” she told The Hollywood Reporter. “I read one sentence and called my attorney: ‘Have you heard of this book? And, if you have, did Reese Witherspoon get the rights?’”

Producer Greg Berlanti (Riverdale and Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, to name a few of his projects) came on board in 2019, along with Susanna Fogel (The Spy Who Dumped Me, Booksmart), who directed the pilot.

Originally conceived as a limited series, the runaway success of the first season — which premiered