Locke Key - Season 2
In December 2020, ahead of the second season premiere on October 22, 2021, the series was renewed for a third season which premiered on August 10, 2022.[4][5][6][7] In April 2022, it was announced that the third season would be its final season, as originally planned by the creators.[8]
Locke Key - Season 2
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On May 29, 2018, the production was reported to be in final negotiations with Netflix for a series order. Netflix redeveloped the property and discarded the prior pilot ordered by Hulu. Due to scheduling conflicts, Andy Muschietti was not expected to direct the production's new pilot, but would continue to serve as executive producer alongside Hill, Cuse, Adams, Ozer, and Barbara Muschietti. Production companies involved with the new iteration of the project were set to include Genre Arts and IDW Entertainment.[14] On July 25, 2018, Netflix officially gave the production a series order for a first season consisting of ten episodes. Aron Eli Coleite, Meredith Averill, and Rick Jacobs were announced as new executive producers. Circle of Confusion was also expected to again act as a production company for the series. The new iteration of the series was created by Hill and developed by Cuse, Coleite, and Averill. The new first episode was written by Hill and Coleite, with Cuse and Averill serving as showrunners.[9] Michael Morris directed the first two episodes and serves as an executive producer.[15]
Despite the fact the series had not yet received an order beyond its first season, writing for a potential second season began ahead of the series' first-season premiere.[17] On March 30, 2020, Netflix renewed the series for a second season.[4] On December 18, 2020, ahead of the second-season premiere, Netflix renewed the series for a third season.[6] On April 6, 2022, it was announced that the third season would be the show's last, and that the series's structure had been planned out after the success of the first season.[8]
On September 30, 2020, Aaron Ashmore and Hallea Jones were promoted to series regulars while Brendan Hines was cast as a new series regular for the second season.[33] On October 6, 2021, it was reported that Kevin Durand had joined the cast as a new series regular for the second season.[34] On November 30, 2021, Saum was promoted to a series regular for the third season.[35]
Principal photography for the series took place from February 11 to July 5, 2019, in Hamilton[36] and Toronto, in Ontario, Canada.[37] Scenes within the fictional Matheson, as well as some other exterior scenes, such as the outside of the Drowning Cave, were filmed in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. Keyhouse itself was a constructed set and shot at Cinespace Film Studios in Toronto along with other internal scenes.[38] The second season began filming on September 21, 2020, and concluded on April 16, 2021.[39][40] The third season began filming on May 3, 2021, and concluded on September 17, 2021.[39]
In December 2019, Netflix announced that the series would be released on February 7, 2020, in the US and Canada.[3] On January 8, 2020, Netflix released an official trailer for the series.[44] A world premiere was held on February 5, 2020, in Hollywood, California.[45] The second season was released on October 22, 2021.[5] The third and final season was released on August 10, 2022.[8][7]
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the first season has a 66% approval rating with 61 reviews, with an average rating of 6.58/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "Though Locke & Key at times struggles to strike a consistent tone, it captures enough of the essence of its source material to provide a fiendishly fun and sufficiently spooky time."[47] On Metacritic, the first season has a score of 61 out of 100 based on 22 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[48] On Rotten Tomatoes, the second season has an 83% approval rating with 12 reviews, with an average rating of 7.7/10. The website's critics consensus states, "Locke & Key improves in a raucous second season that turns on the charm while leaping from one cliffhanger to the next."[49] On Rotten Tomatoes, the third season holds a 38% approval rating with 8 reviews, with an average rating of 5.8/10.[50]
Throughout Season 2, Tyler struggles to come to terms with the reality that his girlfriend Jackie (Genevieve Kang) is gradually starting to lose her memories of magic as her 18th birthday rapidly approaches. Unfortunately, Jackie suffers an even worse fate than Tyler had ever imagined. Tyler makes the devastating discovery that Jackie has been turned by Gabe/Dodge's Demon Key. He scrambles to find a way to save her, using a secret bit of Whispering Iron left behind by Rendell to create a new key, the Alpha Key. He fills it with the intent to remove the demon side of Jackie, and for a few brief moments it appears to work. Then, devastatingly, Tyler watches as Jackie's eyes start to bleed black liquid. She dies in his arms, the Alpha Key killing not only the demon inside her, but Jackie herself. At the end of the season, Tyler tells his siblings that he doesn't want to remember magic anymore because it is too painful.
Nina Locke (Darby Stanchfield) went on a difficult emotional journey last season as the only Locke family member to not know about magic. She briefly started dating Josh Bennett (Brendan Hines), Matheson Academy's new history teacher who moved to Matheson after the death of his wife and daughter's mother last year. The two put their blossoming relationship on pause after Josh becomes obsessed with uncovering the mystery of his ancestor's fate (the ancestor in question being Captain Frederick Gideon, the series' new antagonist). Nina can also tell that her children and her brother-in-law are keeping things from her, which leaves her feeling painfully isolated. At the end of Season 2, Bode shows Nina magic using the Head Key, allowing her to revisit old memories of her and Rendell. He tells her that he is not going to let her forget, suggesting that he is going to use the Memory Key on her next season.
New adventures, characters and keys awaited the Locke family in Season 2 as they recovered from their first epic battle with the demon Dodge, and the second season only revealed that things were about to get even more complicated for Bode, Tyler and Kinsey.
Twenty-three years ago, Erin Voss accidentally got locked inside her own head after she used the Head Key in Keyhouse and the housekeeper found her in the trancelike state that the Head Key produces. The housekeeper tries to shake Erin awake and in doing so, loosens the Head Key from the back of her neck, leaving her trapped in her own mind.
If the first season changed the phantasmagorical and horrific tone of the comic in favor of Harry Potter-like whimsy, then this one trades Hogwarts for Narnia, as the first season focused on the terrifying realization that, eventually, you will grow up and forget about the magic in the world, and also the special keys around Keyhouse. The moment when an adult's brain is rewired to ignore the magic around them is treated as a death scene in a slasher film, with sound design that cues you in like the theme music for a horror villain, and extreme close-ups that show the terror on the characters' faces as they get reprogrammed against their will.
But the horror doesn't stop at the worries of becoming older. The season as a whole feels darker, scarier, and more dangerous. A trip to a character's head becomes something out of Nightmare on Elm Street, giant spiders crawl up on the Lockes, and people die gruesome deaths (while still not graphic enough that young viewers can't watch the show). In many ways, this is the Order of the Phoenix of Locke & Key, with the story being notably darker, characters being oblivious as to why, and evil building an army of its own. A big reason why this works is that the show finally lets Dodge be as terrifyingly evil as possible, without leaning into absurdist humor. Instead, it is Eden who becomes the butt of the joke as a villain, allowing Dodge to become as threatening as his comics counterpart. Griffin Gluck does a terrific job connecting to Laysla De Oliveira's performance as the female Dodge last season while making the evil entity his own, walking a fine line between an over-the-top Disney villain and a sadistic psychopath while making it look effortless.
Eden is far from the only change to the source material, and when Locke & Key frees itself from having to follow the story by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez beat by beat, it introduces some fascinating and entertaining concepts that make the show worth watching, whether you're a hardcore fan or a casual viewer. This season greatly expands on the origin of the keys themselves in ways only hinted at in the comic, as well as how they are made and who can make them. These changes work to make the world of the show more fleshed out and detailed, as the season uses more frequent flashbacks to explore the past of Matheson and of Keyhouse, and its importance not only to the present, but to the future of the series.
Arguably the most surprising addition to the show last season was the introduction to the ghost of Benjamin Locke, a character that opened the door for an adaptation that could encompass more than just the story of Dodge, and this season continues that with the introduction of the Small World Key. The third episode, which features that key, is a highlight of the season, with a great set piece, impressive visual effects, and a fantastic use of Keyhouse itself as a character, with its many rooms and hallways given enough detail and care that you can imagine the centuries worth of stories in every texture.
While the first half of the season focuses on characters and worldbuilding, slowly unveiling its main goal while letting us enjoy the ride, the second half rushes to get to the end. Plot points are quickly resolved and thrown away in order to rush to the next one without giving us a moment to take in the emotions or even the huge ramifications of some of the choices, resulting in an anticlimactic ending that undersells the supposed stakes at hand. In the end, it feels similar to the way Game of Thrones handled its last season, with a rush to the finish line as if it stopped caring about the story, focused only on what comes next, even if the beginning was strong and full of possibilities. If Season 2 of Locke & Key is drawing inspiration from The Chronicles of Narnia movies, then the ending hints at a Voyage of the Dawn Trader-like Season 3. 041b061a72