The first son of Texas gets his second season on AMC’s The Son.
The McCullough empire will be given time to expand. AMC renewed its multi-generational Western epic series The Son for season 2. The first son of Texas will be back in the saddle with 10 new episodes in 2018.
The Son stars Pierce Brosnan as the aging patriarch of a Texas ranching and oil family. Raised by the Comanches who killed his family, Eli McCullough is an old brave in a new world.
“I am over the moon happy to be back in the saddle as Colonel Eli McCullough for season two of ‘The Son’ and to stand shoulder-to-shoulder alongside our incredible cast of actors, writers, directors and our amazing crew in the heart of Austin, Texas,” Brosnan said in a statement.
“And above all else to our ever-growing fan base, I extend my heartfelt thanks for your support.”
The series is based on Philipp Meyer’s novel The Son, which was hit the New York Times best-selling list and was finalist for a Pulitzer Prize. The Son is written and executive produced by Meyer, Lee Shipman, Brian McGreevy and showrunner Kevin Murphy.
“I couldn't be more excited to continue sharing this story with our viewers,” Philipp Meyer, co-creator and executive producer of The Son, said in a statement.
AMC is quick on the draw. First it runs Western movies and television shows all day on Saturdays, and then pulls The Son from its holster.
“The Son proudly continues our Westerns tradition at AMC, including Broken Trail, Hell on Wheels and decades of films from The Duke, Clint and so many more. We are so pleased to add to that list another season of our original, multi-generational drama from Philipp Meyer, Kevin Murphy and a remarkable cast led by the incomparable Pierce Brosnan,” said Charlie Collier, president of AMC, SundanceTV and AMC Studios.
“It’s our longstanding mission to super-serve Westerns fans on weekends and we look forward to continuing this epic next year. Welcome home, Son.”
The Son season 1 is averaging 2.3 million viewers a week. It is the number 1 original program on cable on Saturday nights and number 3 in all of television.
“I am enormously grateful to AMC and Sonar for this opportunity to reunite with this incredibly talented cast and crew, roll up our collective sleeves and get to work creating the next installment of the McCullough family saga,” said Kevin Murphy, showrunner and executive producer.
The Son is an epic family saga spanning three generations and 150 years of the McCullough family,” reads the official synopsis.
“The series traces the transformation of Eli McCullough (Brosnan), the charismatic family patriarch, from good-natured innocent to calculating killer. He loses everything on the wild frontier, setting him on the path to building a ranching-and-oil dynasty of unsurpassed wealth and privilege.
Eli’s eldest son Pete (Henry Garrett), has grown up in his father’s shadow and struggles to make him proud while forging his own identity. Pete’s strong-willed daughter, Jeannie (Sydney Lucas) idolizes her grandfather and despite being raised in a male-dominated world, rejects her fate of existing solely to marry and bear children.
Eli’s ruthlessness pits him against his wealthy Spanish neighbor, Pedro Garcia (Carlos Bardem) and his quest for power triggers consequences that span generations.
Shared through a series of flashbacks, The Son pulls viewers into the world of young Eli McCullough (Jacob Lofland) and his father figure, Comanche war chief, Toshaway (Zahn McClarnon) and deftly explores the McCullough’s rise to become one the most powerful family dynasties in Texas.
The Son season 1 was filmed on location in Austin, Texas. It airs Saturdays at 9 p.m. on AMC.
