""We don't have a very definite bad guy in this season," he explains, noting how the introduction of Inspector Boxer complicates the moral center of the show. "Boxer should be replacing the villain, but actually he's rather a wonderful person... educated, ethical, and a plausible suitor for Belle." That gray area adds tension without sacrificing the show's playful swagger, giving Season 2 a tonal complexity that sneaks up on you while you're having too much fun to notice."
"For Brodie-Sangster, the freedom comes from abandoning the source material entirely and trusting what the show has already built. "Our source material becomes Season One," he says. Noting he still requires a few takes to rediscover Dodger's rhythm after time away, he champions the physicality of the role - especially the constant sprinting. "I actually wanted more running," he laughs. "Dodger should be bumping into people, jumping over stuff... like a little dog running around.""
Season 2 picks up years after Oliver Twist and pushes The Artful Dodger into a darker, weirder space that mixes medical drama, romance, comedy, and crime. The show moves with a looser, faster, and more dangerous energy. Fagin becomes wealthier, bolder, and edges toward instability, while the absence of a clear villain shifts moral tension. Inspector Boxer complicates the moral center by appearing educated, ethical, and a plausible suitor for Belle. Dodger’s arc leans into physicality and sprinting, with the series trusting its own first season as source material and embracing new power dynamics and unexpected morality.
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