Good news for fans of The Diplomat, the series has been renewed for fifth season. According to Deadline, season four of The Diplomat managed to gain 4.8 million views in its first week. Spoiler warning for anyone who has not seen the latest season.
For those who don’t know, The Diplomat is a series that tells a story about a career diplomat, Kate Wyler, who lands in a high-profile job that she is ill-suited for. Wyler is presented with a task to defuse an international crisis between the United States and the United Kingdom. In season four, Wyler had to navigate her relationship with her husband, Hal Wyler, President Penn, and dealing with the fallout of an assassination attempt on the U.S. President on British Soil. The season ended with Wyler making a dramatic resignation from her post during the middle of a G7 meeting in Italy, where she was joined by her husband.
The cast consists of Keri Russell (Open Roads, Extrapolations), Rufus Sewell (The Sandman, Scoop), Ali Ahn (Take Me Home, Agatha All Along), Ato Essandoh (R.J. Decker, Moodswing Whiskey), Rory Kinnear (Onwards and Sideways, Learning to Breath Under Water), Nana Mensah (Big Boys, Presumed Innocent), David Gyasi (The Thread, Sycoraxe), Penny Downie (Boss Cat, The Chelsea Detective), Graham Miller (Monsternado, FBI: International), Adam Silver (Clayface, Other Mommy), Tim Delap (Turtleneck, Fuze), Allison Janney (The Broadway Show with Tamsen Fadal, The Dog Stars), Georgie Henley (Ink, Dirty Business), Kenichiro Thomson (Onimusha: Way of the Sword, Littermates), Celia Imrie (War, Trying), Rosaline Elbay (Do No Harm, Carole & Grey), Pearl Mackie (Death in Paradise, Tyger), Bradley Whitford (Office Romance, The Comback), Miguel Sandoval (Sugar, This Fool), Richard Dillane (Possession, Call the Midwife), Carol Mazhuvancheril (This Really Happened, The Time Traveler’s Wife), and Bhav Joshi (The Fox and the Grapes, Malpractice).
We will have to keep our eyes peeled for an official trailer for the fifth season. In the meantime, you can check out the first four seasons of the series on Netflix.