How Maxton Hall’s James cheated on Ruby in the season 2 premiere
Season 2 of Maxton Hall got off to a very rocky start when James cheated on Ruby just days after they finally got together.
During the premiere on Thursday, November 6, James (Damian Hardung) discovered his mother had died and ran straight to Ruby’s (Harriet Herbig-Matten) house. He left before she saw him after seeing how happy she was with her family. James then went on a drunken rampage, which Ruby didn’t know about until later.
Ruby thought James was missing and joined his sister Lydia (Sonja Weisser), to track him down. They eventually ended up at a house party where James drank and danced with other women. Once he saw Ruby, he went into the pool where a random girl joined him – and they kissed in front of his girlfriend.
Season 2, which will air episodes weekly, is based on the second part of the series Mona Kasten‘S Save you novel. According to the synopsis it is Maxton Hall picks up after James and Ruby’s “passionate night together in Oxford and her biggest life goal within her grasp, everything seems to be going perfectly for Ruby.”
However, things change when “a fate in James’ family changes everything and James himself, of all people, brings her back from cloud nine to a harsh reality. Ruby is devastated. She has never had such strong feelings for anyone as she does for James – and never before has anyone hurt her so deeply.”
The logline continues: “She wants her old life back, where no one in Maxton Hall knew her and she wasn’t part of the elite world of her classmates. But she can’t forget James – especially because he’s doing everything he can to win her back.”
In addition to Hardung, 26, and Herbig-Matten, 21, Weißer, Band Felipe, Fedja van Huêt, Runa Greiner, Justus Riesner, Andrea Guo, Frederic Balonier And Eli Riccardi back for the second season. Director Martin Schreier also came back to direct Maxton Hall – The World Between Us.
The German-language TV drama premiered in May 2024 and introduced viewers to an unlikely enemies-to-lovers romance between private school classmates Ruby and James. While attending their prestigious British school, scholarship recipient Ruby unknowingly witnessed a secret that put her on the wealthy James’ radar.
After becoming an overnight success, Maxton Hall has undergone a number of casting changes ahead of season 2. The German-language TV drama, which premiered in May 2024, introduced viewers to an unlikely enemies-to-lovers romance between private school classmates Ruby Bell (Harriet Herbig-Matten) and James Beaufort (Damian Hardung). While attending their prestigious British school, scholarship recipient Ruby […]
Maxton Hall It quickly saw record-breaking success, becoming the most-watched non-US title during its first week on Prime Video. The series was renewed for a second season immediately after its debut, with production beginning in June 2024. Prime Video has also since renewed the show for a third season.
Herbig-Matten weighed in on the surprising success of Maxton Hall worldwide, exclusively significant We weekly in June 2024: “It’s really surprising. We never expected that. We always thought: ‘Hopefully it will work in Germany.’ So it’s a big surprise. It’s so international and I’m really overwhelmed, but I’m really happy and proud that people love it.”
She continued: “And I think it is a success not only for us, but also for the German industry. A project can be international and can [find its audience] international.”
Maxton Hall airs on Prime Video Thursday.
