Maxton Hall Season 2 Review: After his mother’s sudden death, James struggles to come to terms with the loss, as his relationship with Ruby faces a roadblock as well. However, if the love is true, does everything else become background noise?
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Maxton Hall Prime Video Creator
Daphne Ferraro
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Maxton Hall Series Director
Martin Schreier
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Maxton Hall 2025 Cast
Harriet Herbig-Matten, Damian Hardung, Sonja Weißer, Fedja van Huêt, Justus Riesner, Ben Felipe, Runa Greiner, Eidin Jalali
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AKA
Maxton Hall – The World Between Us / Maxton Hall – Die Welt zwischen uns
Season 2 of the Prime Video series has 6 episodes, each with a runtime of around 45 minutes. The series is based on Save Me by Mona Kasten.
Maxton Hall Season 2 Review
In Prime Video’s Maxton Hall, adults go on power trips by bullying young children and strong-arming them into doing their bidding. The second season focuses on Ruby’s relationship with James and his father’s odd interest in ruining a young, somewhat poor kid’s life for absolutely no reason and finding himself to be a big, strong man as a result of it.
The season, unsurprisingly, ends on a cliffhanger, considering the third season has already been announced. Thankfully, despite my dislike, Maxton Hall has more structure than some of the other disappointing shows on streaming services these days. Thus, regardless of how improbable or melodramatic it is, the series feels more rewarding and enjoyable and will leave you entertained if YA shows are your jam.
In the new season, Ruby tries her best to get into Oxford and realise her and her family’s dreams while James, reeling from the heartbreak of losing his mother, tries to better his life and come to terms with it. The series is fine and is short enough to be enjoyable without becoming boring. Something or the other constantly happens that will leave you going through the motions, but that might also be one of its biggest issues.
The thing with this show is that it doesn’t stop at one place or emotion for long enough for you to enjoy it or bask in it. There isn’t a moment when you can see the consequences of the different actions shaping the characters at any point, just one action after another. It works if you enjoy watching something and not linger with it for too long, but beyond that, it doesn’t create much of an impact.
In the end, I found myself frustrated at where the story was going and how the adults were acting. None of them are good people, and there isn’t one remotely believable adult. While Mortimer Beaufort is supposed to be the antagonist, his attitude is just so nasty that it turns him into a Disney villain. I guess his abuse gives way to some good conversations around therapy, but that’s about it.
Other than him, we have Graham Sutton, the teacher who has an affair with his (possibly underage) student. Of course, I can’t say that I support that. The principal is a weasel of a man, and Alice Campbell, although she gives us hope, ends up being disappointing. The only good people are Ruby’s family, and we don’t see them enough to enjoy their warm characters.
Final Thoughts
Maxton Hall Season 2 is fine if you don’t go too deep. On the surface, it’s a melodramatic YA show that can be enjoyed as a fleeting entertainer. But there’s not a lot of depth that stays with you, especially because you don’t get the time to truly bask in its various emotions.
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