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The Machinery: Season 2

6 episodes Premiered May 15, 2022 Updated Nov 3, 2026
Previously on The Machinery

Season 2 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of The Machinery Season 1.
  • ⚡ Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
  • ⚡ Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
  • ⚡ Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
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Season 2 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 2: Filler vs. Essential Canon

Filter episodes by narrative weight. Focus on essential mytharc and skip standalone side quests.

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (3): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S2·E1 Mytharc

Hostage

May 15, 2022 · 43 min

Olle is about to be tried for murder when his son, Jimmy, takes his school hostage and demands that his parents be released; Monika is sitting in a prisoner transport on the way to

S2·E2 Core

Three Rabbits

May 15, 2022 · 47 min

Jimmy fights for his life while Olle is taken back to prison; Monika flees to Sweden to escape the police who are chasing her; Josefin struggles to keep family and business togethe

S2·E3 Core

Darkness

May 15, 2022 · 41 min

Olle learns that Monika is at large, and realises that it's only a matter of time before she makes it to Strömstad; Olle gets into trouble with the prison's most dangerous prisoner

S2·E4 Core

Escape

May 15, 2022 · 42 min

A riot in the prison gives Olle new opportunities; Monika forces Josefin to the hospital where Jimmy has just woken up from his coma.

S2·E5 Mytharc

To Death

May 15, 2022 · 43 min

Monika and Josefin make a pact to get access to the 30 million from the Sandefjord robbery that Palle got away with; Nina helps Olle get to Strömstad.

S2·E6 Mytharc

A New Life

May 15, 2022 · 48 min

Palle is hard pressed, as many are after the robbery money; Olle and Josefin see opportunities for a new future for themselves and the children; a final settlement is approaching.

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