‘Accused’ Season 2 Adds Cobie Smulders, Vella Lovell, Dina Shihabi & Isabel Arraiza; Teaser Shows New Defendants On Trial

Katie Campione
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Fox has added several new faces to Season 2 of Howard Gordon’s Accused. Cobie Smulders, Vella Lovell, Dina Shihabi and Isabel Arraiza will join the upcoming installment of the crime anthology series.

They join some heavy hitters who have already been announced for Season 2, including Felicity Huffman, Taylor Schilling, Patrick J. Adams, William H. Macy, Justin Chambers, Danny Pino and Nick Cannon. Michael Chiklis is also returning in front of and behind the camera, after starring in the premiere and directing a later episode in Season 1.

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L-R: Cobie Smulders, Vella Lovell, Dina Shihabi and Isabel Arraiza
L-R: Cobie Smulders, Vella Lovell, Dina Shihabi and Isabel Arraiza

Alongside the new cast announcement, Fox also revealed a first look at Season 2 in a short teaser on Thursday. The clip is embedded above.

The teaser reveals that Huffman and Macy will star in the same episode, though it’s unclear exactly what their story will be. The teaser also includes scenes with Adams and Cannon, who will appear in the episode titled “Marcus’ Story,” which follows a tech entrepreneur who creates software that when used takes a dark turn. Cannon will fill the titular role.

Audiences also get a glimpse of Schilling in “April’s Story,” where a nurse commits a crime that changes the trajectory of her life. The episode also features Chambers and Pino.

Accused is developed for American TV by Howard Gordon who executive produces with Gordon, Alex Gansa, David Shore, Erin Gunn, and Daniel Pearle. Gordon and Pearle serve as co-showrunners. Milan Cheylov, Frank Siracusa, John Weber, All3Media America’s Jacob Cohen-Holmes, Jimmy McGovern, Sita Williams, Roxy Spencer and Louise Pedersen for All3Media International also EP.

The series is a collection of intense, topical human stories of crime and punishment. Told from the defendant’s point of view through flashbacks, each episode is a fast-paced provocative thriller, exploring a different crime, in a different city with an entirely original cast.

Accused Season 2 debuts on Fox on October 8.

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