After December's brief tease with that Christmas special, Netflix finally gives us a glimpse of the second season of the Wachowskis' Sense 8, the globe-spanning supernatural thriller in which San Francisco plays a featured role whose first season aired in 2015. The trailer offers only the briefest helicopter shot of the Golden Gate Bridge, but we know from reports last summer that director Lana Wachowski (Lilly mostly sat this one out) shot scenes in several locations around SF including the Westerfeld House on Alamo Square, the Castro Theatre, and Glen Park's Billy Goat Hill Park where they incurred a $1,000 fine from Rec & Parks because someone on set "accidentally got naked."
Via the Instagram post below, it looks like they also shot a street party scene, with drag queens, in downtown SF.
It seems via the trailer that Rembrandt’s The Night Watch plays a significant metaphorical role in the new season, "An iconic work of individuals setting aside their differences for a common good."
And, perhaps echoing our current political moment, we hear the character Nomi declare, "Your life is either defined by the system, or by the way you defy the system."
Season Two of Sense 8 will drop on May 5.
Previously: Watch The Trailer For The 'Sense8' Christmas Special, Airing This Week
