HIMYM star joins cast of “Accused” season 2

Popular actress Cobie Smulders, known from series such as “How I Met Your Mother” and the Marvel Cinematic Universe, is taking on a new role. She joins the star cast of the second season of Fox's crime anthology “Accused.”

Fans can rejoice: Cobie Smulders, known to many for her role as Robin Scherbatsky in “How I Met Your Mother,” is returning to the screen. This time she will be seen in the second season of the successful crime anthology “Accused.” The series, inspired by the BAFTA-winning British original, tells a new, original story about crime and punishment every week, always from the perspective of the accused.

“Accused” Season 2: New cases, new faces

Smulders will play the title role in the episode “Val's Story”. In it, she will play a woman who is confronted with an unexpected tragedy when her ex-husband suffers a serious accident. In addition to Smulders, Vella Lovell (“Animal Control”) and Dina Shihabi (“Painkiller”) will also appear in this episode. The second season of “Accused” starts on October 8, 2024 on Fox in the USA. When and where the new edition will be shown in Germany is still unclear.

7 of the 8 episodes of “Accused” Season 2 have been confirmed

The second edition of the hit series will have eight new episodes. Seven of them already have a name and several faces behind them. These are the names of the episodes and which actors will appear in them:

• “Lorraine’s Story” (Season premiere): Felicity Huffman, William H. Macy
• “April’s Story”: Taylor Schilling, Justin Chambers, Danny Pino
• “Marcus' Story”: Nick Cannon, Patrick J. Adams, Jerrika Hinton
• “Margot’s Story”: Debra Winger, Christine Ebersole, Mercedes Ruehl
• “Justin’s Story”: Michael Chiklis from Season 1
• “Val’s Story”: Cobie Smulders, Vella Lovell, Dina Shihabi
• “Eugene’s Story”: Ken Jeong

Information about the last episode should also be released soon – or it will simply remain a surprise. With the actors, “Accused” wants to build on the success of the first season. Series fans who have to bridge the time until then have more than enough series formats to choose from in September: International series launches in September 2024 – Part 2: “Tulsa King”, “Monsters”, “American Sports Story”