{"id":212032,"date":"2025-12-19T16:00:45","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T16:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/19\/hunting-party-season-2-teases-kelsey-grammer-as-a-cult-leader\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T16:00:45","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T16:00:45","slug":"hunting-party-season-2-teases-kelsey-grammer-as-a-cult-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/19\/hunting-party-season-2-teases-kelsey-grammer-as-a-cult-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"Hunting Party Season 2 Teases Kelsey Grammer as a Cult Leader"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The Hunting Party<\/em> is returning with even more nefarious criminals \u2014 including Kelsey Grammer<\/strong><\/a> as a sinister cult leader.<\/p>\n

In Us Weekly<\/em>\u2018s first look at season 2, which returns Thursday, January 8, Bex (Melissa Roxburgh<\/strong>) reunites with Ryan (Patrick Sabongui<\/strong>) and Shane (Josh McKenzie<\/strong>) as they continue to track down criminals who are loose all over the United States.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen did you decide that you wanted to hunt serial killers for a living?\u201d Shane asks Bex, who replies, \u201cBecause they are not going to stop unless we stop them.\u201d<\/p>\n

The sneak peek offers glimpses at a multitude<\/a> of guest stars including Eric McCormack, Finnigan McCormack, Niecy Nash-Betts, Liz Gillies, Jefferson White<\/strong> and more. Grammer, 70, rocks a white ensemble as he is seen urging a crowd of people to follow his lead.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tMelissa Roxburgh is going to be on our screens once again in NBC\u2019s crime drama The Hunting Party, about a prison break from a secret facility housing the most dangerous killers in the country. The Hunting Party, which premieres on Sunday, January 19, is a crime procedural about investigators who are assembled to track down [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The Hunting Party<\/em> is a crime procedural about investigators<\/a> who are assembled to track down and capture the most dangerous killers in the country. The twist? The criminals escaped from a top-secret prison that\u2019s not supposed to exist.<\/p>\n

Roxburgh\u2019s character is an ex-FBI agent recruited to the task force due to her reputation as a profiler who caught the world\u2019s most dangerous serial killers. She must work with the warden of the prison, who turned out to be her former partner and ex-boyfriend Oliver (Nick Wechsler<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

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Roxburgh, 32, previously acknowledged that supporting Bex and Oliver\u2019s relationship is an \u201cunpopular opinion,\u201d telling exclusively Us Weekly<\/em> in February, \u201cHe killed someone. He did a bad thing. [But] there\u2019s so many killers on the show. So it\u2019s OK. It\u2019s fine. It was one little murder.\u201d<\/p>\n

Regardless of Bex and Oliver\u2019s complicated history,<\/a> Roxburgh was thrilled to work with Wechsler.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI had actually known Nick in passing before [The Hunting Party] and then he nailed the audition,\u201d she recalled. \u201cSo going into filming with him, it was nice to have a little bit of history already \u2014 even though I didn\u2019t know him too well.\u201d<\/p>\n

She continued, \u201cAs far as the characters go, I am always cheering for the history and the relationships where it\u2019s like they\u2019ve been through so much together.\u201d<\/p>\n

The actress also weighed in on a possible love triangle.<\/a><\/p>\n

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