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'Sweetbitter' Season 2 Focuses on Power and Secrets, Star Ella Purnell Says

"Walls start to break down. Games are played. Life outside the restaurant. For Tess, it's about finding her voice."
Ella Purnell and Stephanie Danler on the set of Sweetbitter Season 2.
Sweetbitter

caught the attention of readers for its delicate and elusive wording on all things food, wine and sexual attraction. The first season of the Starz adaptation dove deep inside the mind of a 22-year-old who moves to New York with no idea of what lies ahead. Now, a second season will expand the world of lead character Tess to places even author Stephanie Danler

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