First Look: 'Crime and Justice' Season Two

Showmax has unveiled the first-look trailer and images of the Kenyan preocedural and legal drama, Crime and Justice Season 2, it’s first Showmax Original series in the country, and the very first co-production with global broadcaster CANAL+ Group, famed for a host of European thriller and crime series.

Old enemies and new threats arise in this new season teaser, as John Sibi-Okumu returns and Mumbi Maina (The Matrix Resurrections, Sense8), Charles Ouda (Makutano Junction, The First Grader) join the cast.

“Do you ever imagine dying on the job?” Makena ( played by Sarah Hassan) asks Silas (Alfred Munyua) before gunshots ring out. Kicking off to a bloody start, the 45 seconds-long trailer welcomes the return of Barasa (John Sibi-Okumu), the powerful politician who ‘got away with murder’ in ‘Mistress’, the first episode of Crime and Justice S1.

*Actors John Sibi Okumu and Dora Nyaboke in a scene from ‘Crime and Justice’ Season 2 | PHOTO: Multichoice*

It seems karma has finally caught up with him in the new season as he suffers a great loss that might have just unleashed a beast that detectives Makena and Silas cannot contain. But Barasa could be the least of Makena and Silas’ worries – someone more powerful and dangerous is trying to kill them and they have no idea who it is.

Another new face we see is Sheila Munyiva (the KFCB-banned Rafiki, Country Queen). Showmax teases even more drama and action in the new season that will take a deeper look into the justice system, and the powers that control it. Season 2 will also delve into the personal lives of Makena and Silas, even as they continue to investigate crimes in Nairobi.

Crime and Justice is directed by Adam Neutzsky-Wulff (All The Little Things We Kill, You Are Here) and Kenyans Likarion Wainaina (Supa Modo), Tosh Gitonga (Nairobi Half Life, Disconnect) and Edwin Kamau (40 Sticks).