The Decameron creator Kathleen Jordan discusses the potential future of the new Netflix show. Very loosely inspired by the short story collection of the same name, the dark comedy follows a group of nobles and their servants as they retreat to the countryside Villa Santa in hopes of waiting out the Black Death plague that is working its way through Florence. The Decameron‘s cast includes Zosia Mamet, Saoirse-Monica Jackson, Tanya Reynolds, Amar Chadha-Patel, Leila Farzad, Lou Gala, Karan Gill, Tony Hale, Douggie McMeekin, and Jessica Plummer.

In an interview with TV Insider, Jordan addressed the possibility of bringing The Decameron back for season 2. The creator offers a candid response in the quote below, giving some insight into how the story could move forward and evolve in the future. Jordan says, in part, that “there is a version in the future that’s more of an anthology”:

Anything is possible. I love the characters on the show. I also think that there is a version in the future that’s more of an anthology where we take the players in a repertory theater and bring them to 16th-century France for a little touch of syphilis. We can never run out of diseases.”

Could An Anthology Version Of The Decameron Work?

That May Have More To Do With The Show’s Success

Befitting the fact that the comedy centers around a deadly plague, The Decameron ends with notably fewer characters than it starts off with. In ways that are funny and, at other times, just a little bit brutal, the wealthy characters populating the Netflix series succumb to the surrounding circumstances. One character, for example, is trapped in a barrel and set on fire. But a potential second season could turn its attention to those who survived and introduce others.

One possibility, as Jordan suggests, is to depart from The Decameron source material and bring back the same characters during a different pandemic. Perhaps they could be descendants of the group seen in The Decameron or otherwise connected through circumstance. But the possibility of the show’s return has as much to do with plot concerns as how well the dark comedy performs on Netflix and whether it attracts viewers.

Success would make just about any path for The Decameron season 2 more feasible. One thing to look for, in terms of those who want the adaptation to continue, is whether the show consistently appears on Netflix’s and Nielsen’s respective charts for streaming hits. If that goal is achieved in the coming weeks and months, then a follow-up would become significantly more likely.