‘The Institute’ Season 2 Trailer Teases the Tense Road Ahead
A teen with dangerously strong telekinetic powers gets pushed to the limit in this Stephen King adaptation. Nope, it’s not Carrie—it’s The Institute, which returns for a second season next month after its first installment proved a ratings hit for MGM+. But stopping something the well-connected bad guys believe could control the fate of the human race isn’t going to be easy, as this trailer, which has the tone of a spy thriller at times, suggests.
- ▪A teen with dangerously strong telekinetic powers gets pushed to the limit in this Stephen King adaptation.
- ▪Nope, it’s not Carrie—it’s The Institute, which returns for a second season next month after its first installment proved a ratings hit for MGM+.
- ▪But stopping something the well-connected bad guys believe could control the fate of the human race isn’t going to be easy, as this trailer, which has the tone of a spy thriller at times, suggests.
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A teen with dangerously strong telekinetic powers gets pushed to the limit in this Stephen King adaptation. Nope, it’s not Carrie—it’s The Institute, which returns for a second season next month after its first installment proved a ratings hit for MGM+. Today’s arrival of a first trailer gives us some hints about what’s coming, though we don’t really know what to expect after season one, which followed King’s book pretty closely from start to…
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