Chad Powers Season 2 on Hulu: Glen Powell, Johnny Depp Cameo and That Wild Finale Kiss

Chad Powers Season 2 Just Dropped on Hulu — And Glen Powell Went Full Chaos Mode

College football season is back, and so is the most unhinged quarterback on television. Chad Powers Season 2 premiered on Hulu (and Hulu on Disney+ for bundle subscribers) on September 3, 2026, and Glen Powell is somehow even more chaotic under all that prosthetic makeup. If you thought Season 1 was wild, buckle up — Season 2 takes the South Georgia Catfish straight toward the College Football Playoff, with the lie threatening to blow up at any second.

Created by Powell and Michael Waldron (the mind behind Loki), the series started life as an Eli Manning sketch from ESPN+ series Eli's Places back in 2022. Now it's one of Hulu's biggest comedy hits. Here's everything you need to know about the new season.

Johnny Depp's Surprise Cameo Stole the Whole Season

Let's start with the moment everyone is talking about: Johnny Depp shows up in Chad Powers Season 2. Yes, really. Powell revealed to Gold Derby that he personally wrote Depp an email asking permission — and the cameo centers on a scene where the characters pointedly do not watch Tim Burton's Edward Scissorhands. The kicker? They shot the scene with nothing on the screen, adding Depp later.

Powell and Waldron reportedly debated for weeks over which movie the characters should avoid watching before landing on Edward Scissorhands as the perfect punchline. It's the kind of absurd, layered joke that makes this show way smarter than a prosthetics-and-football gag has any right to be.

Beyond Depp, the core cast is back and better than ever:

• Glen Powell as Russ Holliday / Chad Powers — the disgraced QB hiding in plain sight
• Perry Mattfeld (Shameless, In the Dark) as Ricky — whose forbidden romance with Chad finally boils over
• Steve Zahn as Coach Jake Hudson
• Toby Huss, Quentin Plair, and Wynn Everett rounding out the Catfish chaos crew

That Finale Kiss and the Season 3 Cliffhanger

The Season 2 finale delivered the moment fans had been waiting for: the long-teased kiss between Chad and Ricky. Powell admitted to PEOPLE he was "most nervous" filming that scene with Perry Mattfeld, while Mattfeld told The Hollywood Reporter it was "a long time coming" and broke down how Gerry's threat and the season-ending ultimatum could reshape everything.

Here's the situation: people are finally catching on to Russ Holliday's bizarre behavior. The secret identity that powered two seasons of comedy is cracking, and the finale ends on a cliffhanger ultimatum that could end Chad Powers for good. Waldron told Decider after Season 1 that he and Powell would "never want to make fans wait multiple years for another six-episode season" — so if Season 3 gets the greenlight (no official renewal yet), expect a faster turnaround.

Powell himself told Entertainment Weekly that Season 2 was designed from the start to raise the stakes: "Season 2 was always about feeling the authentic stakes of pulling off this lie in front of the world." Mission accomplished — this season plays like a different show in the best way, mixing genuine sports drama with full prosthetic-party absurdity. (Powell literally described partying, bumping and grinding in full makeup in a USA Today interview. Icon behavior.)

Bottom line: with only six episodes, Chad Powers Season 2 is the perfect weekend binge. Between the Johnny Depp cameo, the Ricky-Chad romance payoff, and a cliffhanger begging for Season 3, this is appointment streaming. All episodes are streaming now on Hulu. Millennials who grew up on Friday Night Lights and stayed for the Top Gun: Maverick Glen Powell renaissance — this one's for you.