‘Sweet Magnolias’ Stars Break Down Season 2 Cliffhangers and That Paternity Shocker
04.02.2022 - 20:05
/ usmagazine.com
Warning: This story contains spoilers from season 2 of Sweet Magnolias.
Bless their hearts! Sweet Magnolias came back with a bang in season 2, leaving fans with even more unanswered questions after finally resolving who was in the car. Thankfully, stars JoAnna Garcia Swisher, Brooke Elliott and Heather Headley were more than happy to discuss all the twists.
Isaac (Chris Medlin) searched for his birth parents throughout much of season 2 — which dropped on Netflix on Friday, February 4 — as Helen (Headley) helped him. Together, they deciphered clues from a Bible that his biological mother left him, which led them to Peggy (Brittany L. Smith), who gave Isaac up for adoption after getting pregnant as a teenager.
Isaac then wanted to know who his biological father was, so Peggy had to inform the mystery man that they had a child together after keeping it a secret from him for 22 years. Turns out, Peggy and Bill (Chris Klein) hooked up during a model UN conference in Raleigh, North Carolina, during their junior year of high school. When Peggy’s mother discovered that she was pregnant, the matriarch and Bill’s mom orchestrated the adoption, without ever telling Bill that his eldest son existed.
Bill’s ex-wife, Maddie (Swisher), lashed out at him when he shared the news, but she ultimately forgave him, telling him that she was finally letting him go.
“I think that she has really made her decision and put it to rest,” Swisher, 42, exclusively tells Us Weekly. “I think that this season, in particular, there is no turning back, and I think that offers an opportunity for Bill to kind of explore — like, go find yourself, Bill, turn this ship around. Because if there was that nagging sort of, like, possible forgiveness, I don’t think it