Breathless Season 2: Release date, cast, streaming details and more about Netflix’s upcoming drama series 

The series, titled Respira in Spanish territories, became one of Netflix’s shining international stars in 2024. (Netflix)
The series, titled Respira in Spanish territories, became one of Netflix’s shining international stars in 2024. (Netflix)

Netflix's hit Spanish medical drama Breathless Season 2 is coming back with more emotional turmoil and ethical dilemmas. The series combines life-and-death matters with ambition and personal hardships set against the busy hallways of Joaquín Sorolla Hospital. The series, titled Respira in Spanish, became one of Netflix’s shining international stars following its 2024 premiere, lauded for its captivating performances and intense hospital drama.

Breathless Season 2 is set to explore even more of the confusion and control in an organization now motivated by profit rather than compassion. Creator Carlos Montero, best known for Élite and The Mess You Leave Behind, returns to lead the new instalment. The series will offer an even more incisive look at moral limits, identity, and resilience within the medical profession. The show is all set to return on October 21, 2025.


Breathless Season 2: Release date, cast, and streaming details

Breathless Season 2 will air globally on October 31, 2025, bringing the series back more than a year after it originally enthralled viewers in August 2024. The show was renewed last December, and its return comes off a strong first season that placed it as one of the most-watched non-English dramas on Netflix. With over 22 million total views and Top 10 appearances in 69 countries, the show managed to create a faithful following not only in Spain but also worldwide.

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Produced by El Desorden Crea, the production company established by Montero, the series is directed by David Pinillos, Marta Font, and Abril Zamora. Together, they continue to define the sensibility of the series, a combination of big-stakes drama and emotional verisimilitude that captures the paradoxes of today’s healthcare systems.

The series brings back the regular characters and introduces new ones on the hospital floor. The cast returns to this Spanish drama includes Najwa Nimri (Patricia), Aitana Sánchez-Gijón (Pilar), Blanca Suárez (Jésica), Manu Ríos (Biel), Borja Luna (Néstor), and Alfonso Bassave (Lluís). The show's storyline on IMDb reads:

"Biel, a resident at a public hospital, has spent months dedicating his life to becoming a doctor. A general strike protesting cuts to public health Biel and residents consider supporting the strike, which could have fatal consequences."

The events in Breathless Season 2 take place in a hospital that has recently been made private. The doctors and nurses must now deal with the changing line between ethics and efficiency. Patricia continues her fight against cancer while finding comfort in her bond with Néstor. Jésica navigates through a love triangle with Lluís and Biel that pushes both her self-assurance and her emotional tolerance to the limit.

The layered narrative of Breathless Season 2 illustrates how institutional change echoes in individual lives. The show’s gift for straddling emotional intensity with social relevance means its second chapter will be just as compelling as the first.

Breathless Season 2 looks set to once again prove the might of international drama on Netflix. Its depiction of ambition, compassion, and fragility in the high-stakes medical environment is relatable across the world. Breathless Season 2 gets its heart pumping as it underlines that both the characters and the healing they provide carry risk.

Edited by Priscillah Mueni