I am definitely not going to like Olympo Season 2 if it doesn't address these 5 major questions

Netflix's Spanish sports teen drama Olympo Season 1 dropped on June 20, 2025, and I am completely hooked on the series. Set against the backdrop of an elite training center for athletes in Spain, the story follows Amaia, a talented artistic swimmer and captain of the synchronized swimming team. Things turn bitter when her best friend, Nuria, outshines her, and Amaia discovers a doping scandal behind the sudden improvement of the performance of some athletes, including her closest mate.

Despite her constant efforts, Amaia fails in her operation as the performance-enhancing drugs are undetectable. The series also explores the constant pressure the young athletes are put under, not just by their coaches, institutions, or fellow teammates, but also by their parents. Amaia, who initially backed out of the competition, was forced back into it by her mother. And guess what? Amaia also takes the performance-enhancing drug that helps her to perform a difficult underwater stunt with ease and perfection.

Shocking..right? By the end of the gripping season, the whistleblower becomes the accomplice. However, Zoe isn't backing up; she hands a sample of the blue vial to the anti-doping authorities in hopes of taking down the scandal.

Olympo has not been renewed for Season 2 yet. However, here are 5 questions that the teen sports drama needs to answer.

Here are the 5 major questions that Olympo Season 2 needs to answer

1) Will Amaia confront the cost of her choices?

Amaia, under the influence of the drugs, faints and drowns at the end of her performance in Olympo Season 1 finale (Image Via YouTube/@Netflix)

Amaia started as a whistleblower determined to expose Olympo's shady practices. However, by the finale, she had succumbed to the very temptation - the performance-enhancing drugs. The closing scene hints at some serious consequences, as Amaia collapses and drowns at the bottom of the pool, leaving her fate uncertain. Olympo Season 2 needs to explore Amaia's guilt, physical and mental stress, and the impact on her relationship, both with her boyfriend, Christian, and friends like Zoe. Anything less would feel like a betrayal of the story it set up.

2) Will Zoe be successful in taking down Olympo?

Zoe hands a blue vial to the anti-doping authorities in the Olympo Season 1 finale (Images Via YouTube/@Netflix)

At the end of the Season 1 finale, when Zoe handed the blue vial to the anti-doping authorities, I genuinely thought we were about to witness Olympo's downfall. However, the show left that thread dangling. I'm not interested in a second season that ignores the real-world dynamics of powerful institutions protecting themselves. I want to see how Olympo scrambles to cover its tracks. Will they try to discredit Zoe? Bribe the officials? There's no point in setting up a whistleblower if the story won't follow through.

3) What's the endgame for Fatima and Charly?

The final shot of Charly hugging Fatima? It told me where exactly Season 2 might be headed - the rise of a ruthless duo. However, unless the writers delve deeper into this storyline, I'm not here for it. Fatima was barely in the debut season, and Charly felt like a caricature of a bad guy. I need more than generic villains. What ultimately drives them to team up? If the show wants to keep me on board, it has to give these characters complexity and not just make them the latest obstacle in Amaia's path.

4) Will the series finally confront institutional complicity?

One of my biggest concerns with Olympo so far is how it is focused on individuals - athletes making bad choices and friends betraying each other, without fully addressing the root cause of the issue. Season 2 offers a chance to shift the spotlight to the enablers of the doping scam: the coaches, administrators, and sponsors. For instance, when Roque woke up from the injuries on his hand after a tiff with Charly, who hurled homophobic abuses at him, he complained of numbness in his arm. Instead of standing up for him, Hugo, a former champion and top player of Rugby, threatened him to keep mum about the drug. Even Amaia, after her spectacular performance, collapsed due to the side effects of the drug. It's high time that the athletes come together and expose the authorities behind the doping scandal.

If the season doesn't dig how the entire institution allows and profits from doping, then what's the point?

5) Where does Olympo get its power from?

The mysterious drug at the center of the plot - undetectable, dangerous, and game-changing - is one of the show's most intriguing elements. However, where does it come from? How is it sourced? Who is pulling the strings? Is it someone we know or somebody we don't? Olympo Season 2 needs to address this burning question before moving further. If Season 2 keeps adding layers of mystery without giving answers to these, I would be utterly disappointed. I want to see the origins of Olympo's operations exposed, not just for the drama, but it could be the ultimate reveal.

At the end of the day, Olympo set itself up as a show willing to tackle the dark realities of sports. If it doesn't answer these questions in a meaningful way, I don't see the point of watching it. Season 2 has the potential to elevate the series- or let it crumble under the weight of its loose ends.

Stream all eight episodes of Olympo Season 1 on Netflix.