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Off Campus is preparing to shift its romantic focus for season 2, with Mika Abdalla’s Allie Hayes and Stephen Kalyn’s Dean Di Laurentis taking center stage. Deadline reports that the Prime Video series will return on April 28, 2027, after receiving a second-season renewal before its first season launched.
The change of leads does not mean the first season’s central couple is leaving the story. Showrunner Louisa Levy has said Hannah Wells and Garrett Graham will remain part of the show’s wider community, even as Allie and Dean take the spotlight.
Allie and Dean’s turn, and how it fits the books
Prime Video confirmed Abdalla and Kalyn as the second season’s leads two weeks after season 1 launched, according to Deadline. Abdalla plays Allie Hayes and Kalyn plays Dean Di Laurentis, taking over the central-couple role from Ella Bright’s Hannah and Belmont Cameli’s Garrett.
The series draws on Elle Kennedy’s Off Campus novels, but the new focus also makes the television order worth noting for readers. Hannah and Garrett are the central couple in the first book, The Deal. Allie and Dean’s book, The Score, is the third in the series.
Between them is The Mistake, which centers on John Logan and Grace Ivers. Season 2’s choice of Allie and Dean therefore moves to the third book’s couple rather than making the second book’s pair its central romance. That distinction concerns the lead pairing; it does not, on its own, establish every story the season will tell.
Grace is also part of the casting news. Deadline reports that India Fowler has been cast as Grace Ivers, while Philippa Soo will play Scarlett, a theatre artist who is guest directing an original play in Briar U’s drama department. The casting places a character associated with The Mistake alongside the season’s move toward The Score.
The first season premiered in May and was released as a complete batch. The reported April 2027 date would put the next season’s arrival less than a year after that premiere. Whether season 2 will follow the same batch-release approach remains an open question.
Who is returning from season 1?
Viewers who followed Hannah and Garrett in the first season can expect to see them again, according to Levy. Their continued presence gives the show a way to build around its existing characters while putting a different relationship at the center.
“They are still very much present in season two, and are a big part of the community of characters that we’re building on the show,” Levy told Deadline.
One familiar character will be absent, however. Levy told TV Guide that Josh Heuston’s Justin Kohl will not appear in season 2, although she did not rule out a return at a later point.
For viewers tracking the adaptation, the combination of returning characters and a new central couple is the clearest indication of how the next season will connect to the first. Hannah and Garrett’s story remains part of the series, while Allie and Dean become its main romantic focus. The additional casting also brings Grace, a key figure from another book, into the picture.
