Peyton List Wonders 'Am I Even Dead?' inSchool SpiritsSeason 2 Trailer, Which Teases Milo Manheim Hookup

Mar. 15, 2025

Maddie Nears might just be back from the dead.

“Maybe Janet’s just the beginning,” List’s character Maddie says. “I thought my life was over, stuck between the real world and the afterlife. But the real question is, am I even dead?”

Season 1 of the supernatural series ended with high school student Maddie finding out how she died and learning that fellow ghost Janet possessed her body.

“Maddie, or at least her spirits, it’s trapped,” Maddie’s BFF Simon (Kristian Ventura) explains in the trailer. “But her body, we have to help her get it back.”

‘School Spirits’ stars (from left) Milo Manheim, Peyton List and Nick Pugliese on season 2.Ed Araquel/Paramount+

Ed Araquel/Paramount+

Claire (Rainbow Wedell) deems that “legit freaky.”

The supernatural students have their suspicions about the intentions of Mr. Martin (Josh Zuckerman).

“Mr. Martin’s been keeping tabs on us,” Wally (Milo Manheim) asserts.

Sarah Yarkin and Nick Pugliese in ‘School Spirits’ season 2.Ed Araquel/Paramount+

Rhonda (Sarah Yarkin) agrees. “He’s been collecting the stuff we all had with us when we died,” she says.

As a result, Wally, who can be seen making out with Maddie in the trailer, decides, “I don’t know what the truth is any more.”

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List, 26, previously told PEOPLE that season 2 ofSchool Spiritswill pick up right where the first installment left off.

“Maddie finally finds out what happened to her, and that Janet, a ghost from group from the ’50s, she supposedly moved on,” she said. “And then you realize that while Maddie was in this emotionally low place, Janet ended up inhabiting her body and going out into the world. And that’s exactly where season two picks up is explaining exactly what happened and how that was even possible. And then it follows a lot of Janet and her journey.”

Jess Gabor as Janet Hamilton and Josh Zuckerman as Mr. Martin in ‘School Spirits’ season 2.Ed Araquel/Paramount+

TheCobra Kaistar teased that upcoming season takes on “a much darker tone” than the first. “It’s much more intense than I was expecting it to be,” List said.

Although Maddie struggles to understand Janet’s motives in the show, List enjoys working with Gabor, 28.

Milo Manheim and Peyton List in ‘School Spirits’.Paramount Plus/YouTube

Paramount Plus/YouTube

“She was so fun to work with,” List said of Gabor. “We would work together on the weekends and whenever we had time, so we were spending a lot of time with each other. She’s so great.”

The former Disney Channel star also serves as an executive producer onSchool Spirits. “If I am going to lead a show, there has to be a certain level of safety and comfort,” List said. “I don’t feel comfortable unless I’m able to collaborate. If I do have the label of producer, then it’s much more collaborative, and that is really all I wanted.”

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School Spiritsseason 2 premieres Thursday, Jan. 30, on Paramount+.

source: people.com