Who is Ronnie in Diplomat?

WARNING: SPOILERS for the second season of The Diplomat.

Ronnie was an important collaborator of Kate Wyler who ultimately died in the car explosion The diplomat Season 1. Keri Russell leads the cast of The diplomat Season 2 along with Rufus Sewell as her husband Hal, David Gyasi as Foreign Secretary Austin Dennison, Ali Ahn as CIA agent Eidra Park and Rory Kinnear as Prime Minister Nicol Trowbridge. The series follows the events of The diplomat The end of the first season that left the lives of Hal, Ato Essandoh's Stuart and Jess Chanliau's Ronnie hanging in the balance.

Keri Russell received an Emmy nomination for her role as US Ambassador Kate Wyler in The diplomat Season 1. The series introduces a handful of new characters, most notably Allison Janey's Vice President Grace Penn, while also focusing on those responsible for the car explosion that killed Merritt Grove and the missile attack on the HMS Courageous, two of the biggest oddities from The diplomat Season 1. The diplomat was created by Debora Chan (The West Wing, Grey's Anatomy, Hometown).

Ronnie Buckhurst is a Foreign Service officer and Stuart's deputy

Stuart had known Ronnie the longest of all and felt directly responsible

Ronnie Buckhurst is an American Foreign Service officer working under Stuart Hayford, the Chief of Mission at the British Embassy, ​​and Kate Wyler, the US Ambassador stationed in the United Kingdom. Ronnie plays a supporting role throughout The diplomat Season 1assists both Stuart and Kate and handles various diplomatic and national interest matters of the United States. Stuart had known and worked with Ronnie longer than Kate, which is why he takes Ronnie's death more harshly.

Ronnie was one of the people caught up in the car explosion that ultimately killed Merritt Grove The diplomat Season 1. Hal had arranged a meeting with Grove after Grove insisted they meet privately. Hal arrives late to the meeting and doesn't have a chance to hear what Grove has to say. Ronnie finds Grove to tell him that Stuart will come to meet with him on her behalf, which angers Grove and forces him to leave. When Stuart and Hal both arrive, Ronnie follows Grove to his car and is killed in the explosion.

The car bomb in The Diplomat's first season finale killed Ronnie

Ronnie was the only US employee to die in the explosion

The diplomat Season 2 wastes no time in revealing who survived and who died among those affected by the car explosion. Because Grove opened the car door to set off the bomb, his death was all but certain. Ronnie, who was just a few feet behind Grove, was close enough that the impact was fatal. Ronnie makes a brief appearance at the beginning The diplomat Season 2 is taken to the hospital on a stretcher. However, the emergency doctors were unable to save Ronnie's life. Hal and Stuart both survive after being hospitalized The diplomat Season 2 and Stuart is greatly affected by Ronnie's death.

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The Diplomat is a Netflix drama/thriller series that tells the story of a career diplomat named Laura Simmonds as she struggles with the complexities of her new job as ambassador to the United Kingdom, while Laura tries to adjust to her high-profile, stressful job In the midst of an international crisis, her marriage and personal life begin to suffer.

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Keri Russell, David Gyasi, Rufus Sewell, Rory Kinnear, Ato Essandoh, Ali Ahn, Jon Moore, Adam Silver

Release date

April 20, 2023

Seasons

1

Directors

Liza Johnson, Simon Cellan Jones

Showrunner

Deborah Cahn

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