On the one hand, it seems perfectly natural for this show to return. The first season ended with the team realising they'd only been on the trail of half of the gold stolen in the Brink's-Mat robbery, and vowing to continue their investigation.
Still, in some ways it also feels slightly unnatural. The first season wrapped up so many of its storylines incredibly neatly and functioned well as a one-and-done project, with a little hint towards the real-life future at its end.
So, heading into season 2, there was a slight sense of worry - would this new run justify its existence and measure up to the excellent first outing?
Unfortunately, the first few episodes show signs of trouble, and viewers may be left wondering whether they should continue, or give up and accept that the first season should have been left to stand alone. But The Gold season 2 is worth sticking with - here's why.
Across the episodes, we follow both figures we've met before who have been involved with the gold, as well as new characters who come into its orbit, as the police task force embark on a series of dramatic manhunts.
However, the most notable change from the off is the lack of two prominent figures from the first run - Jack Lowden as Kenneth Noye and Dominic Cooper as Edwyn Cooper.
Without them, the early episodes of this new season feel strangely flat, even with some strong new additions. The truth is, it takes time to get to know these new characters when you're also getting reacquainted with the old, so some of them don't really come into their own until further down the line.
The real selling point of the series was seeing how far-ranging the aftermath of this one robbery became, how every action sparked 10 more and tentacles grew from it in every direction.
It's an interesting concept for a two-season series, for the second run to act as a mirror image to the first, but because it's been two years between the seasons, multiple of our central figures are missing, and we're getting to know a whole bunch more, it can end up feeling a bit disparate and leave you as a viewer feeling detached.
These scenes are engaging, but the storyline is a real slow burn, as is the one centred on Sam Spruell's Charlie Miller, who we only met briefly in season 1 but who takes centre stage here.
However, something happens midway through the season, which is in no small part connected to the return of Jack Lowden at the end of episode 3 - it becomes compelling again.
Lowden's return has already been announced, and while it would have been a welcome surprise to find out he's back when watching, it's understandable why the BBC decided to publicise his return - he really is such a draw, and every time he's on screen things just get that little bit more tense, that bit more unknowable and fascinating.
As the storylines start to converge and the investigation starts to actually make some headway, the series really does come to life once more.
It's all helped along by the fact that some of the new characters come into their own, such as Joshua McGuire's stand-out addition Douglas Baxter, a down-on-his-luck Cambridge graduate and lawyer, offering money laundering financial services on the side.
Additionally, where season 1 had a definite sense of scope and a globe-trotting energy, this run turns that up to 11, with a real multi-national feel to it and some gorgeous locations.
The writing is once again tight, with excellently crafted dialogue (including some riveting speeches), and when the tension ratchets up it really does so, with some breathless sequences in the back half.
This time around, the cast are still excellent, but the season takes its time in getting us acquainted with some of them. The themes it's grappling with become clearer in the later episodes, but are less front and centre early on. And the true story is slightly less jaw-dropping, given that we know so much of this is based on (admittedly heavily researched) theories rather than concrete historical facts.
Season 1 may still be this show operating at its best, but that this doesn't quite match up to that, and that it takes a bit longer to get going, isn't exactly a damning indictment.
The Gold season 2 will arrive on BBC iPlayer at 6am on Sunday 8th June, before airing on BBC One at 9pm.
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