Julia Child’s Career Heats Up to a Boil as She Visits Paris and the White House inJulia Season 2 (Exclusive)

It’s impossible to get enough of Julia Child, especially when Sarah Lancashire channels the legendary chef’s joie de vivre with such finesse.

This is probably why Max’s biographical series Julia returns with a second season on November 16. After she decided to record the second season of her cooking show French chef at WGBH, Julia (Lancashire) goes to France to clear her head and “do some research” because, as she explained in the Season 1 finale, “I need some time before I can shoot again.”

Now PEOPLE can exclusively reveal the trailer for Season 2, which picks up not long after and sees Julia experimenting with new recipes — to mixed results. Elsewhere, in the clip — which travels behind the scenes of WGBH to the White House kitchen — Alice (Brittany Bradford) is under pressure to come up with more compelling programming for the station, and Julia’s book editor Judith (Fiona Glascott) experiences frustration as she navigates the channel . the male-dominated publishing industry of the 1960s.

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Panning briefly across the French seaside, the trailer cuts to Julia and Simca (Isabella Rossellini) grinning, pushing their bikes down the street.

“We were good today, Simca and I,” says Julia.

“It would be a feast,” adds Simca, before the trailer cuts to a long table of lunch guests, including Julia, Paul (David Hyde Pierce) and Judith.

“It’s going to be a night to remember,” says Paul.

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In the next scene, Julia and Simca take a lumpy pastry in the shape of a fish out of the oven.

“Well, that’s disappointing,” says Julia.

Simca agrees: “More specks than fish, huh?”

Moving on to the WGBH studio, Julia appears on set French chef, buzzing with energy and declaring, “Lucy, we’re home! Roll show.”

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The montage stretches over the next few moments as the network puts pressure on WGBH boss Hunter (Robert Joy).

“My management was happy with nothing when all we had was nothing, but now that we have something, we want more something and less nothing,” one executive tells Hunter.

“We need new content yesterday,” Hunter tells Alice in another scene, adding, “Alice, I’m disappointed.”

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Meanwhile, it appears that Russ (Fran Kranz), Julia’s former producer French chef, hasn’t changed his tune. He is still committed to developing high-profile content rather than crowd-pleasing programming.

“I want to deal with subjects of great magnitude,” he tells Hunter.

“Vietnam. We inform, you decide,” Russ says later, eliciting a deep sigh of frustration from Alice as she watches from the sidelines.

He then explains, “While you’ve been working on the details of this one show, I’m tasked with saving the entire station.”

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Bringing some humor into the mix, Hunter then introduces Julia and French chef to the concept of product placement.

“How much can you make from all this?” – asks Paul.

“Pretty much,” Hunter replies.

“Maybe not the best episode for that knife, though,” Paul notes as Julia struggles to cut through a huge, dry piece of pastry.

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As for Avis (Bebe Neuwirth), Julia’s close friend is seen dancing in a nightclub and sharing a kiss with a gentleman in her kitchen.

“What on earth was going on here while I was gone?” Julija is surprised.

“Friendship is a two-way street,” Avis counters. “I put up with you. Bear with me.”

Back to Julia and Paul, the couple goes to Paris where Julia reflects on how she “married the right guy”. But in the kitchen, the chef runs into some obstacles.

“You’re wasting our time with that dish!” says Simca.

“Well, we have to make compromises,” argued Julia.

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Judith, meanwhile, expresses frustration with Julia, presumably referring to Julia and Simca when she declares that she won’t play “judge”. But the book editor’s resentment probably also stems from the male-dominated work culture at Knopf.

“You’re a wonderful woman succeeding in an average man’s world,” Paul tells Judith.

“If you feel like a punching bag, you’ve never been hit, my dear,” Blanche (Judith Light) tells the book’s ambitious editor.

As French chefs success grows, expanding to 12 more markets, Julia runs the show from the studio, venturing all the way to the White House kitchen.

Moving on to the moment where Julia cuts a fish fillet and tastes it with Simco, the chef mutters with satisfaction.

“Oh! I feel like I’m a virgin again,” she says, then quips, “Well, I was until a little while ago.”

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Julia season 2 premieres its first 3 episodes on November 16, with new episodes airing every Thursday thereafter on Max.

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