Second season of "Matki pingwinów" ("Penguin Mothers") on Netflix from 21 October

The second season of "Matki pingwinów" ("Penguin Mothers") will debut on Netflix on 21 October 2026. The production, about parents of children with disabilities and neurodivergent children, is among the platform's most talked-about Polish series of recent years. According to Onet Kultura, it stayed in Netflix's Top 10 in Poland for seven weeks.

What the new season is about

The action begins a year and a half after the events of the first season. Kama, Ula, Tatiana and Jerzy are setting up their own school for their children, called Biegun Szczęścia (Pole of Happiness). The trailer suggests that the dream coming true will quickly turn into trouble: the characters face a battle with bureaucracy, money problems and growing exhaustion.

The creators want to shift the emphasis from coming to terms with a diagnosis to how life with a neurodivergent or disabled child affects the whole family. Director and creator of the series Klara Kochańska-Bajon highlights relationships with siblings, grandparents, peers and partners. The season is meant to show that a parent accepting a new situation does not mean the people around them will accept it just as easily.

New storylines include the children growing up and the phenomenon of the "invisible child", where the sibling of a person with a disability feels overlooked. Tatiana struggles with fear of her son growing up, while Ula, as head of the school, wants to create the perfect institution at all costs, although problems are growing behind the orderly façade. The creator points to Ula's transformation as one of the most surprising in the new episodes.

Cast and length

The main roles are again played by Masza Wągrocka (Kama), Barbara Wypych (Ula), Magdalena Różczka (Tatiana) and Tomasz Tyndyk (Jerzy). The second season will have six episodes.

What this means for you

Netflix is available in the UK, so you can watch the series here too. However, the sources give no details about language versions or subtitles in the UK, so it is worth checking in the app.