It's a hit! Netflix renews Brit Marling's popular sci-fi show The OA for season two

By Dailymail.com Reporter

Published: 19:01 EST, 8 February 2017 | Updated: 20:18 EST, 8 February 2017

Just eight weeks after the first season debuted, Netflix is ordering a second season of the hit sci-fi show The OA.

It's unclear yet how many episodes or when it will even air, according to The Hollywood Reporter, but the super secret Netflix hit has clearly resonated with viewers.  

Late last year, Netflix surprised subscribers by streaming their top secret series four days after it was formerly announced on December 16. 

Ready to binge? Netflix announced its suprise sci-fi hit The OA has already landed a second season just eight weeks after debuting on December 16

Ready to binge? Netflix announced its suprise sci-fi hit The OA has already landed a second season just eight weeks after debuting on December 16

The mysterious spiritual thriller about near-death experiences and surviving trauma centers on an adopted blind girl from Russia named Prairie Johnson.

Prairie (Brit Marling) goes missing for seven years, tangles with the FBI, and then resurfaces magically cured of her blindness after jumping off a bridge.

There were inevitable comparisons to Stranger Things' psychokinetic Eleven due to Prairie's nosebleeds, gnarly scars, and underwater helmet experiments inside a strange lab.

Prairie - who calls herself 'The OA' - eventually recalls what happened to her and tells her outlandish story to a high school teacher and a group of students. 

Abducted: The mysterious spiritual thriller about near-death experiences and surviving trauma centers on an adopted blind girl from Russia named Prairie Johnson

Abducted: The mysterious spiritual thriller about near-death experiences and surviving trauma centers on an adopted blind girl from Russia named Prairie Johnson

Déjà vu? There were inevitable comparisons to Stranger Things' psychokinetic Eleven due to Prairie's nosebleeds, gnarly scars, and underwater helmet experiments inside a strange lab

Déjà vu? There were inevitable comparisons to Stranger Things' psychokinetic Eleven due to Prairie's nosebleeds, gnarly scars, and underwater helmet experiments inside a strange lab

33-year-old Brit told Variety on Friday: 'I think there is something really delicious in the mystery about questioning the storyteller's truth. Certainly, you go back and forth on it' 

33-year-old Brit told Variety on Friday: 'I think there is something really delicious in the mystery about questioning the storyteller's truth. Certainly, you go back and forth on it' 

'I think there is something really delicious in the mystery about questioning the storyteller's truth,' 33-year-old Brit told Variety when the show premiered.

'Certainly, you go back and forth on it. As an audience member, the boys are kind of your surrogate. I think just as the boys go back and forth on the truth of her story, you do, too. I think the place it kind of ultimately arrives at is that it maybe doesn't matter as much the details are true, because there's some essential core that she's imparting that smacks of honesty.'  

The Georgetown grad continued: 'Whether part of the story is a metaphor, or it is a literal truth, tends to matter less when you get to the end and see that the DNA of the story contains something that just this group needed.' 

Creator, writer, actor: The Georgetown grad has created many critically-acclaimed shows and movies for her young age, including Another Earth

Creator, writer, actor: The Georgetown grad has created many critically-acclaimed shows and movies for her young age, including Another Earth

'A decade ago': The four-time Independent Spirit Award nominee impressively wrote and co-created all eight episodes with her 'old friend' and director Zal Batmanglij (R)

'A decade ago': The four-time Independent Spirit Award nominee impressively wrote and co-created all eight episodes with her 'old friend' and director Zal Batmanglij (R)

The four-time Independent Spirit Award nominee impressively wrote and co-created all eight episodes with her 'old friend' and director Zal Batmanglij. 

Some TV critics have called The OA 'more intrigue than execution' while others reviews describe it as 'absorbing' and 'innovative.' 

 'Trust the unknown': Some TV critics have called The OA 'more intrigue than execution' while others reviews describe it as 'absorbing' and 'innovative'

 'Trust the unknown': Some TV critics have called The OA 'more intrigue than execution' while others reviews describe it as 'absorbing' and 'innovative'

Prairie (Brit Marling) goes missing for seven years, tangles with the FBI, and then resurfaces magically cured of her blindness after jumping off a bridge

Prairie (Brit Marling) goes missing for seven years, tangles with the FBI, and then resurfaces magically cured of her blindness after jumping off a bridge

 Doesn't appeal to everyone! Some TV critics have called The OA 'more intrigue than execution' while others reviews describe it as 'absorbing' and 'innovative.'

 Doesn't appeal to everyone! Some TV critics have called The OA 'more intrigue than execution' while others reviews describe it as 'absorbing' and 'innovative.'

 

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