The Harry Potter TV show in 2026 and will attempt to start production in 2025. This means that the script will be circulating for discussion at HBO. Therefore, it is a good time to recollect J. K. Rowling's classic story and plan the key tent poles required for HBO's show. With one season per book planned, there are many ways the show could go, but one twist, in particular, should be explored in detail.

Published between 1997 and 2007, J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter books will provide the source material for HBO's show, and the second book offers some intriguing content. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, released in 1998, inspired the 2002 Warner Bros. movie. This installment is about Salazar Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets and its mysterious reopening at Hogwarts. With Daniel Radcliffe playing Harry Potter, Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley, and Emma Watson as Hermione Granger, the movie hinges on one key character that could have used more attention — but the TV show could now put this right.

Harry Potter Season 2 Should Dedicate A Whole Episode To Hagrid's Backstory

Hagrid Deserves More Attention In Harry Potter

The Harry Potter TV show should dive deeper into Rubeus Hagrid's story when it adapts Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Hagrid is, in many ways, the centerpiece of this installment's novel and movie. This central character, previously played iconically by Robbie Coltrane, is the epicenter of sympathy, humor, and joy throughout the Harry Potter series. Hagrid's importance can't be understated, but he could have done with more screen time in the movie where he is so integral to the plot. Thus, Harry Potter season 2 should further explore how Hagrid was framed by Tom Riddle for murder.

Robbie Coltrane ed away at 72 in 2022.

The Harry Potter show will cover seven books in 10 years and should have more hours than the movie franchise to tell each story, so it can definitely dive deep into Hagrid's Chamber of Secrets setup. Harry Potter season 2 should dedicate a whole episode to Hagrid's backstory, which was only touched upon in a brief flashback in the movie. The show could explore this even more than the novel did, honoring one of Rowling's best characters and the legacy of Robbie Coltrane. With Brett Goldstein as Hagrid's rumored actor, the character's potential is only on the rise.

A Flashback Episode Will Make Hagrid An Even More Sympathetic Character In The Remake

Hagrid Is Ripe For Heroizing In The Harry Potter TV Show

As one of Hogwarts' famous professors, Hagrid is guaranteed to be popular in the Harry Potter TV show, yet exploring his backstory would make him even more sympathetic. If Brett Goldstein does turn out to be Hagrid in the remake, viewers are in for a good time. The Ted Lasso actor is hilarious, and this could be the required comic relief in an inherently very dark story. Goldstein also does stand-up comedy, which would help him in the Hagrid role. This funny figure is fatherly and deeply sympathetic in the novel, which the Harry Potter show should reflect.

If the show allowed a whole episode for the Hagrid backstory, it would also be wisely amplifying the role of one of Harry Potter's main characters. Hagrid is the right character for season 2 of the show to focus on, and one episode would provide the perfect balance between his screen time and that of other characters. The show should explore what it was like for Hagrid getting expelled, and the impact of Voldemort's deception. This flashback episode would also set the show apart from the movies, which will be very important for the series.

Harry Potter Season 2's Ending Twist Could Be Even Better After A Flashback Episode

A Flashback Episode Could Improve Hagrid & Tom Riddle's Storylines

Season 2 of the Harry Potter TV show could also improve the great twist near its end with a flashback episode. The twist is, of course, that Tom Riddle actually framed Hagrid for opening the Chamber of Secrets, getting him expelled, and being resigned to gamekeeper — a post that Albus Dumbledore managed to wrangle for him. The flashback episode could unveil everything that viewers and readers ever wanted to know about Riddle's history with Hagrid. But before that, the show could tease other possibilities, making the flashback a huge reveal.

Part of the reason for HBO making the Harry Potter show was to be able to adapt the books more faithfully and put more of the story on screens than had ever been put on them before. The time is right for Hagrid to get his moment to shine when he is one of the books' most underrated characters. Now the HBO show can set viewers up to believe that Hagrid really did open the Chamber of Secrets, making Riddle's treachery and identity all the more impactful when it is confirmed.

Newcomers to Harry Potter and old fans alike would appreciate clues dropped about the Chamber of Secrets mystery.

The Harry Potter show will spend its first season re-introducing its main characters, and Hagrid should immediately be a source of comic relief if the show wants to be faithful to the books. Therefore, season 1 of Harry Potter will set Hagrid up as a friend to the Golden Trio, but won't go deep enough into the story yet for newcomers to trust him fully. This would help to make season 2's tease of Hagrid as the villain credible and effective. Newcomers to Harry Potter and old fans alike would appreciate clues dropped about the Chamber of Secrets mystery, followed by a flashback exposing the truth.