Louisa Levy announced that Off Campus' season 2 will center on Allie Hayes and Dean Di Laurentis and that all eight scripts are written, but Justin Kohl will not appear next season because of a scheduling conflict for actor Josh Heuston.
Levy, who oversees the Prime Video adaptation, said the choice to move to Allie and Dean was deliberate. "All eight scripts are written and we have a very exciting plan for the season," she told reporters, adding she made the casting and storytelling decisions "in an effort to keep the momentum going."
Levy confirmed the absence of Justin Kohl up front. "Not next season, but I love Josh and I would not write him off if I can find a way to bring Justin back at some point," she said. She repeated the point more plainly: "We don't have him [available] next season, but never say never."
The announcement matters because it maps a clear path for viewers leaving Season 1, which premiered May 13 on Prime Video. Season 1 followed Hannah Wells and Justin Kohl as they developed feelings for one another before Hannah ultimately ended up with Garrett Graham. Levy said she wanted audiences to know where the show was headed next: "I wanted viewers to know who they were going to be tuning in for next."
The series — a Prime Video adaptation of Elle Kennedy's Off Campus book series — is built so each season follows a different romantic couple at Briar University in Boston. That structure is why Levy's decision is notable: rather than adapt the second novel in the series, The Mistake, which centers on Grace Ivers and John Logan, the show will advance to the third book, The Score, which focuses on Allie Hayes and Dean Di Laurentis.
That divergence from the published order creates the tension at the center of Levy's plan. The Mistake is the second novel in the franchise and would have put Grace and John at the center next; instead the show will skip to the third book's storyline. The choice raises questions about character arcs carried forward from Season 1 and how the series will fold new relationships and leftover plotlines into a different book's narrative.
Behind the book-order decision is casting and chemistry. Elle Kennedy, the author of the novels, praised the actors considered for the parts the books would have adapted next. "I did get to see the chemistry tests with Antonio and India, who is cast as Grace, and they are spectacular together," she said—an endorsement that suggests the show preserved options for Grace and John even as it moves to Allie and Dean.
Levy framed the moves as both practical and strategic. With Josh Heuston unavailable, the show cannot follow Justin Kohl immediately; with scripts ready, it can shoot without delay on a different couple. "It was always in an effort to keep the momentum going," she said, arguing that having eight scripts finished gives the production flexibility to deliver a cohesive season even as casting challenges emerge.
What happens next is straightforward: Off Campus will proceed with a season built around Allie Hayes and Dean Di Laurentis, using the eight completed scripts as its blueprint, while producers keep the door open for Justin Kohl to return in a later season if scheduling permits. Given Levy's insistence that she would "not write him off if I can find a way to bring Justin back at some point," fans should expect the showrunners to treat the absence as temporary rather than permanent.
For viewers wondering whether the show will still honor the novels, the answer is yes—partly. Off Campus will remain an adaptation of Elle Kennedy's series, but it will explicitly diverge by prioritizing The Score over The Mistake for season 2, and by making casting and production realities part of how the story unfolds on screen.
