Netflix has just released the Season 2 premiere date.
Our story continues.
— Sense8 (@sense8) December 3, 2016
A Christmas Special: December 23.
10 new episodes: May 5, 2017.
The two-hour Christmas special follows the central characters as they weave in and out of each other’s lives finding deeper connections, learning darker, more desperate secrets about one another and struggling to identify with more than just oneself.
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Christmas Special Premiere Date
Thanks to Darkness and Spindae2 for the heads up.
Below is a screenshot straight from Sense8's Netflix page announcing the Christmas Speical is Coming December 23. Nothing else is known, hopefully, a trailer is released soon or at least, something official from Netflix.