‘Rivals’ Boss Talks Major Book Changes—for Tony & Cameron and More

[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for all of Rivals Season 1.]

The adaptation of Dame Jilly Cooper’s Rivals, now streaming on Hulu, changes a few things from the book, most notably the ending.

Rivals ends its first season in such a way that we need a Season 2. Tony (David Tennant) learns about Cameron (Nafessa Williams) and Rupert’s (Alex Hassell) relationship. Tony and Cameron’s subsequent fight ends with her hitting him hard with the award they won—and possibly killing him?! Meanwhile, Rupert and Taggie (Bella Maclean) finally kiss, and Maud (Victoria Smurfit) leaves Declan (Aidan Turner), who chooses his work—as his, Rupert, and Freddie’s (Danny Dyer) Venturer is given the go-ahead to pitch for the franchise against Tony’s Corinium.