Hulu’s ‘Good American Family’ to Tackle Lorena Bobbitt Case for Season 2

Skip to content Creator Katie Robbins and Ellen Pompeo return as executive producers August 19, 2026 @ 9:54 AM Lorena Bobbitt listens to a lawyer during her trial, Manassas, Virginia, January 1994 (Credit: Consolidated News/Getty Images) “Good American Family” will return for a second season at Hulu, expanding the franchise to an anthology series following a new true crime story. Season 2 will be inspired by the Lorena and John Bobbitt 1993 case in which Lorena severed her husband’s penis with a kitchen knife while he was asleep in bed. The “Good American Family” creative team will return for the second season including creator, writer and executive producer Katie Robbins and executive producer Ellen Pompeo. The logline says that Season 2 will tell the story of the “Virginia couple who incited a media circus that treated trauma as entertainment, launched a thousand dirty jokes, and ignited a gender war.” After chopping off his penis, Lorena drove away and threw the appendage, which was later found, sanitized and reattached to John, into a roadside field. Lorena defended her actions in court, accusing her husband of rape and emotional abuse during their marriage. (John was later charged with rape but was acquitted). More to come…