The Duggar family is returning for Season 2 of Jill and Jessa: Counting On, and there are no shortage of storylines for TLC to focus on.
While 19 Kids and Counting primarily with how such a big family dealt with day-to-day life, the spinoff has shifted its focus dramatically.
Zeroing in on the titular adult offspring and their families, as well as the next generation of Duggars coming of age, there"s a lot to cover.
Here are 13 stories we are … wait … wait for it … Counting On!
1. Jinger Duggar Courting Jeremy Vuolo!
This is first, foremost and most obvious, as TLC has already promised that Jinger Duggar’s courtship with Jeremy Vuolo will be a major focus this season. The sixth-eldest Duggar and the former soccer star turned preacher should be primary fixtures throughout this season.
2. Anna Duggar Addressing Her Life
How the show handles the ongoing, sad saga of Anna Duggar will be by far the most interesting – and telling – aspect of Season 2. Is she taking Josh back for good? Did his family put the pressure on, or does she truly believe it was the right thing to do? How is she rationalizing that to herself, and others? What is their living situation like? So many questions we may finally have answered …
3. The Sexual Deviant Elephant in the Room
Will family pariah and international disgrace Josh Duggar make his way back on screen, as some sort of trial balloon at a birthday party or in a full-scale storyline devoted to his recovery from “sex addiction” and efforts to crawl back into Anna’s good graces?
4. Jill Duggar and Derick Dillard … Doing Whatever it is That They Do
What exactly Jill Duggar and Derick Dillard do as missionaries in Central America has long been a topic of discussion – and controversy. Perhaps Season 2 of Jill & Jessa: Counting On will shed some light on what precisely Israel’s parents are up to … and whether or not they’re deliberately trying to present themselves differently than people’s perceptions of them might entail.
5. Jessa and Ben Trying to Stay Relevant
Let’s face it … Jessa Duggar and Ben Seewald may be among the better known figures in the famous family, but they are vastly becoming less interesting. Not necessarily in a bad way. If anything, lack of notoriety can be a virtue for this lightning rod of a family. It should be interesting to see how they attempt to angle for screen time against her rising star siblings, however.
6. Jana Duggar … Continuing to Be Put Upon
In Season 1, we saw a great deal (but never enough!) of Jana, the eldest Duggar daughter, sometimes referred to as the “Cinderella Duggar.” Producers made it very obvious that they were trying to show how Jana does things other than raise her siblings, including home improvement projects and coordinating a wide variety of activities. However, Jinger’s courtship further confirms that Jana is quite literally always the bridemaid and never the bride … and that the bridesmaid likely picks up the slack for everyone else.