WARNING: SPOILERS ahead for season 2 of The Diplomat.
Ronnie was an important member of Kate Wyler’s team who died in the car explosion at the end of The Diplomat season 1. Keri Russell leads the cast of The Diplomat Season 2 along with Rufus Sewell as her husband Hal, David Gyasi as Foreign Secretary Austin Dennison, Ali Ahn as CIA agent Eidra Park and Rory Kinnear as Prime Minister Nicol Trowbridge. The series begins after the events of The Diplomat the first season finale, which left the lives of Hal, Ato Essandoh’s Stuart and Jess Chanliau’s Ronnie up in the air.
Keri Russell received an Emmy nomination for her role as US Ambassador Kate Wyler in The Diplomat season 1. The series introduces a handful of new characters, most notably Allison Janey’s vice president, Grace Penn, while narrowing its focus on those responsible for the car explosion that killed Merritt Grove and the missile attack on H.M.S. Courageous, two of the biggest obstacles in The Diplomat season 1. The Diplomat was created by Debora Chan (The West Wing, Grey’s Anatomy, Homeland).
Ronnie Buckhurst is a foreign service officer and Stuart’s deputy
Stuart had known Ronnie the longest and felt directly responsible
Ronnie Buckhurst is an American foreign service officer who works with Stuart Hayford, chief of mission at the UK embassy, ​​and Kate Wyler, US ambassador stationed in the UK. Ronnie plays a subsidiary role throughout The Diplomat season 1helping Stuart and Kate and dealing with various matters of diplomacy and national interest for the United States. Stuart had known and worked with Ronnie longer than Kate had, which is why he takes Ronnie’s death more harshly.
Ronnie was one of the people caught in the car explosion that killed Merritt Grove at the end of The Diplomat season 1. Hal arranged a meeting with Grove after the latter insisted that they meet in private. Hal is late for the meeting and doesn’t have a chance to hear what Grove has to say. Ronnie finds Grove to tell him that Stuart will be arriving on his behalf to meet with him, which upsets Grove and forces him to leave. When Stuart and Hal arrive, Ronnie follows Grove to his car and is killed by the explosion..
The car bomb at the end of Diplomat season 1 killed Ronnie
Ronnie was the only member of the US team who died in the explosion
The Diplomat season 2 wastes no time in revealing who lived and who died of those impacted by the car explosion. Since Grove opened the car door to trigger the bomb, his death was essentially certain. Ronnie, who was just meters away from Grove, was close enough for the impact to be fatal. Ronnie makes a brief appearance at the beginning of The Diplomat 2nd season being rushed to the hospital on a stretcher. However, emergency surgeons were unable to save Ronnie’s life. Hal and Stuart survive after being hospitalized in The Diplomat Season 2 and Stuart is greatly affected by Ronnie’s death.