Not really. Flanagan previously revealed that while there’s no direct connection, it will feature references to season one.
“There’s not a narrative connection, but there are little Easter eggs, for sure, not only in small details but in moments of dialogue and in some of the ideas from Hill House,” he told Entertainment Weekly. “There are definitely going to be things that will set off that little dopamine rush that those kinds of connections create, but it’s not a direct connection from a story point of view.”
Not to mention, season two is pegged to be scarier than season one. (Just let that sink in.) “For Henry James fans, it’s going to be pretty wild, and for people who aren’t familiar with his work, it’s going to be unbelievably scary,” Flanagan said. “I already think it’s much scarier than season one, so I’m very excited about it.”