[Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers from “She’s Gotta Have It” Season 1, including the finale.]

The first season of Spike Lee’s “She’s Gotta Have It” TV series adaptation of his 1986 film ends on a high note, so to speak, when Brooklyn artist Nola Darling (DeWanda Wise) invites the three men in her life to an awkward but open Thanksgiving dinner that culminates in a pot-fueled dance party in her apartment. Wise spoke to IndieWire about a time jump and what else to expect when the show returns for Season 2.

“It’s 18 months later, so we all know what could happen in a-year-and-half’s time,” she said. “One of my favorite things …is thinking about my own career as an artist, you don’t come back to her and she’s super famous. We’re not coming back 18 months later and she’s like a super-accomplished, prolific, visual artist. No, she’s still fighting and struggling and working through issues.”

In Season 1, Nola creates...