Have you ever randomly just stumbled upon a show so amazing, that it leaves you bedrotting for the rest of the day? This is something that actually happens to me pretty often . But then you reach the last episode, which just so happens to end with a cliffhanger. The end credits roll, and you’re left staring at the screen wondering – what’s next? And if you’re really like me, you’re immediately running to google to see when the next season is coming out.
Only to find out – They. Cancelled. The. Show. Let’s talk about it.
We’ll Never Know What Happened Next …
#1 The Society (Promotional image from Netflix: Watch The Society | Netflix Official Site)
Just a quick speed run of the show– The Society (2019) is about a group of high school students that go on a school field trip. On the ride back from the trip everyone falls asleep, but when they’re dropped off at the school, something’s different. It’s too quiet. One by one, the students go home, but when they enter, it’s empty. But the houses aren’t the only places empty– the streets, the stores, everywhere. It’s the whole damn town.
And you mean to tell me, we don’t get to know where everyone went?
Where did the bus and the bus driver go that dropped them off in the first place? Why can’t they go past a certain point in their town?
Where are they???
I guess we’ll never know.
#2 Grand Army (promotional image from Netflix: Watch Grand Army | Netflix Official Site )
This show gets a little more personal. Grand Army (2020) is one of those shows that focus on a few people’s stories. But the main story is about a girl, a high schooler named Joey (Odessa A’zion). Yeah, her life had its ups and downs, but for the most part she was happy. She was happiest when she was surrounded by her friends though. Joey had one of those tight knit friend groups that did everything together. But, one night as she’s on the way to a party, sharing a taxi with her friends George (Anthony Ippolito) and Luke (Brian Altemus), Joey was unexpectant.
Joey was assaulted by her closest friends; people she would call brothers.
The show then focused on her struggle with accepting that fact, while also seeking justice. But once again, this show ended with a cliffhanger, Joey never got her justice.
Just why Netflix?
#3 Star (promotional image for Hulu: Watch Star Streaming OnlineHulu)
This show may be a little too niche, but this was the type of show that fed me during my middle school days. Star (2016 – 2019) actually got pretty far season wise, so I was very confused when they decided to cancel it. The series was about three girls – two of them being sisters, all extremely talented when it came to singing. The show was about them coming up in Atlanta, grinding in the music industry. The drama, the scandal, the shock, the twist and turns, the heartbreak – the show had everything.
When it comes to a cliffhanger, this show takes the whole damn bakery.
Just to quickly breakdown all the cliffhangers that happened in just the last ten minutes of that show, let’s switch the format up a bit:
● Star comes back home to her babysitter / friend knocked out on the floor, and her baby boy missing from the crib.
● The wedding at the end of the show was shot up by a gang, leaving three characters, including the groom, injured, and possibly dead.
● As that was going on, the groom’s grandmother’s house got broken into and she was killed.
● Two other main characters got caught in a drive by, causing one to shield the other… surprise surprise, she was also shot.
Like… did anyone survive?
Who kidnapped Star’s baby?
And again, did anyone survive?
All of these interesting shows that keep getting cancelled are honestly stressing me out. Imma just go read a book at this point.
#4 Inside Job (promotional image for Netflix: Watch Inside Job | Netflix Official Site)
For adult animation lovers like myself, Inside Job was a tough show to lose to Netflix Cancellations. This science fiction comedy takes you into a world of conspiracy theories through an American shadow government organization called Cognito Inc. Set in Washington D.C, it is one of six organizations that control the world, well, of course including the Illuminati, the Atlantians, the Catholic Church (shocker…), the Reptiods, and the Juggalos.
Throughout the series, we see Dr. Reagan Ridley, the misunderstood, anti-social, tech genius who navigates running her nothing short of amusing team.
- Brett Hand is Reagan’s co-lead to the team. He’s the generic, frat-boy yes-man who was hired for being undetectable to facial recognition, and his overly optimistic personality to balance Reagan’s intense vibe.
- Gigi Thompson is the Head of Media Manipulation and Subliminal Messages at Cognito, Inc. Her fashion conscious, opinionated, fast-talking, and flirtatious personality is hard not to love.
- Glenn Dolman is the product of a failed supersoldier experiment which turned him from a military veteran into a human-dolphin hybrid. This hyper-masculine, nationalist to the core character is the military advisor and armory chief for Cognito, Inc.
- Dr. Andre is dualy free-spririted and riddled with anxiety. He’s a biochemist for Cognito, Inc, and experiments with quite a range of narcotics.
- Magic Myc is a psychic mushroom from inside Hollow Earth who provides his bodily fluid to Cognito, Inc. for their memory eraser guns. Myc is beautifully sarcastic and has the ability to read minds.
Her team isn’t the only chaotic part of working for a deep-state organization. Reagan’s unhinged, paranoia ridden, alcoholic father, Randall Ridley, is the former-CEO of the company who creates more problems for her. Throughout the series, there are episodes based around major conspiracy theories like JFK’s assassination, reptilian shapeshifters, flat Earth, the Moon landing, the stoned ape theory, and the Mandela effect. Other episodes consist of bizarre missions like stopping a planted robot president, a town trapped in retro-1980’s, weather machines, a moon sex colony, and so much more. The show is broken up into two parts and was left on a cliffhanger due to Netflix cancelling the season two renewal.
In the final episodes, Reagan discovers the true puppet masters of the world, The Black Robes. They’re an ancient, shadow council who wear triangular head-pieces. They offer Reagan a position to join them and become a leader of the world, but will she accept the offer? We’ll never see how it played out unfortunately.
Hearing this show got cancelled was devastating! It deserved so much more, and had so much potential to run for multiple seasons. Think Rick and Morty, Solar Opposites, Common Side Effects mixed with a little Futurama. Maybe you’re noticing a bit of a theme…? Could the show have been cancelled for revealing too much? Some might say that it’s the government subtly revealing just enough information. Or, most likely, Inside Job was competing with other booming shows on Netflix and wasn’t popular enough to renew for a second season. Freelance writer and film critic Joshua Kristian McCoy has a similar take on the matter stating, “The budget for Inside Job isn’t public knowledge, but it’s safe to say that it’s fairly expensive. It undoubtedly doesn’t hold a candle to a show like Stranger Things, but it’s also not a hit on that show’s level. Netflix has been canceling shows left and right, refusing to take a chance on anything that isn’t a smash like Bridgerton or a cult hit like The Umbrella Academy.” Netfix does it again, cancelling a show that actually broke away from the constantly regurgitated themes and plots. If you’re up for experiencing my heartbreak from this cancelled show, the trailer is linked below!
