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Amazon has cancelled its original series The Peripheral despite renewing the show for a second season back in February.

The sci-fi series told the tale of Flynne Fisher (played by Chloë Grace Moretz), as she navigated time travel, robots, avatars, secret missions and the apocalypse.

Citing sources, Variety and Deadline reported Friday (18 August) that the ongoing writers’ and actors’ strikes had played a factor in the decision to cancel the show. Due to the studio’s backlog, the second series of The Peripheral would have been delayed until 2025, the publications reported.

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This wasnt a ratings decision, this was a "Fuck WGA/SAG-AFTRA" decision

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, it’s unfortunate. I loved the story, so it sucks.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Exactly. There were a ton of casualties like this during the last strike.

There will be more on the chopping block, all because the platforms don't want to share the profits with the writers from the golden goose they found with the new streaming era.

[–] MycelialMass 15 points 1 year ago

Darn, first season was pretty interesting

[–] jasonwaterfalls 9 points 1 year ago

Aw man! I've been waiting for it to come back. 😩

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Guess I won't bother after all.

[–] Pattern 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Still worth watching season 1, I think. It was quite good.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I agree. It was fun and still ended well.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Did it end on a hook, or did they close the season?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The season was closed well enough. Like any show they left room for a second season, but also like any show they know there's usually no guarantee of a second season.
And it's TOTALLY worth watching it. It's a brilliant show.

Plus I'm betting it gets picked up by Apple TV after the strike is over.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I’ll have to find my way over to the old schooner, then. Arr!

[–] breckenedge 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

They closed the season but left room for the story to continue. Doesn’t end on any sort of cliffhanger if that’s what you mean. TBH, not worth it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Yes, that’s what I was looking for. I don’t spend much time anymore watching serial shows because it seems like more often than not they don’t bring closure to the season; they use it as a continuous hook from season to season and I’m kinda over that. Thank you

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

God dammit.

[–] WhoRoger 3 points 1 year ago

I was about to give it a try. Amazon has quite a few sci-fi series in the past few years, I assume most get canceled tho.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

This doesn't give me much hope for the Three-Body Problem on Netflix. Great series, but it's definitely too much of a slow-burn to ever get a second season.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Cost cutting is more a peril to a streaming business than loosing money as cost cutting does not care about content.