Will you start watching a canceled show? (streaming)
I find interesting series that I learn were canceled before coming to a logical conclusion. (I don't count those as canceled really.)
In some cases I have felt burned investing time in a series (The First, for example) hitting a cliffhanger season ending only to learn of no follow-up.
Of course, series we like get canceled all the time after we start them. This question is about knowing it only got 1-3 seasons before starting.
@S_r_stone My answer is: if each episode can stand on it's own then I'd watch it. If it's all pieced together towards a finale we don't get? Nah.
@TrueBloodNet No way of knowing in advance really.
I find most have seasons that somewhat wrap up, but leave some opening.
The First starred Sean Penn about a first mission to Mars. I liked it but many joined for sci-fi only to find a psychological drama. (Zero space scenes in first season) So it never got an audience.
The season ENDED with them taking off for the mission.
I started it without knowing it was already canceled.
@TrueBloodNet Spoiler: It starts with the first mission, by a private company, blowing up on takeoff. Penn is most experienced astronaut, grounded for reasons we gradually learn, watching the crew he trained blow up.
Season is about him, his daughter, the oblivious CEO of the company trying to avoid bankruptcy, the families of the crew.
It wasn't light-hearted fantasy. But I wanted to see the space stuff too. Bummer.
@TrueBloodNet If the driven, yet clueless space-CEO* story seems familiar, For All Mankind kinda took that story angle forward in their later seasons, along with the grounded but experienced captain, with the added tension of a 2-way race between NASA, the company, and Russia.
So I got a payoff in a different series, I guess.
*Unlike Elon. both of these series' characters are somewhat likable, but flawed.
For All Mankind balances the "soap opera" stories a bit better I guess.