Saw this question over in r/Reddit: “If you could get one more season of a TV show, what show would it be?” | What show(s) would you choose?
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/493723
Thought this was an interesting question and I’m sure there’s lots of suggestions out there.
Firefly
The one true answer.
Yeah, this. It was such an interesting premise, an engaging cast, and really seemed to be going someplace interesting. Would've loved to see it get enough time to find its voice. Even their bottle episode was great fun.
Was gonna say, kids these days don't know the pain of 2000's Fox!
Hi Randall Munroe!
Firefly. There is no other answer for me.
Came here to say this. The movie helped but not as much as another season.
There is nothing really close. Better off Ted is an obvious if distant number 2 for me.
FIREFLY. PREACH IT @moops
Firefly!!!! FFS this should always be the #1 answer
Agreed. This is always my immediate response.
Firefly. Agreed
The question really needs to include "other than Firefly" to get other answers. Although, it's much less common than it used to be... I'm getting old.
The Expanse
Expanse ended on a good point. We would probably need at least 2 seasons to finish up the final trilogy. If one extra season would be all we got, I'd not want it tbh.
Me too! So much. At least we have the comics!
Correct. Such an amazing show!
Pushing Daisies
It’s been 5,124 days 16 hours, 22 minutes and 54 seconds since viewers were last delighted by the whimsy and brilliance that was embodied by this one little show.
I wish the answer here was "Westworld".
That first season was perfect television. And that season finale? My god. I was so excited to watch season 2 and it... just fell short on all fronts. It has its moments, but ultimately failed to measure up to that first season.
Which would have been okay, but then season 3 and 4 happened, and diluted the overall quality of the show to a point where I stopped recommending the show to anyone and just tell them to stick to S1.
I want to live in a timeline where we left off on that S1 ending wondering what could have been.
firelfy
Firefly 😭💀
Shiny!
Veronica Mars or Gravity Falls
I second gravity falls. It’s a great show if you haven’t watched it
The VM of the original series or the VM of the movies and reboot? I think her character changes so much and I'm not sure i would want to follow her down her new, dark path.
OK, who am I kidding, I would totally watch another season.
This is very difficult... and we must be very careful indeed...
You shouldn't ask for MORE simply because you enjoyed it.
Friends already seemed to go on endlessly - but most shows are rightly put to bed and overshadowed by newer and better ideas.
Now I'm watching Blue Light and don't miss NYPD blue.... I still watch Kojak occasionally, but I sure wouldn't want any MORE.
'Nuff said.
Harrison Bergeron - the second story in "Welcome to the Monkeyhouse" written by Kurt Vonnegut. These stories are brilliant ideas put into short form - perfect. Talking about Black Mirror...
I still have a 'random cartoon' habit with Pink Panther/Tom n Jerry
There isn't much room for anything else in there.
I just wish there had been MORE of them.
With regards to Charlie Brooker productions I'd also love the annual Wipe Series back
Mindhunter, without a doubt.
I'm still sad when I think of what could've been
For anyone put off by the fact that it only had two seasons, it is still well worth watching. It was excellent. I would gladly watch two more seasons.
Chuck because I want to see that happy ending and Eureka because I miss the weird combo of sci-fi, comedy and drama
Better off Ted
I need more Veridian Dynamics.
Also, casting Linda as Ted Lasso's wife and having her say "Ted" was one of the most jarring experiences I've had watching TV. All suspension of reality was completely broken.
I noticed that too!
Seven seasons and a movie!
Eh...the last season was really weak IMO. The wheels fell off once Troy left and I think the meme of "six seasons and a movie" willed that final season into existence.
The OA. Fuck Netflix for canceling it.
Also 1899.
I probably shouldn't be surprised, but I can't freaking believe that someone has the same two answers as me. We'll get through this, friend.
i can think at least three reasons:
People have already beaten me to Firefly over and over again so I'll add one likely to have been forgotten:
Carnivale.
Ended on an unbelievable cliffhanger, left SO MUCH unanswered, could've run for another decade. I'm re-mad that this show got canceled now.
Hell, you could throw a dart at a board populated by Netflix series too.
Farther Ted
Nearer Ted
Sense8. There's nothing else quite like it. I really wanted to see more of that story, I'll never forgive Netflix for cancelling it.
Gravity falls
1899
I'm still heartbroken Netflix cancelled it because it had the unfortunate timing of airing at the same time as Wednesday. The directors' previous series, "Dark", was a proper mindfuck.
Dark was amazing. I didn't bother with 1899 after I heard that it was cancelled.
I think I'm developing a fear of commitment with shows these days, with so many cancelations
The Owl House. Though, given that it was cancelled and season 3 compressed to three double length episodes, I'd make the extra season a replacement season 3, and rework those episodes into part of the new season. There were definitely montages in those episodes where you could feel them practically saying "and here's several episodes we could have written, if we had time".
(Not to mention the infamous dialog about "maybe if we had time for 20 more adventures" near the end of season 2...)
Better off Ted
Pushing Daisies
ETA: I should've finished reading this thread. Of course these two would be mentioned!
My Name is Earl. I want to know who is Earl Jr's father.
The Expanse. The show had a satisfying ending but the books went a bit further into the future and I'd like to see more in the shows.
i don't remember the details but The Expanse isn't outright cancelled. they need to wait for some license or something to expire
Warehouse 13
For me, that's one of those shows that went on a bit too long.
Utopia
I really hope you dont mean that amazon remake travesty.
The UK one right? If so then hell yes.
Deadwood. The movie was too little way too late.
As a HUGE deadwood fan, i agree. Its probably my overall #1 favorite show of all time. I felt like the movie was Milch calling in before his disease took him completely.
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Would you say it should have remained...An X-File?
Adventure Time. It really needed one more season to fully flesh out the storylines they set up. Cartoon Network really screwed them (and other shows like SU) over
I would love another season of scrubs!
I know the last season (med school) was wildly unpopular, but i actually started warming up to it near the end. I feel like another season would have actually been pretty good
Caprica.
They never really gave it a chance. It was slow at first but then started building suspense and drama and I was hooked and then devastated when they cancelled it.
Chappelle Show or everybody hates Chris
Reboot, a Canadian CGI kids show about happenings inside a computer, the guardians, the viruses, the web, I used to love that show.
It ended in an intense cliffhanger 😔
So, um, kind of a monkey paw situation here...It did get an, ahem, "reboot"...Which was a hybrid live action/CGI show. It's not another season, and that's honestly probably the most disheartening part of it. Like you pulled enough together to do something more Reboot-related and that's where you went with it?
It's just...There. It's not very good, and it's not even so bad it's good either. It's more like a live action Code Lyoko than Reboot tbh, and it can't even get that right.
That used to be one of my favourite shows! That and Beasties. I completely forget how Reboot ended the series though.
And Electrovagrant is right, there was a second show that got made but it wasn't watchable. It didn't seem at all related really, just shared the same name.
Omg yes! I genuinely forgot reboot: guardian code exists, I watched 1 episode and I didn’t liked it at all
Hannibal.
Jericho
Star Trek Enterprise season 5. That show was just starting to get really good.
Would love to have seen the Romulan wars.
My Name is Earl
This is a great answer, but honestly, it deserves much more than one additional season!
The Tick. Any iteration really, but cartoon or Amazon version over the Fox live action.
Stargate origins. Axed before it's prime.
Universe definitely didn't get enough love, it was such a neat show.
Oops! That's the one I meant, actually. The cliffhanger will haunt me for the rest of my life lol.
Also, on a more positive note, there's more Stargate in production via Amazon. Hopefully they knock it out of the park!
Haven't seen anyone mention The OA yet.
That series needs to be finished!
Infinity train
Gravity falls!!
Raised by wolves
Forever
Better Off Ted
If you've only watched it on Netflix, there is an episode they trimmed because it was viewed as racist (which is stupid because it was Veridian Dynamics being racist and the show was calling it out). Episode is called Racial Sensitivity and the only way I know of to watch it is to fly the black flag.
I'm pretty sure I watched it on a streaming service, and I've seen that episode. The company buys smart lighting that can't see black people, so they hire white people to follow their black employees around.
It's such a great episode, and it actually happens too
Have an upvote. Loved this show and still tell people to watch it. So many brilliant moments from the series and I bring them up to people at work. Sadly missed.
Altered Carbon! season 2 was left open ended because it was supposed to get a 3rd season.
I adored season 1, couldn't get into season 2, no matter how hard I tried.
More of the cyberpunk cities would have been right up my alley.
The quality drop was significant between season 1 and 2.
Pushing Daisies never got the ending it deserved. Everything had to be hastily wrapped up in one entire episode, third season setups were just left as loose ends, and it really didn't do such a great show justice
This is my answer as well, I loved the show so much and want it to get a proper ending.
Fringe
Rise of the Pink Lady's. J/K, probably Babylon 5?
NBC's Revolution. I mean we got a comic adaption to wrap up the series, but a third season would be interesting.