Will Goliath have a second season? Recently, creator David E. Kelley spoke with The Hollywood Reporter about the future of the Amazon series.
From David E. Kelley, the legal drama stars Billy Bob Thornton as Billy McBride, a washed up lawyer who takes on the major corporate firm he helped create. The cast also includes Maria Bello, William Hurt, Olivia Thirlby, Sarah Wynter, and Molly Parker.
In the interview, Kelley said he’s okay with the show only running one season:
Well, we originally thought three years, that would be great. It could go more; it could go less. But if we were told, “OK, you can only have one year, here’s the deal, one year and one year only,” that would have been fine with us. We had a story to tell over eight episodes, and we wanted to tell it and if that gives rise to year two — and we certainly hope it does because we have another to tell behind it — that’s great. As television has evolved, I think one of the great positives is that the short form is flourishing. I just did a one-off seven-hour series for HBO [Big Little Lies], we did this [over] eight hours on Amazon. And they both conceivably can go to year two or year three, but if it’s only year one, there’s closure at the end of them and I think it has currency and value even as a one-year project. And we’re seeing more of that on both cable and streaming things. Shows don’t have to be designed to run in perpetuity. If there’s a show that’s viable for one season or two seasons or three seasons, those stories are worth telling too.”
That being said, he also mentioned there is a plan for season two:
It would definitely be a new case. There are other cases that come behind it. So if we’re lucky, we’ll get to go on to year two.”
What do you think? Have you seen Goliath yet? Would you like a second season?
I just found this on Prime and love it. I cannot wait for season two!
YES YES YES
Yes. Why not? Enjoyable and quirky. So much better than most of the mindless stuff on tv. I enjoyed it anyway. Thankyou Amazon.
I have watched 3 episodes of “Goliath” and it’s EXCELLENT!!! LOVE BILLY BOB THORNTON! !!
Just finished watching “Goliath” -we loved it!
yes ! great series. Bring it back for a second series!
Awesome…..
Hell YES!!! Please don’t cancel the show, I don’t watch tv but my friend wanted to watch this and we watched 5 episodes in a row. I was so upset that I couldn’t see the last few episodes right away and have to wait a week. I immediately looked it up to see about it running again… Please don’t tell me you’re not going to do another season and another and another!!! I think it’s a fantastic show..
My husband (who doesn’t binge watch) binge watched this. All of the cast was strong and Billy Bob sparkled as the lead character. We’d both like to see a second season.
MUST have more seasons!! Great show, phenomenal acting, terrific writing. PLEEEEEASE!
PLZ PLZ PLZ RENEW THIS SERIES!!! This show is GREAT! Actors are GREAT!! It would be a shame to see this cancelled.
What’s not to love here?! We all love BBT – Season 2 ASAP
Loved it. Creative, honest, well done. Binge watched in 3 sittings. Please give us more.
This is a GREAT show! It’s very difficult to pace yourself and not watch all episodes at one sitting. The cast is wonderful and would love to see a second, or more, seasons. David E. Kelley is a genius!
More please! We need quality entertainment. I’m still pissed about Harry’s Law being cancelled. (With Kathy Bates)