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The series finale of Gotham Knights aired earlier this week, and one cast member has now spoken out about the ending of the series. Misha Collins played Gotham City district attorney Harvey Dent in the superhero crime drama, and he says the showrunners knew the odds were against it getting a second season.
Starring Oscar Morgan, Olivia Rose Keegan, Navia Robinson, Fallon Smythe, Tyler DiChiara, Anna Lore, and Rahart Adams, Gotham Knights follows the next generation of superheroes after the death of Batman.
Collins said the following about the chances The CW series had for a second season, per Deadline:
“With the state of affairs as they were with the CW and DC and the Warner Brothers universe, all of the various variables that were coming into play here, our showrunners knew that from the outset of this season. In fact, when we were shooting the pilot, they knew that the deck was stacking against it for a Season 2. So that factored into the decision, I think, not to make this a pure cliffhanger, because it would be really unsatisfying for everyone involved if at least the season’s main arcs weren’t resolved.”
As for his character and what a second season might have looked like, he said:
“Well, as the series winds up, we’re really just getting introduced to the Two Face character, and it would have been rich and rewarding to have explored him devolving down the road and the inevitable fights to bring Harvey back, which would, of course, have involved a tremendous amount of inner turmoil. We had lots of conversations about what a prospective Season 2 might look like. I have to say, as it plays, this season ties up so many of the story arcs on the show with a bow so neatly that it almost works as a one-season miniseries.
I’m glad that we’re not leaving the audience hanging…it feels like a very nicely encapsulated chapter and an okay stopping point. Yet, I felt like this the show was really getting cooking, and I would have loved to have had more time with it. I loved working with this cast. I loved working with these producers and writers. It was a very fun, fertile, creative playground. And I’m gonna miss all of that.”
What do you think? Do you think Gotham Knights ended with a satisfying conclusion? Did you want to see a second season?
Aww! I was hoping for a second season but thank you for not ending as a cliffhanger. I would be really pissed off if it did.
Gotham Knights is a 5 STAR ratings for me
I loved this show more with each new episode. I would love to see another network pick it up for season two. There are some truly excellent actors on this show. I especially enjoyed the work Misha Collins did in advancing his character.
I would have loved second season I was addicted from the first episode. I really wanted to see where the two-faced character went and see Misha Collins play a villain. I wanted to see the storyline of Turner play out I think it was pretty obvious when the CW announced they were ordering the three seasons storyline of Jesus, it wouldn’t be keeping a diverse show with such lgbtq representation.
I really want a season 2 it’s my favorite shows and I just finished it yesterday. The plot, the twist. The mystery and everything about that show is the best. I love the Gotham knights they like my favorite hero group. I really hope they have a season 2. It’s my comfort show and I’m rewatching it again and I just finished it yesterday, ain’t that crazy. PLEASE GIVE ME A SEASON 2.
Yes, everything that Misha Commented on is true. A second season would have been awesomely amazing and fun in some respects as far as seeing where everyone’s character and the Gotham Knights would be going. I’m sure gonna miss it!!
I never really thought the entire idea–killing off Batman in favor of a bunch of would-be, uncostumed teen crimefighters, was terribly strong, nor do I think they have repeated the same tropes already visied in BATWOMAN (Batman gone, somebody else has to step up to replace him.) It didn’t work either time because in the back of your mind you’re always hoping that Batman would somehow return (impossible under the W@B “rules,” I realize. But what are we to infer from the final scenes in which Oscar Morgan looks like no one so much as David Mazouz from GOTHAM? Was… Read more »
Someone else needs to pick this show up. I liked it. I’m sure others did, also .
The ratings were as bad as any show on tv. There’s absolutely no chance of this getting picked up anywhere. That’s why the creators have already said goodbye to the series.
I understand what you’re saying but don’t agree.
There are much-less watched shows and they’re still going.
No there’s really not. This is one of lowest rated shows on tv. Why do people think they cancel shows just for the heck of it? There’s a reason shows get canceled. Either not enough viewers or it starts to cost too much. Even if there were lower rated shows you have to look at how much each show costs. I don’t get why people don’t understand this. Again, companies don’t cancel shows just to piss people off. There’s a reason!