Last night, FOX aired the Gracepoint finale which wrapped up the mystery of who killed Danny Solano. What’s next?
Gracepoint begins when a young boy is found dead on an idyllic beach in the small northern California town of Gracepoint. The tragedy and media frenzy soon turns neighbor against neighbor as the police try to figure out what happened. The cast includes David Tennant, Anna Gunn, Michael Peña, Virginia Kull, Madalyn Horcher, Kendrick Sampson, Nick Nolte, Jacki Weaver, Kevin Rankin, Sarah-Jane Potts, Stephen Louis Grush, Kevin Zegers, Jessica Lucas, and Nikolas Filipovic.
As fans know all too well, the ratings for Gracepoint have been very poor all season. It looked like the network might pull the series — or at least ship it to Saturday nights — but FOX let all 10 episodes run on Thursday nights.
Gracepoint was billed as a “limited series” but that designation doesn’t seem to mean too much these days. If a show is a ratings success, networks will find a way to keep a show going. If it’s a bomb, limited series or not, a show’s going to be cancelled.
In a recent interview, showrunner Anya Epstein said that last night’s episode wasn’t intended to be a series finale. Broadchurch (the UK show that Gracepoint is based on) was renewed for a second season and the feeling was that Gracepoint could return as well.
Epstein notes, “It was not meant to be self-contained and we have a lot of ideas and a lot of excitement about where it could go. It remains to be seen whether we’ll get a chance to actually do that. It doesn’t seem terribly likely at the moment.”
Since Gracepoint is all-but guaranteed to be cancelled, hopefully the writers will share what they had in mind for season two at some point in the future.
UPDATE: FOX has officiually cancelled the series but…
What do you think? Would you watch a second season of Gracepoint? Were you satisfied with the finale?
Wow, a lot of negative comments, are we sure we all watched the same show? Anyway, I was a HUGE fan of Broadchurch and when I heard they were making Gracepoint I was shocked, but it made sense. Broadchurch was a UK hit and many Americans hadn’t seen it for one reason or another. It has the same base story but from episode 1, despite the dialogue being more or less the same, there is another ready a different relationship between Ellie and Carver than Ellie and Hardy. I noticed that Ellie and Carver butted heads more where Hardy controlled… Read more »
What is wrong with all of u!!!!! This is one of the best shows I’ve ever watched I haven’t seen the other version or whatever but I plan on it I’m so exited!!!!
I would definitely watch it! I enjoyed it a great deal!
Better than Broad church, would love a second season!
I like to Greece. Hands down I hope to see season 2 come about with something new and exciting
BRING IT BACK. Please!
I love Anna Gunn and would love to see a second season of Gracepoint
There is a twitter campaign to bring the show back and I’m dying for a season 2. I LOVE this show, and that’s as a Broadchurch addict. I think Gracepoint’s biggest problem is the shallowness of some of its viewers. They completely miss the foreshadowing and creepiness in the subtext. The “for some reason” that Tom is actually the killer runs far deeper than this reviewer seems capable of grasping. Danny’s death is a tragedy already. But now, with Tom as the killer, we see there was more than one child that was a sacrificial lamb on the alter of… Read more »
For some masochistic reason, I actually (sort of) saw all 10 episodes. I had to fast forward many scenes too awful to watch. The writing was pedantic, the so-called idyllic shots were redundant and boring, and the acting was just dreadful. Overall rating is dull and listless.
It was just a terrible waste. I am sorry if you think this was good television. It’s too late now to see Broadchurch as Gracepoint has ruined it for you.
I am watching my turds spin in the toilet bowl as I flush, and that is much more entertaining than Gracepoint, Broadchurch, or any other long-winded and talky mystery crime show.
bring it back!!!!!
Loved loved loved the show!!! Please bring it back.. #hooked. Suspense was great. Big mistake if cancelled
My husband and I loved the show. The acting and suspense left us captivated. We are very disappointed that the show will likely be cancelled. Hoping more fans will show their support and comments to add a second season.
I started late with this show, but immediately caught up with Hulu+.
I had started to watch Broadchurch before I knew there was a Gracepoint, but for some reason couldn’t get into it.
After watching Gracepoint I was hooked. So upset now that they are canceling it. So now I am watching Broadchurch on Netflix, series 1.
I understand the American version better. But do love David Tennant. So I will continue wth BC.
I am hoping that with viewers such as ourselves, we can get another network to pick it up, like we did with Longmire.
Couldnt wait till the next episode would definatly watch luckily I have on dvr and will rewatch for clues I missed