Manhattan is currently airing its second season on WGN, and the future of the series is still uncertain. However, Sam Shaw is preparing for things in case the series is cancelled by the network.
In an interview with Assignment X, the creator spoke about the series, and he revealed what the basic premise of season two is in case the show is cancelled.
The series focuses on the Manhattan Project and that time in our history. However, the characters on the series are mostly fictional with some familiar names from that period of time woven in.
“We spent the whole season last season writing about the human cost of a very destructive witch hunt for imaginary spies. There were a lot of people who were painted with the brush of espionage, and characters who were called traitors who weren’t, and there was a lot of human wreckage. By the end of the season, we finally reveal that one of our characters is a legitimate spy, and so this season, we tell his story, although I hope that we succeeded in telling the story in a way that will upend some of the conventions of spy stories. The truth is, there were real spies at Los Alamos, and their motives were really fascinating and complicated.”
Manhattan currently airs on Tuesday nights on WGN. Are you a fan of the series? Do you want a third season? Tell us what you think.
I am very disappointed hearing of the cancelation. This is a great mini series and if WGN had done their job and done more promitional advertising they would have seen a better turn out. Don’t blame the viewer public because the network dropped the ball.
This has become the show we can’t wait for each week….excellent writing, sets, and photography…..the series is fantastic and can attract more viewers………must be extended for season three…..the character development is outstanding and getting better each episode……a terribly thought provoking statement on geo-political events and the very human responses to them, that is as timely as todays news, in a sepia tone kinda way. A stark reminder that technology is racing ahead of human nature, and that the consequences of errors in human character and actions can now be appalling. A battle of moral questions on all levels….While not attempting… Read more »
I love this show! Do not cancel, give it one more year! Good acting and a good FICTION story with background not too often spoken of on TV.
Wrap this thing up. I didn’t expect a documentary, but the history inaccuracy is ridiculous.
I liked the first season but S2 is a disaster. Frank is a raving lunatic and I got tired of his sanctimonious diatribes by episode 2. Nothing about this show is realistic or close to what actually happened. Depicting Oppenheimer as a disturbed disinterested depressive is just wrong on so many levels. He and his wife had parties every night and all the physicists and their wives were at those parties – there was no drinking at the bar except for the lower echelon. The living conditions were very primitive – half the time the water was rusty and brown… Read more »
Thank you Maggie, totally agree. So much drama surrounds factual events why elaborate.
Maggie you should contact me… any PR work in your past?
This is the most cinematic, visually stimulating show on non-network TV. The story is intriguing and the characters are fascinating. It’s science fiction with a whole new refreshing twist without zombies or aliens. The writing is superb and the story twist are always surprising. The only negative is that they killed off Fisher, I loved to hate this character.
I love this show! I look forward to it every week – couldn’t wait for it to come back on!
Its smart – you have to pay attention. Don’t care that all of the history isn’t accurate – it’s not a documentary. SOS -I love this show please save it!
Of course it will be canceled, it’s one of my favorite shows !
We love Manhattan and would love many more seasons!