NBC has been promoting Persons Unknown as a mini-series and that the show’s mysteries will be answered by the end. The show has not performed well in the ratings so hopefully the network will let all 13 episodes air.
If they do pull the series early, the show is scheduled to be put out on DVD. According to Amazon, it’s scheduled for an August 31st release but that’s likely to change because NBC won’t have aired all of the episodes until early September.
Some readers have noticed that the DVD set is titled Persons Unknown: The Complete First Season
Executive Producer Remi Aubuchon recently told Collider that, when they were shooting it, they did so believing it would be an on-going series. Though they wanted it to go on, he made sure that they answered all of the questions by the end of the first season, to make it a satisfying story for viewers.
Could there be another season? Aubuchon said, “It’s not unheard of, in the course of life, that if there’s enough interest in it, we could consider going a second season or doing another chapter. I keep looking at it as books in a series, and this season is the first book. I feel confident that we will have a beginning, middle and end, in this season, and it was wise of NBC to then call it what it really is, which is a mini-series.”
He continued, “24 is a really good example, in that there was a definitive beginning, middle and end for the first season. They had a slightly different format than we have, but the second season just retained Jack Bauer and a few other players, with the same basic format and idea, but it was a completely different show. I’m not saying that that’s exactly where we’re going, but certainly I think that there’s room for saying, ‘Hey, look, we told one story of a continuing saga.’ You should be able to pick this book up and get to the last line of the season and go, ‘Wow! Well, I hope there’s a second season, but at least I feel satisfied that I got to see all of this. They answered it all for me.”
Unfortunately, it looks unlikely that NBC would be interested in another season but that doesn’t mean it couldn’t return on another channel or in another form.
What do you think? Would you like to see Persons Unknown continue in some way?
Yes! Yes! Yes! Just watched it recently and LOVED it!!!!!!!
Yes Yes yes!!! Never heard of it until recently and LOVED it!!!!!!!!!
Persons Unknown I hope there will be a second season
Please bring it back! I love this show and there are so many unanswered questions!
i. need second season
I would love to see a second season. I hate that all the well done and thought provoking dramas get canceled due to a lack of interest.
Um duhhhh bring it back are you kidding me? Thats just it? WTH?
They really should bring it back! I loved the caracteres! And really hate the way it ended!!
Bring it Backkk
I love this show and I really hope they have a second season with a better time slot, we had to DVR the show because Saturday and Sunday nights were awful for us, but come Monday, that was the first thing we watched, couldn’t wait to find out what happened next. BRING IT BACK PLEASE!!!
While I feel that there doesn’t need to be a second season, I absolutley want one. It’s like reading the first Harry Potter. While it would be nice to see how that plays out, but I’m not going to start a riot if there isn’t a second one.
Please do Bring it back! It was a series different from all the rest!
Please bring it back! So many questions unsolved! One of the best shows ever!
OH MY GOODNESS YESSSSS bring it back My sister and i watch the finally and were freaking because of the crazy twists we soooooooo want a second season!!!
Absolutely bring it back. If they think they answered all my questions, they are fooling themselves. There’s is lots more to learn.