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?
the last episode should have changed if there is no second season
and i REALLY want to see more and more seasons
yes i would be so excited if they came out with season 2
Yes…obviously. second season, preferably with the original cast, and newbies, like the way it ended…
its been a couple years now…just had to say something!!
Welcome to level two… PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE let us have more. What will level two bring? How many levels are there? How much can these characters grow? I’m pretty sure at least 4 seasons is do-able.
watched season one last year need second season
I do want a 2nd season
and a third !!
Brilliant mini-series.
Deserves a second season
THIS SHOW WAS AWESOME, BUT I WANT A SECOND SEASON…
I find the show unique and captivating. Yes, some answers were provided but more questions were created with the last episode of Season 1. Of course I want to see free will win in the end. The real question is what would I do if I was in this scenario: Would I get out by going through (the program), learning enough after a period of time (or completion of ” levels”), so that I could escape – or would I persisently resist by attempting to escape at every turn? I’m a father of three young kids and married to a… Read more »
This should continue. It’s not so much of a syfy as it is a “mess with your mind till you are too freaked to leave your house” type of show. Psychologically makes you think how something like this could be real, but we pray that it is not. I would love to know the purpose of “The Program” and why Father Joe believed in it. Everyone wants a happy ending but with this show it didn’t happen. It just doesn’t sit right. Excellent writing, are they working with Steven King?
Yes we want another season!
interested in seeing a season 2
Yeah that was a very good story and I must have more. Make this happen please I will sing and dance in the streets if you do!
I wish people would start watching Scifi and mistery programs. I love them and they never seem to go far. This seems to be the case with Persons unknown. WHY!!!! I would love to see more. Thank goodness Fringe has not been pulled, at least one Scifi I will get to see until the end. WOW 5 seasons that must be a Scifi record. I saw the first season of Persons Unknown but I really did not see any answers except if it was not the whole season. In South Africa the last episode we saw was where they woke… Read more »
why you no make second seasson
This show is amazing I want a second season !