Tonight, HBO airs the first season finale of the Run TV series. Though the cable channel has been quiet about whether the series will return for a second season or not, we now know that Ruby and Billy won’t be back.
The Run TV series stars Merritt Wever and Domhnall Gleeson, with recurring guest stars Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Rich Sommer, Tamara Podemski, and Archie Panjabi. In college, Ruby Richardson (Wever) and her boyfriend, Billy Johnson (Gleeson), made a pact. They promised that, if either one of them texted the word “RUN” and the other replied with the same, they would drop everything and meet in Grand Central Station and travel across America together. Now, 17 years later, Ruby is shaken out of her humdrum suburban life with that text and she walks away from her ordinary suburb life and flies to New York. There, she reunites with Billy and boards a cross-country train. As their adventure begins, Ruby and Billy fight the tension that still exists between them while attempting to root out each other’s secrets.
Airing on Sunday nights since April 12th, the first season of Run has averaged a 0.08 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 236,000 total viewers in the live+same day ratings. The traditional numbers are certainly not impressive and Run is one of HBO’s lower-rated series.
Though HBO’s press release for tonight’s finale (“Trick”) merely designates the episode as the “season finale”, HBO’s site notes that it’s also indeed the “series finale” (see below). While the HBO execs could change their minds and renew the Run series for a second season at some point in the future (ala Big Little Lies), it seems that the seventh installment was designed as the show’s last.
What do you think? Did you watch the Run TV series on HBO? Would you have watched a second season?
Update: The series creator of Run is still hoping for a second season renewal from HBO.
Loved run !! Would love to see a second series
Would like a second season.
Loved this series!! Great story. Two incredible actors.
I definitely want another season!
Yes, and Yes
Loved it. Please have a second season!
Loved it would definitely watch a second seas
please do a second season !
Please don’t cancel Run! I love this show and the cast
I savored each episode. The time slot was bothersome so watching it the next day was better. I was surprised each segment was only 30 minutes— but it was so compact, concentrated, well written, beautifully developed and directed… that it felt like a full 60 minutes. Goes to show what good writing and great acting can do. I’m seriously hoping there is a season 2. With all the other junk HBO produces (and I mean junk), quality deserves support and further development. Loved the show!!!
I agree with you 100 %. Once I saw the previews and that Gleeson and Wever were on board, I WAS EXCITED AND ANTICIPATING ‘RUN’S’ PREMIERE. I am even more excited, happy and thankful that it is more than I anticipated. I literally lost track of time with each episode, I COULDN’T BELIEVE THAT THEY WERE ONLY 30 MINUTES LONG ! This has to be THE VERY BEST EXAMPLE OF BANG FOR YOUR BUCK. I love every aspect/element of this show. I’ve always loved movies and shows about trains and trains themselves, the writer in me romanticized about being out… Read more »
Yes, I would be happy to watch a second season. The ratings were a tad low, but others, like myself, may have binge watched the first six episodes.
Domnahl Gleason & Merritt Weaver were excellent. He’s a fine actor with good comic timing, as displayed in the film regarding time travelling. Merritt was super in “Nurse Jackie.” Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s lesbian taxidermist cameos are hysterical. Archie Punjabi’s comic timing was amazing, better than her dramatic role as therapist in “I Know This Much Is True.” The theme of unrequited love & mid-life opportunities was more interesting because it was also explored from the female perspective. Another trip would by awkward but the ending was unfair to the audience. Ruby gave no reasoning for her decision to return to the… Read more »
Yeah, what’s up with that ‘ baby girl’s thing ? It confirmed what I felt all along, that Ruby’s husband made her feel less than she was, They had no dynamic, she was invisible and to watch those last few moments was a HUGE LETDOWN AND THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE OF WHERE I SAW THESE TWO PEOPLE GOING…MADE ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE WHATSOEVER. I CHEERED RUBY ON FOR WHO SHE WAS WHEN SHE WAS WITH BILLY. I HATED THE MOMENTS WE HAD TO REMEMBER ABOUT HER ‘OTHER LIFE’, BUT, YA GOTTA HAVE THAT TUGGING ELEMENT. I agree about each cast member mentioned.… Read more »
I loved it! Funny and great acting by the two leads. Please give us more.
I am devastated that Run may not be renewed. I think it got a raw deal by the US closedown. People may be home, but no television promotion was able to be done on the morning and late night talk shows. That makes a huge diff. I truly think it was one of the best shows written, acted, directed. Please reconsider. There is so much garbage on HBO – sorry – it’s true. This was very high quality work. Give it a chance.
Ruby was awful! Did not like her.
Yes. There should be a season 2 of RUN.
Come on. It’s such a riveting romance with only an once of success, however, the history of these two is so unique and I WANT MORE. You’re cowards for not giving us more!