Fans of AMC’s The Son series have been waiting since the first season’s finale (which aired in June 2017) for the return of the Western drama. We’ve now learned that season two will begin airing on Saturday, April 27th, at 9 PM. There will be 10 episodes once again and, it turns out, those will also be the end of the show. There won’t be a third season.
Here’s the relevant portion of AMC’s press announcement about The Son:
The Son
Saturday, April 27 at 9:00 p.m. ET/8:00 p.m. CT
Based on Philipp Meyer’s New York Times best-selling and Pulitzer Prize finalist novel of the same name, season two of The Son concludes the journey of the iconic “First Son of Texas.” Eli McCullough (Pierce Brosnan) will stop at nothing to secure his legacy against the backdrop of the nascent oil industry of 1917. His tools are deceit, fraud and murder — weapons he wields with the effortless skill of the Comanche warrior he once was.But the biggest challenge he faces will be quelling a civil war under his own roof, triggered by his idealistic son Pete (Henry Garrett). Eli knows the ultimate prize of American dynasty is nearly in his grasp, and time is running out. Meanwhile, in 1851, young Eli (Jacob Lofland) is now married and a respected warrior among the Comanches, but tragedy forces him into a leadership position as the vast Comanche empire crumbles around him. Broadening the scope, a 1988 timeline is introduced, bringing the McCullough saga into the more immediate past. Here, at age 85, Eli’s granddaughter Jeanne Anne McCullough (Lois Smith) is confronted with a long-buried family secret.
The Son is produced by AMC Studios and Sonar Entertainment. Showrunner and writer Kevin Murphy, director Kevin Dowling, author Philipp Meyer, and Sonar Entertainment’s Tom Lesinski and Jenna Santoianni are Executive Producers. In addition to Brosnan, Smith, Garrett and Lofland, the series also stars Paola Núñez, Zahn McClarnon, Jess Weixler, David Wilson Barnes, Sydney Lucas, James Parks, Elizabeth Frances, Shane Graham and Kathryn Prescott.
What do you think? Are you looking forward to watching the second season of The Son TV show on AMC? Are you sorry that there won’t be a third season?
What a bummer. There are so few well written Western drama’s these days, and im just stunned this was cancelled. Someone should be fired over that decision!
I LOVE this show and the cast is perfection! Please reconsider canceling!! The Son has a very loyal following as you well know!
I love this show, the casting is perfect. Please reconsider canceling it. The Son has a very loyal following!
Any explanation as to WHY no 3td season? Such a big misyake5 AMC. Maybe someone else will want to pick it up
I cant believe this show is canceled! Such a good show! The characters are fabulous. It’s too bad it’s one of my favorites!
I love this The Son….there is so much story left to tell. Please don’t cancel this show.
Why is it that a great show comes on and they cancel and only make 8 to 10 episodes. Yet stupid shows have 15/20 episodes a season and they go on and on for years. I’ll never understand who tv is geared to. Certainly not intelligent, smart people?!?!? Sad. What a great show!!!!!
So typical that finally a good show is on and it gets cancelled. Truly a shame – outstanding show and outstanding actors.
One of the best series they have ever had. Definitely should continue it!
Why was the show canceled? It can’t be due to lack of viewer interest. Everyone I know watches the show, and the comments indicate how much the show will be missed. I would much rather see the Badlands canceled, and this series continued.
It was just starting to really open up the plot and then it’s cancelled? Very disappointing.
I was blown away by the last episode of The Son. What great entertaining. Great shows as good as this are few and far between. I cannot believe this is the last season. Please do think this over and continue!
AMC needs to reconsider this one. One of the best shows on TV, and it needs a 3rd season.
Love the show. Which is wasn’t cancelled. This story shows how wealthy families became wealthy. This show reveals the hidden dirty truth. Sorry to see this show end for some shows that does not make history interesting.
Love this show. Mr. Brosnan, AMC, please re-consider. Such a quality show, with beautiful performances and compelling story-lines should keep going.