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?
My husband and I really enjoyed The Son. I hate that there is only two seasons. We watched all of the two seasons all at one time. So sad I don’t have any more to watch. Why do all the good shows get cancelled ?
The Son is on a par with Yellowstone. Such a good story and good actors. I’m not a happy viewer to missing out on more of that great story telling. How could AMC keep a plot gone astray like Preacher and then cancel such a good series like The Son?
I know, right? “Preacher” started out ok, but became a bust, but loved “The Son.”
The Son is a Fantastic Show. Very Upset that AMC is canceling it. Any chance of bringing it back?
It should’ve been a season three. I have been dying waiting for the next season.
I wish The Son would continue into Season 3. It is very disappointing that AMC has canceled the show.
One of the best shows, The Son! I’m so disappointed that there will not be a third season. Please reconsider! There’s a lot of questions unanswered.
Should of had a third series. Sad. Loved this series.
The show was edge of your seat type. Loved the twist. Can’t believe it has been cancelled! Reconsider please!
I have the last two episodes of season 2 recorded and have not watched them yet but I cannot see the show being properly wrapped up in the last two episodes with so much still going on unless it’s poorly crammed into a unsatisfying ending of a great show and cast? I really hope AMC has at least a third season of The Son or I will be very dissapointedt!
So sad it ended abruptly!!
So sad it ended so abruptly!!: Such an amazing show!!!
My husband and I loved the show. We were so disappointed it got canceled. Ee finally found somethi g ee wmreally enjoyed with all this stupid reality tv. Very disappointed.
We just started watching this show. I heard a lot of questions have not been answered. Wish theyvwould change their minds
JK
There are so many more ways the show can go. I hope someone will pu the show & continue on. It really is a great show.
We are so disappointed The Son has been canceled! When we finally get a great TV series they are canceled and something is usually put in its place that really isn’t up to pat at all. Suggestion as the world is now mostly driven by technology take a vote of customers that love the show instead of people who has never heard of it at all.
Pierce Brosnan did a great job on the show kept you wanting more! Bad Mistake to cancel.
Thank you
Williams Family
Wish it was returning. So sad to be left hanging