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?
Can’t understand why there is no season 3. How did Eli become reunited with his family?
WHY cancel anything with meat and great acting? Bizarre!
Have viewed series one and two. Engrossing and very well done. Sad there will be no series three. Lots of meat remain for an engrossing presentation. Curious why the cancellation? No developed plot, ratings, pressure from outside groups?
Sooooo Disappointing!!! I have thoroughly enjoyed this series!!!
Bummer. I was really looking forward to more, even without Brosnan.
Bring season 3 great series. A waste to cancel! Brosnan is superb!
Great show. They Always cancel the good stuff and leave the crap running for countless seasons
So disappointed to see the serie finishing so abruptly .please reconsider having season 3 !
AMC is not to be trusted. It is shameful to start a series and end it before the story has been told in its entirety. I will make no effort to watch an AMC series again, or care at all if they (AMC) are included in my cable bundle. Wasted my time…
So sad there is not another season!!
There HAS to be a third season, there just has to be!!!!!!!
I wish they’d make a season 3. It’s vulgar but the acting is amazing. I’m not sure why it was canceled but that’s stupid.
Pete was a fool. Eli was a fool to choose Pete to run the business over Finn. The final episode “Legends” is no longer on my vudu purchase of the excellent series. I think pulling it was a good decision as having Pete kill his father was too disgusting. Series depicts humanity as ruthless: Whites screw Mexicans. Indians screw other Indian tribes. Whites screw whites. Mexicans screw ibdians and whites. It is a dog eat dog brutal world. Humanity is not tr al and ruthless. Great series. Terrific cast and acting. Brosnan is superb. Young Eli ditto. Tosh ditti. Mar… Read more »
Please make another season of the son. It can’t end like that
I AM LOVING SEASON ONE. AND WANT MORE THAN TWO SEASONS