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The end is near for Michael Desiato. Showtime has confirmed that Your Honor will indeed end next Sunday so, there won’t be a second season. See update.
The Your Honor TV series stars Bryan Cranston, Hunter Doohan, Michael Stuhlbarg, Hope Davis, Carmen Ejogo, Isiah Whitlock Jr., and Sofia Black-D’Elia, with guests Maura Tierney, Amy Landecker, Margo Martindale, Lorraine Toussaint, Chet Hanks, Lamar Johnson, and Lilli Kay. In the story, Michael Desiato (Cranston) is a highly-respected New Orleans judge whose personal and professional lives are turned upside down when his teenage son, Adam (Doohan), is involved in a hit-and-run. This leads to a high-stakes game of lies, deceit, and impossible choices for both of them. Meanwhile, Jimmy Baxter (Stuhlbarg) is the much-feared head of a crime family and the husband of Gina (Davis), who might be even more dangerous than her husband.
The first season of Your Honor averages a 0.08 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 573,000 viewers. The series has done well for Showtime and, though it got off to a slow start in the traditional ratings (the premiere was released online early), Your Honor has shown some significant growth over the course of the season.
The cable channel promoted Your Honor as a “limited series” which, these days, can indicate one or two things — that the story will be close-ended (ala a mini-series) or, that a season will have a limited number of episodes and could return for another season (ala How to Get Away with Murder and The Following). As Kaley Cuoco said, ahead of the launch of The Flight Attendant limited series on HBO Max, “Hey, everything’s a limited series. If you don’t get picked up, you go, ‘Oh, that was just a limited series.’ If you do get picked up, you’re like, ‘Yeah, f*** that. We’re doing season two!'”
In this case, it appears that Showtime intends to keep Your Honor as a one-and-done series. A recent press release notes that episode 10 is the end.
The ninth episode will air Sunday, February 7th at 10pm. The following Sunday, on February 14th at 10pm, the series concludes with the finale, directed by series star and executive producer Bryan Cranston.
The show’s story seems to be headed toward a definite series finale but, if that doesn’t happen, perhaps the creative team could be persuaded to return for another season.
What do you think? Have you enjoyed the Your Honor TV series? Would you watch a second season on Showtime or, should episode 10 be the end?
It most DEFINITELY should have a season 2! There’s no way ANY ending could possibly wrap up the intensity of this story line! Showtime, get it together, we WANT MORE!!!!
Sorry to hear there is no Season 2, as this is one of the best series streaming right now! Great acting by all cast as well as storyline. I look forward to watching new episode each week! In fact I waited up till midnight this past Sunday to watch the next episode! Don’t let this one go Hollywood.
I love it! Sorry to see it end!
I only signed up for Showtime to watch this show….love it! I’ll be canceling my subscription once its over.
Finally a great show and they want to cancel it…
Please excuse my lengthy tirade. This is great news. The series has been almost laughable at all the improbable coincidences of connections of characters, let alone all the ridiculous legal errors and manipulations. I love Bryan C. & had hoped this would be good. But to think a crime boss would be so clueless about pretty much everything makes me laugh typing. And a judge who so easily commits to felony after felony breaks every stretch of the viewers imaginations. His son has been so sheltered he has no concept of real life. And then the “twist” at the end… Read more »
I can’t believe they are canceling Your Honor. I have been a dedicated viewer and love the series. In my opinion, I don’t feel there are a lot of great shows on Showtime to watch and many of the movies are old. That is compared to competitors like HBO max, Netflix and Prime. So after this series if over for me watching Episode 10, I will probably cancel my subscription.
I would love a season 2!!!!
LOVE Your Honor…LOVE Brian Cranston…signed up for SHOWTIME…just to watch. Love a good tragic storyline with full on courtroom and Dinner drama and all clues in between….ANYTHING to get your mind of our sadly divided World…(AND STOP WATCHING THE NEGATIVE NEWS)The World I Love and I know it will come TOGETHER and heal as soon as we can vaccinatedly get it back…Life…the show briefly adds the virus to the storyline…but not enough to be serious…I Love how diverse the cast is…and I Love the traditional vibe of the South…I would marry BC tomorrow he is such a great actor…Last Flag… Read more »
I love the show and would tune in for another season
With Bryan Cranston at the helm I don’t know why on earth we’re being deprived of more than just 10 episodes! ‘Breaking Bad’ will go down in history because of him…’Your Honor’ has the same potential. Please, PLEASE give us more, Bryan!!
I watched your honor part one and i was really interested in to watching it. I then learned that I needed a subscription to see the rest of the series. I already pay an arm and a leg for cable service, so i decided not to continue watching. I think the show would have gotten way more viewers if it was available on other networks.
I love the show, please consider doing another Season
I love the intrigue! One of the most believable shows I’ve seen in a while…quite refreshing! I can’t imagine how he could drag it out another season tho…but ⭐️ Great writing and acting across the board!
They have to have a Season 2 , this is jus too good , or is this what you all want, jus have us begging for a Season 2, too many places to go with this show , Season 2 please !!! One of the best shows on , if you all can keep dysfunctional a$$ Shameless all these seasons , you can continue with Your Honor