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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?
I found your honor very well written ,absolutely held my attention and always looked forward to next episode RENEW!
This show keeps you on the edge of your seat every week. I love it and want more seasons. Please!!!
Too too too. Far fetched, boring, silly, bad acting, bad writing, unbelievable, contrived, ridiculous, annoying, and slow as molasses in January. Only reason we watched was because something we could watch whole having our dinner and we really didn’t care if we looked away to but our steak or even left the room for wine refill. For Godsake PLEASE don’t renew. Just have the gangsta wife blow everything up
Yes, yes, yes! We need another season please. Bryan is amazing.
PLEASE DO A 2ND SEASON!!! ITS THE ONLY GREAT SHOW WORTH WATCHING!!! YOU’VE ALREADY LEFT VIEWERS UPSET INCLUDING ME WITH THE RAY DONOVAN ENDING THAT WAS AWFUL AND UNFAIR TO LOYAL WATCHERS
THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO MAKE UP FOR THAT. DO NOT END YOUR HONOR OR I WILL END SHOWTIME ON MY CABLE PLAN!!!
I absolutely loved it!! I really wish it had another season!
Second season
Love Brian Cranston, we really look forward to Sunday nights with “Your Honor” please give it another season I can so many things happening.
That’s a capital YES! I would love a second season of Your Honor!!! Love the storyline, cast and characters. Just don’t make us wait too long please.
Too drawn out. Would have been a great 2 hr. Movie.
Love this show. An hour goes by so fast. I can see this storyline continuing with his son and the Baxter daughter. Please have a second series…
We don’t need another season! It was good (if a bit farfetched), but it should be a serial, not a series.
Please don’t end this show!!!!!! We need season 2! This show is one of the best series that I have seen!!!! It leaves you wanting more! Showtime WAKE UP!!!!! You allow others series to drag out when they should of been done 5 seasons ago! At least give us a 1 more!!!!!!!!
I love this show and so does my family. Just finished episode 9 and can easily see another season . There is so much left to examine. Do it!!
Make ten seasons and I’d binge it. It’s a very good series and Brian Cranston makes it special.