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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?
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I am heartbroken that this series had ended after only one season. It is absolutely brilliant!! Please bring this back!!! Cranston is just the best ever!!
Liked the show. Would have liked another season.
Directed and stars Bryan Cranston, clearly demonstrated synergy that begs another series.
Great show ! Wish they wouldn’t have cancelled it after the first season !
I loved it too!! BC is great in anything he’s in!!
That suck yes thirdly enjoy Your honour would watch more episodes just when you find something you like they take it away.
Love this show need a season 2
Liked it but not a lot. I’d watch C a second season anticipating a war between Baxter’s gang and the Black gang, with all loose ends tied up as the series ends. There was more to do than was done with this season, more courtroom drama, more interaction between Michael and Baxter, and more involvement with Baxter’s evil wife. The cause of death of Michael’s wife, and the killer, needs a resolution that ties into the main themes of this season’s wind up too.
Yes, the judge wife. Who killed her and why?
Yea there couldve been WAY more consistancy,tons of wasted airtime on this show but somehow very attractive..
I agree, 1 more season should be plenty. I did like it, watched it all this weekend. Not at all what I expected. I anticipated a normal lawyer/courtroom show with a case of the week with this storyline woven into it a bit each week. So I didn’t LOVE it. There was too much time without dialogue that did make it drag on, as someone else mentions. I was actually hoping it WAS only the 1 season. I am very unhappy with the S1 ending. SPOILER ALERT. I’m not sad about Adam, I didn’t like him. Is there some mental… Read more »
Total enjoyed watching Your Honor, have been telling friends to watch it! Can’t believe the show is goi g stop.. Nooooo
they always stop the good shows and keep the crap on for like 26 seasons
My husband & I love this show! Great acting & storyline. We would love a 2nd season.
Absolutely loved Your Honor. Can’t wait to see the final episode. Brilliant writing. Loved the way the drama continued to build so cleverly. Would love to see another season.
When Your Honor’s first episode aired I thought, “finally, a show of that style to help get through all this lock down / Covid crap, especially while waiting for S6 of Better Call Saul to air! After 9 episodes so far I’ve grown to really love Your Honor and have even become attached for some of the characters! Sad to hear that it’s ending at season one! Although episode 10 isn’t airing until tomorrow night, I feel that with the characters we’ve “met” so far there are many wonderful directions that them and the plot(s) could take us! Your Honor… Read more »
Probably the best series I have ever watched, and I’ve just about seen them all.
I can’t believe it’s ending love this show…