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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?
Love this show
Look forward every Sunday at 10pm
Please let there be a season 2
I love Your Honor! Great show please bring it back! If you don’t bring it back for season two please give us a close to the story
Season two,please.
A show about a black kid being jailed then murdered to cover up a crime committed by a white privileged child of a judge in this current social climate is tone deaf at best
Great series but maybe it should go out on a high note. It could always come back in the future. It all depends on episode 10, which we don’t know the outcomes. Great acting and each character is very well portrayed with top notch acting talent. A winner in these trying times.
They should pick it up for a 2nd season. This show is great. Anything Bryan Cranston does, is always a pleasure to watch and if you aren’t watching it, you are missing out on an amazing show. Time for me to catch up
Yes I would watch a second season
This is an AMAZING show. I love watching Brian Cranston! I would definitely watch and hope for another season.
I really enjoyed the series, Your Honor, and I am disappointed that there will not be a second season. For once, a tv show that was suspenseful and mentally stimulating and now it will be over next week!!
Your Honor was riveting and worthy of a second season. There is so much more that could be done.
Awful show. If it doesn’t end with the judge and the crime family in jail, I’m just done. They are responsible for the racist murder of black families, destroying the career of another judge with no remorse or nothing redeemable. Typical and Shameful.
I have really enjoyed it but think it must end at episode 10.
Bring it back for season 2
Please don’t cancel the show . It’s a great show. Love it!!!
More of Your Honor!