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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?
Your Honor is such a good show, you need to renew it for another season or more
I love the show Your Honor, it is just getting really good. Pretty dang true to real life. The least you could do is finish the series with a good ending instead of waisting our time, these past 9 weeks and leave us hanging. I have had this happen 3 or 4 times now! I think I might have to start waiting until a series is over before I start watching something new, that way I will at least know it had a proper ending. You all need to have a back up plan for when a series does do… Read more »
I’d like to see an ending. At this point – to go any further, I’ll likely loose interest.
I would love to see a Season 2!
Yes season 2 love the show
I really wanted to like it. I like Bryan Cranston so much. I couldn’t even get through episode 5 let alone another season. Though I will admit I’m curious how it ends.
This show is the bomb!!!! Please bring back another and another season. It figures, everytime there’s a good show to watch, they cancel!!!
Please bring back and have a season 2 of Your Honor! Waited every Sunday for it to come on like I did with the Undoing
I absolutely love Your Honor series and does my entire family
Very well written and acted—brilliant!
bring back for a season 2
Absolutely loved it was looking forward to a second season..
Show is horrible. Should have been canceled after the 1st episode
Love the show, but it needs to end – I can’t take anymore suspense and tension: “His Honor” just keeps digging himself into a deeper and deeper hole!
Kinda upset only one season? Like are you kidding me? This show is so so freaking good! Nothing else to watch really I love this show and look forward it every week. It has me on the edge of my seat when I watch it. Love all the actor’s in it. Please do a season two with lease 5 episodes or add some to season one it can not just end with ys hanging.
Yes! Please another season. I love Bryan Cranston! I watch anything he’s in. Love this show and the whole cast.
Yessss bring it back! It’s no way they can do everything in one more episode. This is one of the best suspense shows I have seen in a long time. I love it!!
The show is marvelous but all good stories must come to an end.
It is a wonderful show! Love all of the characters, please do another season.
The people who have expressed a dislike for this show have stated their reasons very clearly, intelligently and to the point, on the other hand the majority of people who like this show do not express any reasons or ideas why they like the show other than they love Bryan Cranston.