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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?
fantastic excellent acting amazing show wish it was coming back Don’t know how they could because I’m looking forward to the end but that makes a good show!!
If you don’t wrap it up in last episode, there MUST be another season! We will watch. Great series!
Season2plz!!
Please bring it back for season 2.. it’s frustratingly good!
Your Honor is brilliantly acted with a riveting storyline! It is the only reason I am subscribing to Showtime. Could you give it a chance!?
This story has much more to offer than can be dealt with in what will will be a frenetic one hour finale.It would be a little better to conclude with a two hour episode at least.
Best show since Breaking Bad – would be a shame to see it go!
This show is incredible! I can’t believe there is only 1 more episode left?! It’s just getting really good too! Please give it another season!!!
I ******* loved it..wtf return
Excellent story line, different than typical murder because it was an accident and a judge is the protagonist…Adam I think is going to be killed by the Baxter family, and the judge found guilty . The detective is very sharp – I like her. Mrs. Baxter and the crooked cop will be convicted of bribery
I hope whoever wrote this series writes another gripping series but a little longer
Obviously regardless of what is said; the series WILL NOT continue. The show has been added to our menu and now that the dish isn’t hot enough, you refuse to heat it up. The fact that others have been informed of YOUR HONOR by us, definitely isn’t a good sign in the future of shows to refer, however; that’s personal. Just know that taking time out of someone’s life to accept entertainment from ‘you’ is the object of entertaining, therefore expectations should be met.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE BRING BACK “YOUR HONOR”!!! LET THERE BE A 2ND SEASON…. 3RD…4TH…. THIS SHOW IS THE ONLY REASON I HAVE SHOWTIME!!!!!!
Please SEASON 2!!!
I’ve watched Bryan Cranston in the Breaking Bad series. My brother had to urged me to watch it (I never liked “drug movies”). But I watched and to my amazement I was hooked on the storyline and most of all I enjoyed the “quiet acting” of Cranston! Now I watch anything he is in—he makes his characters come to life slowly and authentically right before your eyes! One of the best actors of our time! He does the same in the “Your Honor” series. I have found this series to be well done—with lots of plots twists and turns! It… Read more »
No. End it.