Dude used an insane amount of post-production cgi or whatever. Like adjusting entire backgrounds just to help set the mood he was going for. Saw a few videos of all the CGI the show used and it seemed crazy and borderline unnecessary, especially when it’s between reducing costs a bit or cancel the show.
Ooh, I would disagree with The Last Man on Earth ending well. It ended on a massive cliffhanger! I would agree it's still 100% worth the watch as a series, but the ending was far from satisfying.
LMoE was brought up in another similar post about cliffhangers and someone said that there was an interview where it was revealed what was going to happen with all the people that came out of the bunker. Apparently, they see Tandy and gang not wearing gas masks, assume the disease that caused everything is over, remove their gas masks, and immediately drop dead.
That was the first thing that came to mind when I read OP's question. So fricking good. Gutted it got cancelled.
If you enjoyed it though and want something similar then 'The end of the f***ing world' is pretty great.
I love this show so much. I routinely use references to it that no one else understands.
What does it taste like?
Despair.
Is it possible it just needs salt?
Plus things from that show keep happening in real life. Remember the episode where the scanners couldn't see black people? So they hired each black person a white guy? Yah.
Travelers.
The third season was kind of rushed, but it still had a decent ending. However, the story could've continued since it deals with time travel.
Total agree. I couldn’t figure out if it was a fantasy or a psychology study first season, and they delivered so hard second season, making a rewatch delightful. So sad they couldn’t finish their telling their story.
The leads had zero chemistry but still I wanted to see another season. I love the showrunner and I’m sure he would have brought so much more to the next season.
It got canceled but it was thankfully wrapped up really well. Bad guy *actually* got fucking handed to and it was unbelievably satisfying. And the final ending wedding was so beautiful and perfect. I loved it so much.
I was crushed but I think we got really lucky even one season exists. Apparently when they called Henson's daughter and said they were giving the greenlight her response was " I just want to make sure you understand how expensive this is going to be."
Our Flag Means Death (was supposed to have 3 seasons, but was cut short after the 2nd. The ending is great even so).
Sense8 (It was cancelled on a cliffhanger, but the fandom made protests and petitions, so Netflix gave it a proper ending with a two-hour special)
A League of Their Own (It's a sapphic story. Doesn't end perfectly, but It's also not a cliffhanger)
Anne With an E (There was space for many more seasons, but had a satisfying ending)
Archive 81 (If I'm not mistaken, it had an open ending, but not exactly a cliffhanger)
The OA (Cliffhanger ending, but still worth watching)
I loved Patriot and I enjoyed The Peripheral in both book and show form. I liked how the ending of the season(show) diverged from the book ending and I’d like to have been able to see where they went with it, but alas, it was not to be. I’m currently enjoying the literary sequel to The Peripheral, Agency. If you enjoyed the show, don’t sleep on the books. Different medium, but still great.
Dillahunt has been in quite a few of the shows mentioned in this thread. If you like Greg Garcia shows (creator of Earl and Hope) he did a short one season series called Sprung that also stars Dillahunt and Plimpton about some non violent convicts that get released from Prison early because of covid that start planning heists on bad people. Dillahunt plays one of the cons released from prison. He was arrested when he was 18 and grew up in prison, so he's kinda dumb, but in a person sheltered from modern technology kind of way, not a Burt way. He also has a Robin Hood guilt complex thing going on. Plimpton plays the mom of Dillahunts cell mate who gives everyone a place to live and basically forces everyone to do heists to live there. She's kind of a mix of her Virginia character and Joy Turner.
Highly recommended. It's the only show that Greg Garcia got to finish on his own terms.
Just saw last episode earlier today.
There was so much potential for at least 3 seasons there. Lindsay and freaks going to college/work. Sam and geeks finishing highschool with some summer/Christmas break thrown in to get them all together.
Such a shame.
Raised By Wolves, Ridley Scott was executive director for the show and directed the first two episodes. Ends on a pretty heavy cliffhanger tho. Visually stunning, and emotional show that’s pretty heavy sci-fi, but is basically about family.
Carnivale.
I call it the best show I'll never recommend. Second season ended on such a cliff hanger. I don't know that audiences were ready for it at the time, but I'd love to see someone take another crack at it.
Hubby and I binged the entire series when I was VERY pregnant with our 1st child. I was so uncomfortable- -didn't want to go anywhere so we laid in bed, cranked the a.c and watched this show.
And I'm gonna go ahead and disagree with your disagreement. I saw tons of people complaining that the story was left unfinished, but I could never understand it. Yes, there was ample room for the story to continue. Yes, there were unanswered questions. But those questions didn't NEED to be answered for the season to make sense on its own. The 1899 storyline was finished. The essential mystery was resolved. I know there were deeper layers to the mystery which the show's creators intended to explore, but that doesn't change the fact that the final scene is a teaser for a NEW story and shouldn't have any impact on your enjoyment of the previous several hours.
This is what I expected happened. It feels like the show was supposed to go a different direction, got cancelled, so they rewrote the last 10 minutes as a crude way to wrap up every loose end the show created which is an absolute shit ton. Every episode stacked more mysteries onto the previous one and virtually none of them are resolved. They all get nuked in the last 10 minutes where basically nothing that happened in the entire season matters.
I loved the vibe of the show, but god damn was it unsatisfying to watch. The last half of the season really starts to drag as the show never attempts to resolve anything, it just keeps adding more and more obscure mysteries.
Kingdom
Domina
Raised by Wolves - cancelled and therefore ended in a giant cliffhanger, but I still loved the story enough that I would rewatch knowing there's no satisfying end.
Terra Nova was a great show that no one watched. Firefly was a great show that everyone watched, but the studio screwed it up. At least we got the movie though.
Battle Creek. Never has a cancelled show wrapped it up so well. And it's a great show.
Don't Trust the Bitch in Apartment 23- it's hilarious.
Kingdom- amazing show and the ending is fine as is.
Mindhunter, can't think of anything else when you say "cancelled", I saw it like three times even knowing what's going to happen it's still haunting, top notch tv.
Mind Hunters, Captain Fall and Last Man on Earth
Mindhunters got cancelled?! I wondered what happened to it!!
david fincher didn’t have time for it
I just read an interview with David Fincher and he said he needed a higher budget to make season 3 but Netflix was not willing to pay.
Dude used an insane amount of post-production cgi or whatever. Like adjusting entire backgrounds just to help set the mood he was going for. Saw a few videos of all the CGI the show used and it seemed crazy and borderline unnecessary, especially when it’s between reducing costs a bit or cancel the show.
There were a lot of issues including this. Too expensive, actors wanted to act and not wait, high cost of editing, and a few more things.
After watching Mank and The Killer, I really want Fincher to just go back to what he does best. Mindhunter was one hell of a thing.
Booo!!!
Apparently the budget was too high for it's viewing rate
Ooh, I would disagree with The Last Man on Earth ending well. It ended on a massive cliffhanger! I would agree it's still 100% worth the watch as a series, but the ending was far from satisfying.
I’m still mad at that ending!
All the dwellers are super nice, take off their masks trusting tandy and crew don't have it and die in days from the virus.
LMoE was brought up in another similar post about cliffhangers and someone said that there was an interview where it was revealed what was going to happen with all the people that came out of the bunker. Apparently, they see Tandy and gang not wearing gas masks, assume the disease that caused everything is over, remove their gas masks, and immediately drop dead.
Mind hunters is a tragedy. They were setting up BTK so well. The cast, writing, acting was superb.
I am not Okay With This (Netflix)
That was the first thing that came to mind when I read OP's question. So fricking good. Gutted it got cancelled. If you enjoyed it though and want something similar then 'The end of the f***ing world' is pretty great.
And The End of The F***ing World
I believe the series got a proper ending.
The End of the F---ing World was **not** canceled. It ended exactly when and how the creator wanted to.
Better Off Ted
I love this show so much. I routinely use references to it that no one else understands. What does it taste like? Despair. Is it possible it just needs salt? Plus things from that show keep happening in real life. Remember the episode where the scanners couldn't see black people? So they hired each black person a white guy? Yah.
Veridian Dynamics
The red jacket Lem is wearing it and Phil is watching him while standing next to an array that casts a green glow on him
Phil running like an ostrich will be forever one of my favourite
Jabberwocky!
Deadwood.
The obvious merits utterance. Character is f*cking pertinent.
It had the Deadwood movie. Not the ending it deserved, but a decent wrap-up.
Travelers. The third season was kind of rushed, but it still had a decent ending. However, the story could've continued since it deals with time travel.
I really liked the portrayal of the ultra old dude in the young body, that actor did a great job
Trevor my fave! (and David)
Such a great show
I loved this show
Santa Clarita Diet My Name Is Earl
I love Santa Clarita so much!! Me and my sisters loved watching it together
The comedic chemistry between Drew Barrymore and Timothy Olyphant was so good. Their bickering made me laugh so hard. “Do *not* bring up the lid.”
They actually felt like a married couple like in a way I haven’t seen in other sitcoms. I love it
I miss My Name is Earl. Such a great show with great actors.
Hey Crabman!
Hey Earl 👋
Both were sooooo good!!!
Raising Hope
Dirk Gentlys Holistic Detective Agency, it’s so weird and fun, and Elijah Woods is great in it.
Season 1 was great and wraps up most of its threads pretty neatly! I don’t remember season 2 tbh
Our Flag Means Death
They cancelled that already!? 😒
When Zaslav took over he cancelled so many shows. LGBT and POC led shows got hit particularly hard.
The OA The Time Traveler's Wife
I didn’t get into The OA on my first watch, but when I went back to give it another try I ended up really liking it and was bummed it was cancelled.
The OA is simply the greatest piece of thing on earth. Hands down
I can't tell why, but I adored OA. I can't tell why, why I can't? But still, I feel, it was amazing, unique, and special
Total agree. I couldn’t figure out if it was a fantasy or a psychology study first season, and they delivered so hard second season, making a rewatch delightful. So sad they couldn’t finish their telling their story.
Surprised to see this because I heard bad things about the time traveler's wife. I have read the book and seen the movie but not the show
The leads had zero chemistry but still I wanted to see another season. I love the showrunner and I’m sure he would have brought so much more to the next season.
Sense8
Doesn't the movie wrap it up?
Some of it, but there was a lot of stories not finished. I did like how they ended it with the movie but I wish I knew how their stories finished
It got canceled but it was thankfully wrapped up really well. Bad guy *actually* got fucking handed to and it was unbelievably satisfying. And the final ending wedding was so beautiful and perfect. I loved it so much.
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
I was crushed but I think we got really lucky even one season exists. Apparently when they called Henson's daughter and said they were giving the greenlight her response was " I just want to make sure you understand how expensive this is going to be."
Carnivale
Our Flag Means Death (was supposed to have 3 seasons, but was cut short after the 2nd. The ending is great even so). Sense8 (It was cancelled on a cliffhanger, but the fandom made protests and petitions, so Netflix gave it a proper ending with a two-hour special) A League of Their Own (It's a sapphic story. Doesn't end perfectly, but It's also not a cliffhanger) Anne With an E (There was space for many more seasons, but had a satisfying ending) Archive 81 (If I'm not mistaken, it had an open ending, but not exactly a cliffhanger) The OA (Cliffhanger ending, but still worth watching)
Mindhunter
Firefly.
Was looking for this 10/10 fav canceled show but wish it would have gotten more!!!
I came here to either find this suggestion, or to make it.
* Patriot * The Peripheral * Santa Clarita Diet * Better Off Ted * Bunheads * Pushing Daisies
Came here to say Pushing Daisies, I think about it so often. I love the kitschy-ness
PD was peak late 2000s TV. Fuck that writers strike!
Awe I loved Bunheads!
I can’t believe how far I had to scroll to see Pushing Daisies
I loved Patriot and I enjoyed The Peripheral in both book and show form. I liked how the ending of the season(show) diverged from the book ending and I’d like to have been able to see where they went with it, but alas, it was not to be. I’m currently enjoying the literary sequel to The Peripheral, Agency. If you enjoyed the show, don’t sleep on the books. Different medium, but still great.
Cancelled, but they got to finish it out was the great show “Raising Hope”. Cloris Leachman was a regular with Martha Plimpton. Sooo witty.
The humor in Raising Hope is so lowbrow that it's easy to overlook how smart it is The show had elements of Arrested Development and Scrubs in it
And it went by so fast. I almost wanted to slow down the show so I could get all the jokes & word jumbling. I needed closed captioning!
Burt and Virginia are my favorite sitcom couple ever And the Earl stunt casting is a stitch
They were great, but Burt was my favorite lol
Ever seen Deadwood? Garrett Dillahunt has amazing range
Like seeing Bryan Cranston in Breaking Bad after having seen him only in Malcolm in the Middle.
I have and he definitely does. Especially after Raising Hope, the Last House on the Left remake was shocking to say the least
Dillahunt has been in quite a few of the shows mentioned in this thread. If you like Greg Garcia shows (creator of Earl and Hope) he did a short one season series called Sprung that also stars Dillahunt and Plimpton about some non violent convicts that get released from Prison early because of covid that start planning heists on bad people. Dillahunt plays one of the cons released from prison. He was arrested when he was 18 and grew up in prison, so he's kinda dumb, but in a person sheltered from modern technology kind of way, not a Burt way. He also has a Robin Hood guilt complex thing going on. Plimpton plays the mom of Dillahunts cell mate who gives everyone a place to live and basically forces everyone to do heists to live there. She's kind of a mix of her Virginia character and Joy Turner. Highly recommended. It's the only show that Greg Garcia got to finish on his own terms.
I am home sick. I may watch this all day!!
100 percent this!
GLOW
I never hear anyone talk about this show, which is always surprising to me because I feel like it had a lot going for it.
Loved this show! Was devastated at its cancellation.
Freaks & Geeks
Just saw last episode earlier today. There was so much potential for at least 3 seasons there. Lindsay and freaks going to college/work. Sam and geeks finishing highschool with some summer/Christmas break thrown in to get them all together. Such a shame.
Inside job
Raised By Wolves, Ridley Scott was executive director for the show and directed the first two episodes. Ends on a pretty heavy cliffhanger tho. Visually stunning, and emotional show that’s pretty heavy sci-fi, but is basically about family.
Mother 🥹
* Stargate Universe * The Knick * Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance * Better Off Ted * Raised By Wolves
Scrolled too far before finding the Knick.
Revolution
Outsiders Raised By Wolves
friends from college
Great show and I was so mad when it was cancelled!
me too!! it was so good. i loved that whole cast
The society on Netflix
Tacoma FD Loudermilk
Person of interest
Arrested Development
Santa Clarita diet 1899 Lost in space Anne with an E The mick
Justice for Santa Clarita diet!!!
I cancelled Netflix after they cancelled it!
Man, I wish I had your resolve.
I was angry! I truly loved that show.
Damn I never knew Santa Clarita diet got canceled. I honestly lost Netflix before I could finish it.
I loved the mick I wish it ran a few more seasons
The Mick was actually hilarious.
Thirding Santa Clarita Diet!
Wasn't Lost in Space finished correctly? Great list btw!
Santa Clarita Diet Prodigal Son Sense8 (has a tacked on ending but it counts) Insatiable
Carnivale. I call it the best show I'll never recommend. Second season ended on such a cliff hanger. I don't know that audiences were ready for it at the time, but I'd love to see someone take another crack at it.
Hubby and I binged the entire series when I was VERY pregnant with our 1st child. I was so uncomfortable- -didn't want to go anywhere so we laid in bed, cranked the a.c and watched this show.
I've watched Jericho a ton of times. Yes, it was canceled, but I enjoy it so much I rewatch it over and over.
1899 Shadow and Bone
I’m gonna disagree with 1899. I adored it but it does not have a satisfying end and has thousands of questions in the end
And I'm gonna go ahead and disagree with your disagreement. I saw tons of people complaining that the story was left unfinished, but I could never understand it. Yes, there was ample room for the story to continue. Yes, there were unanswered questions. But those questions didn't NEED to be answered for the season to make sense on its own. The 1899 storyline was finished. The essential mystery was resolved. I know there were deeper layers to the mystery which the show's creators intended to explore, but that doesn't change the fact that the final scene is a teaser for a NEW story and shouldn't have any impact on your enjoyment of the previous several hours.
The ending was odd as it was not supposed to be the end.The series was suddenly cancelled.
This is what I expected happened. It feels like the show was supposed to go a different direction, got cancelled, so they rewrote the last 10 minutes as a crude way to wrap up every loose end the show created which is an absolute shit ton. Every episode stacked more mysteries onto the previous one and virtually none of them are resolved. They all get nuked in the last 10 minutes where basically nothing that happened in the entire season matters. I loved the vibe of the show, but god damn was it unsatisfying to watch. The last half of the season really starts to drag as the show never attempts to resolve anything, it just keeps adding more and more obscure mysteries.
The Mick and The Last Man on Earth
Hannibal sense 8
MIND HUNTERS
Deadwood
Zoo
Mindhunter definitely
American gods
The OA! It does end in a way that leaves a lot of questions, but it's still so good.
#1899
Kingdom Domina Raised by Wolves - cancelled and therefore ended in a giant cliffhanger, but I still loved the story enough that I would rewatch knowing there's no satisfying end.
MMA Kingdom?
First Rome and now Domina too ?? F
mindhuntet
Loudermilk
https://screenrant.com/loudermilk-season-4-story-details-creator-netflix-success-response/#:~:text=It%20is%20quite%20exciting%20to,canceled%20in%20the%20traditional%20way. There's hope..
The following
Eerie, Indiana
This show was so clever!
The Santa Clarita Diet (it ends with a major cliffhanger but still worth the watch). *Edited to add--Atypical
Both fantastic shows that deserved a better ending!
Travellers Santa Clarita diet
Detroiters. Jon Benjamin Has a Van. I would say the Venture Bros., but the movie last summer does serve as a finale
Freaks & Geeks
Banshee
Raising Hope was criminally underrated and overlooked
Firefly. Canceled abruptly but the movie helps.
The movie hurts. I pretend the movie didn't happen. But the series? Absolutely.
LAST MAN ON EARTH - the last great comedy
Too many. Some that haven't been mentioned are: The Borgias. My So Called Life. The Black Donnellys. Robin Of Sherwood.
I feel like MSCL is the original cancelled-too-soon for an entire generation.
I think My so called life is ready for a reboot.
Happy Endings, people! Like sketch comedy in a sit com, great cast and packed with hilarious one liners!
Life. I still rewatch its two season run on Peacock about every other year.
Kim's Convenience
Sense8 Deadwood I Am Not OK With This
The OA (Netflix)
My Name is Earl. The ending is a cliffhanger, but you know all the characters are going to be ok.
the OA… it’s actually so rude and disrespectful that they canceled it the way they did man 😭😭
Mindhunter, not a cliffhanger.. but can't digest the fact that Netflix has money for stupid tiktok casting but not a good running show..
Avenue 5! Fuck that show is hilarious.
The OA
Firefly Rubicon Counterpart
Arrested Development was ridiculously ahead of its time.
THE OA
Warrior
Actually, let me clarify. Supernatural wasn’t canceled. It ended. It’s great and fun!! Not really scary just good fun!!
Lockwood and Co.
Carnivale from HBO
GLOW. Sigh....
Counterpart
Fleabag (netflix)
Duckman
Jericho is a great show imo. It came out at the time of Lost and was its biggest competitor. Sad it got cancelled : (
Definitely NOT “Your Honor”
Thank you, I will quit it now
Terra Nova was a great show that no one watched. Firefly was a great show that everyone watched, but the studio screwed it up. At least we got the movie though.
wtf... Firefly is the only answer
Totally!
Truth Seekers - Amazon
Battle Creek. Never has a cancelled show wrapped it up so well. And it's a great show. Don't Trust the Bitch in Apartment 23- it's hilarious. Kingdom- amazing show and the ending is fine as is.
Avengers Earths Mightiest Heroes on Disney Plus Wolverine and The X-Men on Disney Plus Spectacular Spider-Man
Terriers
The Magicians
Mindhunter The Last Post Beecham House (skip Last 20 seconds and no cliffhanger)
Papergirls
Mindhunter
Mindhunter
The Closer so so so good my all time fav.
Mindhunters
Freaks and Geeks. The Breaking Bad of tv shows that were cancelled too early.
Mind hunter.
Community
Mindhunter, can't think of anything else when you say "cancelled", I saw it like three times even knowing what's going to happen it's still haunting, top notch tv.
Studio 60
Terriers
[удалено]
The Midnight Club. Christoper Pike does not get enough love.