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Netflix Shows Are Suffering Because It Takes Too Long For Them To Return
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This is only tangentially related, but it touches on why I barely trust new shows anymore.
I kept hearing praise for a show called Severance (not on Netflix, though) and it sounded like it was something I'd like. Still I resisted the urge to watch it. It wasn't until several fucking years later, they released a second season.
So, after the second season came out, I figured I'd give it a go. The firs season left me irritated because the season finale resolved almost nothing, left everything open. I'm pissed just knowing how betrayed I'd have felt if I had watched the show when the first season came out and then just got left hanging for years.
Then I watched the first episode of the second season, which fortunately provided some answers, and decided, fuck everybody involved with this project. I'm not getting invested because the potential for them to do another non-answer cliffhanger and just leave fans/viewers without any type of closure is just too much.
But back on topic, yes, I agree, Netflix quite often takes too long to release follow-up seasons on a lot of shows I watched and liked. I know some of it is outside of their control, but it seems to happen quite a bit to the point where I do wonder how much of it is actually out of their control.
As the other comment said, Severance is going to get truckloads of money for the foreseeable future, it's one of Apple's biggest hits. And the delay for the second season wasn't intended; it sounds like they weren't happy with much of the second half and had to go back to redo it. That being said, I won't spoil it too much but
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the second season does also end on a kind of "wow, what's the fallout from this going to be" note, so if you were bothered by the season 1 ending it might hit the same nerve.I appreciate the warning, it lets me know I made the right choice to stop watching. Perhaps, when the series is concluded and I can be confident that there's at least some resolution to be had, I'll feel more confident and return to finish watching.