The Peripheral

[cranefly]

Yes this show continues to deliver. I liked the pacing here as several distinct storylines were juggled. That language code but was really confusing. I always have subs on and what I was reading was jammed hard by what was being said. 

I kinda feel for that assassin dude. He was just trying to keep his daughter out of harms way.

There was some talky bits that got a tad too cyberpunky for me. They were clearly discussing some important stuff but the psychobabble started to get wearisome. I’m sure it’s a great intellectualized metaphor but it felt a smidge too much. Maybe I’m just tired.

Yeah, that language code.  I supplement what I hear with the subtitles, but that code totally messed me up.
Ditto the assassin dude.

LCF asked me what this series was about.  I said I wasn't entirely sure.  Very talky episode, and I question how much of it I'm following.

[Dr. Ivor Yeti]

Well, that wraps up Season I. Don’t forget to stay for the post credits scene.

[Drunk Monk]

Another effin cliffhanger. 

Well, I’m hooked. Bring on season 2.

[Greg]

Thanks for the tip about the post-credit scene. I would have skipped it.

I'm not quite sure I know what happened. I think I do but I couldn't get to the logic of how it happened. This reviewer was left puzzled. I wasn't very satisfied by this ending.

[cranefly]

Made it through most of the credits.  Now it seems I'll have to revisit them -- or their aftermath.

Confusion probably is my adjective of choice for this series.  Except it's a noun.  Which makes it even more appropriate.

[Drunk Monk]

Yes, thanks for the end of credits scene tip. Went back for that because the auto-flip on Amazon (and Netflix) annoys the crap out of me and makes me miss a lot of credits. I always like to see if there’s a fight choreographer.

A new stub will make s2 even more confusin…

[Greg]

In case you were wondering.

“The Peripheral” has been renewed for Season 2 at Amazon. 
The series, based on the William Gibson novel of the same name, debuted on Amazon on Oct. 21, 2022. The series stars Chloë Grace Moretz and hails from executive producers Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan under their Amazon overall deal. 
Scott B. Smith developed the series for television and serves as executive producer and showrunner. Nolan and Joy executive produce via Kilter Films. Vincenzo Natali serves as executive producer and director, with Athena Wickham and Steven Hoban also executive producing. Amazon Studios and Warner Bros. Television produce in association with Kilter Films. 



“William’s mind-bending story in partnership with the brilliant minds of Scott and Jonathan and Lisa, produced an unforgettable journey for our global audience and we are thrilled with how they embraced the series,” said Vernon Sanders, head of global television at Amazon Studios. “We look forward to extending our partnership with Warner Bros. and Kilter Films as this uniquely ambitious series continues to unfold.”

[Dr. Ivor Yeti]

Good.

[Drunk Monk]

Yaaaaaaaaassssssss!!!

[thatguy]

Or not

https://gizmodo.com/the-peripheral-prime...1850754037

The Peripheral Canceled After Prime Video Undoes Season 2 Renewal
Months after getting approved for a second season, the sci-fi series has become a one-and-done as studios try to cut costs during the Hollywood strikes.

By
Justin Carter

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Image: Prime Video

Earlier in the year, Prime Video announced that its sci-fi series The Peripheral would return for a second season. With a first season that was said to be fairly enjoyableand starring the likes of Chloe Grace-Moretz and Jack Reynor, it sucks that the biggest bit of news about season two is also its very last, as Prime Video has reversed its decision and killed the show after one season.

Announced by Deadline on Friday, Prime Video elected to cancel the show due to the still-ongoing strikes involving the WGA and SAG-AFTRA. Though production wasn’t reportedly set to start until 2024, studios not agreeing to the desired terms of both unions has ground nearly all big Hollywood productions to a halt. Apparently, Amazon already has its 2025 media pipeline planned out, so Peripheral and last year’s sports comedy-drama A League of Our Own both had to get cut since they were each only a season long already. And as a sci-fi show, The Peripheral’s production delays would’ve led to more costs into the show’s budget. 

This isn’t the first time streamers or networks have elected to cancel kill the additional season it had previously offered a show. During the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, Netflix killed Glow’s fourth season, and ABC did the same with the one-season series Stumptown. Last year, AMC canceled the animated show Pantheon when it only completed half of its original two-season order, and as the WB Discovery merger was still working itself out, the company decided it just wouldn’t air the fourth and final season of Snowpiercer that had already wrapped production and had been marketed.

Shows getting canceled is never easy, but there’s something particularly insidious about doing it as those involved in making it are demanding better wages and working conditions in the aims of making those shows better. This definitely won’t be the last pair of shows who get canceled as the strikes persist, but all those cancellations will do is illuminate how much studios are willing to needlessly hack off a limb instead of doing the sensible thing and giving the actors and writers what they want.

--tg

[Drunk Monk]

Dammit.

[Greg]

Not a fan.

[Dr. Ivor Yeti]

Dammit. I was looking forward to that.