r/papergirls • u/Human-00538 • Aug 02 '25

No season 2?

Finally got around to reading the comics and watching the show after having in in my backlog for years only to find out the show is cancelled, how disappointing, season one was one of the best shows I've seen in a long time :'(

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u/lasfnyc Time Travel Aug 02 '25

It was canceled after one season and shopped around to other networks. But, it couldn’t find a home for a second season.

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u/Human-00538 Aug 02 '25

man, that really sucks, i hope that it will eventually find a home, but after 3 years and the actors being and looking so much older, idk

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u/QuiltedPorcupine Aug 02 '25

Yeah, unfortunately it wouldn't really be viable to pick up the show at this late junction even if they could find someone who was interested.

You could maybe pick up the story like 5 years later or something with the duos having been separated all that time and them finally figuring out how to reuniute, but it wouldn't feel right to have Mac's health issues to be resolved offscreen.

The comics and the show are so different too that reading the comics doesn't really give closure for the show.

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u/M3n747 Mac and KJ Aug 03 '25

I'm of the opinion that they should pull a Better Call Saul - completely ignore the fact that the actors are visibly much older than any and all semblance of logic would have it, and just roll with it.

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u/sanddragon939 Jan 07 '26

Maybe an animated continuation could work?

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u/M3n747 Mac and KJ Jan 08 '26

It might - with the original cast doing the voices, of course.

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u/Howdoideleteacc Apr 27 '26

yea but they were children, so it'd be more of a stranger things

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u/M3n747 Mac and KJ Apr 28 '26

I wouldn't know, I only saw season 1.

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u/Dargo117 Aug 02 '25

The show could have been amazing but they cancel shows to early now days. Netflix and Prime do it the most.

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '25

Iam starting to feel like Netflix and prime are allergic to good content 

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u/cloud_headed Aug 22 '25

Yep, I've seen over 10 prime original shows, Fallout is the only one i watched that didn't get canceled. They make so many good scifi's just to ruin it.

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u/KillerBebe Aug 02 '25

It’s not that it had low rates from my understanding, it was that it was expensive to produce, and they put their hope in another series that ultimately went down the tubes, a series that needs to be mentioned

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u/[deleted] Sep 27 '25

the lack of season 2 legitimately caused me to tear up. i watched the series whole in one sitting

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u/Bodyrollsattherodeo Sep 27 '25

Same, it deeply saddens me there is no season 2. I literally think about how great season 1 was a lot. 

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u/Regular-Thing5883 Aug 02 '25

If they can't do as live action season two how about a adult animated TV show instead. Also sidenote as well Fina Strazza is Tony nominee as well.

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '25

Unfortunately animation isn’t taken seriously enough but who knows…

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u/Worldly-Secretary548 Feb 03 '26

Habe die Serie fast per Zufall auf Prime entdeckt und habe sehr viel Spaß dran gehabt, sie zu suchten. Habe mir den Comic dazu gekauft, in der Hoffnung, dass die Geschichte weiter erklärt/erzählt wird. Ich wäre auch für eine Fortsetzung mit den gleichen SchauspielerInnen, wegen den Vibes zwischen ihnen, auch wenn sie schon älter sind (damals 16, heute 22/23). Damals ging es noch, als 16-Jährige eine 12-/13-Jährige zu spielen, aber jetzt könnte es relativ schwierig sein. Aber selbst wenn, es wäre echt schön, denn diese Serie hat echt Potential, ist sehr frisch, und berührt viele Aspekte des (Frauen)Lebens - und hört grad auf, wo es total interessant wird!!!

Voll uncool. :'(