‘The Irrational’s Karen David Reacts to Cancellation: ‘Great Shows Are Not Immune’
NBC canceled quite a few of the shows from its 2024-2025 season on Friday, May 9, and among them was the drama The Irrational, starring Jesse L. Martin, after two seasons. The season ender in March now serves as its series finale.
“We built something so special. Two glorious seasons with dearest, @gradyano aka Jesse, @arikalisanne and #TheIrrational family. Whilst my heart is heavy today with the news of our cancellation, I’m so grateful I have this tv family in my life. Each and every cast and crew member and creatives, have made me not only a better actor, but a better human being,” Karen David, who recurred as ex-MI6 agent Rose, wrote in a lengthy message alongside photos of herself with Jesse L. Martin and showrunner Arika Lisanne Mittman from set on Friday, May 9.
“I’ve been at this long enough to know that this is all part of the journey and whether we like it or not, great shows are not immune to cancellation. My heart ache is more about missing the sweetest, most hard working crew that I had the absolute joy of working with these past couple of years, having the kindest and most giving scene partner that is all #JesseLMartin – I’d walk through fire and rain with him any day!” she continued. “Our North Star, wonderful and magical, showrunner, Arika, whom I adore and love working with soooooo much (we first met on #timeless ) – thank you for the gift of ex MI6 agent, #RoseDinshaw – I got to do things as an actor that I’ve never done before because of Arika and our talented writers’ room! You guys set the bar high for innovative, network procedural twists based on behavioural science! @markgoffmanSam, @jessewarn and Tracey, thank you gazillions for all you do!”
Read the full message in the Instagram post below, including a call-out for fans of the show.
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The Irrational ended with a cliffhanger that involved Alec (Jesse) and his girlfriend Rose. As she decided to stay in town and open up her own agency, he received a text that alerted him to the fact that he was being followed, making him her first client. That would have been the thread for Season 3, which also would have revealed who exactly had been following him, showrunner Arika Lisanne Mittman told TV Insider after the finale.
“We definitely opened the door to Rose staying and to Rose being a more permanent fixture of the season and for her, having this new agency, of having her own little detective agency, if you will, having something that’s not always high-end crisis management,” she shared. “I like the idea going forward of Alec getting — he gets some of his cases from the FBI, He gets some of them from different random places like friends of his, and he can also get some cases from Rose as he has before, but of Rose not just being attached to sort of high-end wealthy people’s sort of fixer problems, for her being able to have a whole different variety of cases with different kinds of people.”
Are you going to miss The Irrational? What had you hoped to see in Season 3? Let us know in the comments section below.
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Was Googling the show to see when it’s kicking off again and found this. 😕 I enjoyed the show immensely. I hope the network isn’t relying on live ratings. I can’t watch live because I have late work hours but I always watch when my work week gives me a break. Haven’t missed an episode. In any case many of my favorite shows have been cancelled. I may end up being a person who just doesn’t watch much TV. It’s frustrating when you fall in love with these characters, (The Irrational, 9-1-1 Lone Star, The Equalizer, and more) then they cancel. I get every show can’t be law and order but sheesh. Can we get 5 - 7 seasons min? 🫤
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I love The Irrational and will miss the show.
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So mad at NBC right now after canceling this show, Suits LA, Found.
All 3 shows are so good, so different from the normal procedural, legal, investigative shows. Different is good, but not to network execs when the numbers aren't where they want them to be. Good grief!!
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I guess idiot executives aren’t only at CBS. Why they cancel good shows is beyond me. So much more story line to explore there.
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I think that shows like The Irrational and Found are great intelligent shows worth another season. NBC network are so disappointing, and care nothing about the fans. Oh well at least we know know. If NBC won't give these shows another season, then hopefully a better network ,Hulu, Prime ,Netflix will.
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This is crazy, are they really airing nba during weeknight primetime.. As a 70 something female I will not be watching, and I'm sure many others won't be either. Goodbye NBC.
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I absolutely love this show. I am so disappointed. To many of my faves are going away. It’s sad. Tv executives don’t care what viewers want anymore.
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Really loved the show. So sad.
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Loved this show. What a mistake NBC is making.
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So disappointing, this was a beautiful show. Didn't have to deal with language, sex, over the top drama....all episodes were perfectly written. Hats off to all the writers and cast❤️😭
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I find the law and order, fbi, chicago crap boring and or not an easy watch, too stressy and repetitive.
The Irrational is interestinggg!
and so good for the soul. Its all about healing, helping, problem solving and always learning but in a chill easy to watch way. The lead actor, Jesse, owned his role. I am very surprised and disappointed it got cancelled.
The Irrational helped me to quit smoking because smoking is completley irrational. Something about Alec, the protagonist, is really comforting so anytime i felt a craving i would listen to him and be like "I am in control of my choices and i can make better choices" (reoccurring message from the show).
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I'm so sick of all the good shows leaving or getting cancelled!
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It becomes more & more obvious that network execs don't care that much about fan base, being enteraining, production values, or even ratings. They primarily care about how much the show brings in MINUS how much it costs to produce or purchase (& they'd generally rather produce in-house than buy from elsewhere). Schlock is usually way cheaper to produce than quality, & the bottom line usually rules.
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The producers should have pitched the show at CBS first, then ABC not NBC. NBC is the master of cancelling the very best TV shows CBS would have given it at least 3-4 seasons with a few tweaks it would have been a good procedural. I will never forgive NBC for cancelling Touch, The Player and not making a spin-off for the Grimm. That's when I realised reality shows and Dick Wolf means more to them than supernatural TV series which were pretty good. Any other police procedural will never survive at NBC, maybe paramount or amazon can pick it up
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I am upset. I want to see 'found' and 'the irrational'. You got us into these shows and then just abruptly ended them. Please reconsider or let someone else bring them back.
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Totally agree, great show. Makes me wonder who the audience is!
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Some network needs to pick up the Irrational
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I guess I will be leaving nbc behind also. Most of these newer shows are awful. NBC and other networks need to reevaluate what people should or want to see compared to today's news stories that are so boring.
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Good show, but the ratings went downhill-- guess too many people got turned off by all the psychology "lessons."
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b-o-r-i-n-g supporting cast and same ol same ol each episode
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Boring describes your comment and your life...24-7?
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