‘Ponies’ Canceled — What Would’ve Happened in Season 2
What To Know
- Ponies has been canceled after a single season on Peacock.
- Previously, the cocreators detailed what they expected would come in a second season.
Bad news for fans of Peacock’s new spy dramedy Ponies: The streamer has canceled the series after a single season.
Variety reports that the series, which boasted Emilia Clarke and Haley Lu Richardson as coleads, will not return to the streamer for Season 2.
The news comes after the series enjoyed critical praise and left on a cliffhanger that the executive producers intended to follow up on. Cocreators David Iserson and Susanna Fogel spoke to TV Insider about the eight-episode first season and what they anticipated would still be to come in Season 2 and revealed a lot of hints about what might’ve been ahead.
For one thing, Iserson said that he fully intended to incorporate more historical anecdotes like the Elton John concert in Moscow that became a backdrop for the sleuthing action, saying, “Our hope is that we can do this show for many more years. So, we have a lot of things in our back pocket that we didn’t yet explore, but that we would be excited to explore…. in researching what the American Embassy in Moscow dealt with in this time period, there are just some great, true things that really excited us that we weren’t able to get going but is widely available, and lots of books that exist about this time period in Moscow.”
Iserson also said that after Clarke’s character, Bea, discovered that her husband was still alive in the Season 1 finale, that would’ve been a turning point for her.
“I think where we are setting her up for Season 2, and knowing that Chris is alive, and knowing that that information is going to come back towards her, one way or the other, and how she is going to grapple with it, she is a much different person than she was when the show began, where the hope that Chris is alive and the information that Chris is alive would be something that would be the wish that she tells herself come true,” Iserson told us. “And I think the person that she is at the end, when that information comes, she has kind of lived a lot more life, and that is information that she is going to receive in a much more complicated way.”
Fogel also said that the power dynamics between the women and their nemesis Andrei would be a big factor in Season 2 as well, explaining, “I feel like playing with who has the power in what situation, and who can blackmail whom, and what each of them wants moment to moment, it’s really complicated in Season 2 in a way that I think is in a world where we’re still sort of drawn to the chemistry that they have, in spite of everything we’ve seen. It’s going to feel, hopefully, exciting to watch those little moves, and it’s not clear who has power in that situation, just based on the cards that each of them holds. And we want to keep that really complicated and, episode to episode, be exploring the ways that each of them can sort of control the other.”
Iserson also pointed to the KGB’s blackmail organization storyline as one that could be explored in more detail, as well as what Dane was dealing with: “He’s suffering with mental illness and suicidal ideation, and also a lot of that guilt built up, and Chris being dead, but then he finds out that Chris is alive, and [we have to see] how that affects him, and how that makes him vulnerable,” he explained.
The pair also confirmed that they intended to keep the center of the action in Moscow, as in Season 1. Alas.
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I just finished the season finale and of course didn't want it to end, so was looking to find out when season 2 is coming out and got the BAD NEWS! This was such a fantastic show, I can't believe it's been cancelled. Hoping enough fans put their opinions out there and there will be a reconsideration.
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Do you know of an email or way to complain to peacock? I would be happy to speak up but can’t find an easy way to reach out.
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It is a GREAT Series. I for one think it's a terrible idea to cancel it
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Nooooo! Bring it back. I need more
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Too bad, thoroughly enjoyed the series!
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When the writer's strike happened a few years back ABC had no new programming and ran the first season of " Only Murders in the Building". I watched, wanted more and became a Hulu and " Murders" watcher. Why didn't NBC immediately run" Ponies" after it's run and maybe pick up some new viewers and possibly new Peacock subscribers? "M.I.A".'s first episode was shown on NBC and compelled me to watch more. "M.I.A." is returning and " Ponies" is not which is a real shame. Both very good shows. "Ponies" definitely deserved better treatment. Thanks to the cast and crew for a great season and a doozy of a season finale with no answers coming in season 2. Not good..
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Gutted - absolutely loved that show! Real shame
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I’d only watched a few episode before life intervened, and I got too busy, but I had every intention of taking up the series once my life calmed down. However, now that the cancellation has been announced, and it ended on a cliff hanger, what’s the point? Too bad, it had an original storyline and Could have provided some good entertainment.
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I really wish there was a season 2. I really loved the show and was hoping for more.
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I finished Season 1 last night, thoroughly enjoying it, then looked for Season 2 this evening, only to find there isn't one even planned! So disappointing!
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😬😤😠😡😞😥
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I’m very disappointed Ponies was cancelled. Contacted Peacock to complain.
They kept asking if I had problems connecting to the service. Never addressed my issue at all.
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Great show shame it was canceled
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I’m still so angry this was canceled!
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