Sense8' Two-Hour Finale Set at Netflix
Sense8' Two-Hour Finale Set at Netflix
Sense8 has a gift for its fans: A two-hour finale episode is in the works for the canceled Netflix series, the show announced on Twitter Thursday. The special will release next year on the streamer.
The news came in the form of a letter from co-creator Lana Wachowski, who helmed the most recent second season of the sci-fi series after sister Lilly Wachowski took a step back. The pair created the show with J. Michael Straczynski.
Netflix shared the letter on its official account, along with a video tribute to the sci-fi series. "After seeing that the cancellation was a total cluster, we decided to give Sense8fans the ending they totally deserve," said a Netflix spokesperson.
In her letter, Lana Wachowski confessed that she fell into a "fairly serious" depression after the series was canceled. Netflix handed down the news on June 1, not long after Sense8's May 5 season two release.
"The outpouring of love and grief that came in the wake of the news that Sense8 would not be continuing was so intense, that I often found myself unable to open my own email," she began in the letter. "I had never worked so hard, or put so much of myself into a project as I had with Sense8 and its cancellation hollowed me out."
Calling out the "impossibilities" her crew achieved — the second season filmed in 16 cities and 11 countries to capture the stories of its global cast — and the sadness from the actors, especially the eight stars who make up Sense8's starring "cluster," the showrunner said the passion from the fans, who created a petition to bring the series back, was most humbling.
"As the characters in our show discover that they are not alone. I too have learned that I am not just a me. I am also a we," she wrote. "While it is often true that these decisions are irreversible, it is not always true."
She continued in the note, which was directed to the fans: "Improbably, unforeseeably, your love has brought
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Lana Wachowski said Netflix "loves" the show but admitted that the numbers have "always been challenging" before signing off with a nod to the second season's cliffhanger ending: "Now let's go find out what happens to Wolfgang [Max Riemelt]."
