Sense8 Finale Coming to Netflix After All
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When Netflix unexpectedly cancelled Sense8, sci-fi fans and LTBGQ media enthusiasts alike reacted with shock and anger. Following a successful grassroots social media campaign by fans to boycott Netflix and sign petitions until the show came back, a two-hour finale episode was successfully confirmed.
According to New Now Next, the cast announced the new season by recording a video on social media where they sung along to “What’s Up” by 4 Non Blonds and flashed a message about the finale across the screen. Lana Wachowski, co-creator of the show, also posted an online letter expressing her appreciation for the fans that demanded the show’s return.
There are sensates within these walls, too. #WeAreTheGlobalCluster pic.twitter.com/uU3qfY9sM3
— Netflix US (@netflix) June 29, 2017
“It is my great pleasure as well as Netflix’s (believe me, they love the show as much as we do but the numbers have always been challenging) to announce that there will be another two-hour special released next year,” she wrote. “After that…if this experience has taught me anything, you NEVER know.”
In order to get the show back on the air, fans sent flip-flops to Netflix as a form of protest, boycotted their accounts, and started a petition. Apparently, the show costs $9 million an episode, one of the reasons it was unexpectedly cancelled. Thanks to fan fervor and the support of the support of the LGBTQ community, however, we will get two more hours and some closure.
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Addison Herron-Wheeler is OUT FRONT's co-publisher and editor-in-chief and friend to dogs everywhere. She enjoys long walks in the darkness away from any sources of sunlight, rainy days, and painfully dry comedy. She also covers cannabis and heavy metal, and is author of Wicked Woman: Women in Metal from the 1960s to Now and Respirator, a short story collection.