Alright, so a bunch of you have been asking, or at least I’ve seen it floating around a lot: “Will there be a Peripheral Season 2?” And man, I get it. I was hooked on the first season. Totally. It was one of those shows that really sticks with you, makes you think, you know?
My process for figuring this stuff out, well, it’s not exactly scientific. It usually starts with me just being curious, like any other fan. I finished Season 1 and immediately thought, “Okay, when’s the next dose coming?” So, the first thing I did was hit up the usual spots. I typed it into search engines, browsed some big entertainment news sites. You get a lot of noise at first. Some articles are pure clickbait, others are just rehashes of what everyone else is saying. It’s a bit like panning for gold, mostly dirt.
Then I remembered, a while back, there was actually some buzz. I specifically recall seeing headlines that Amazon had given it the green light. I even told my cousin, who I got into the show, “Hey, good news, Season 2 is happening!” We were both pretty stoked. That was, I think, early 2023? Or somewhere around then. My memory’s a bit fuzzy on the exact date, but the feeling was definitely positive.
So, what changed? Or did anything change?
This is where things get a bit murky, and where my “investigation,” if you can call it that, took a turn. After that initial wave of good news, things went quiet. Too quiet. And then, if you were following any industry news, you know what happened next: the writers’ strike. And then the actors’ strike. Everything just ground to a halt in Hollywood.
I started checking forums, places like Reddit, to see what the die-hard fans were saying. Lots of speculation, lots of frustration. People were pointing out that renewals announced right before or during the strikes were suddenly in a very precarious position. It makes sense, right? Delays cost money. Uncertainty makes studios nervous.
So, I kept an eye out. I’d do a search every few weeks. And then, later in the year, the bad news started to trickle out. Reports began surfacing that Amazon had, well, changed its mind. They decided to not move forward with Season 2, reversing the earlier renewal. Talk about a gut punch.
My practice for confirming this kind of stuff is to look for multiple sources, ideally from reputable trade publications. And yeah, places like Variety, Hollywood Reporter, Deadline – they all eventually reported the cancellation. They usually cite “sources” or “industry insiders,” which is about as official as it gets before the studio itself makes a formal, often quiet, announcement, or just lets the news fade.
- Initial step: Watched Season 1, got super interested.
- Next step: Saw early reports of a renewal. Got excited.
- Then: The strikes happened. A long period of silence.
- Digging deeper: Monitored news sites and fan discussions.
- The unfortunate discovery: Found multiple reports that the renewal was reversed, and the show was effectively cancelled.
So, yeah, from everything I’ve gathered, putting the pieces together from various articles and timelines, it unfortunately looks like “The Peripheral Season 2” is not going to happen. It seems like it was a victim of bad timing with the strikes and the subsequent re-evaluation of projects by studios. It’s a real shame. I thought the show had so much potential, and that world was fascinating.
It’s become a common story with streaming shows, hasn’t it? They get you hooked, and then poof, they’re gone. You just gotta enjoy them while they last, I guess. So, that’s the lowdown based on my own little journey of trying to find out. Not the news we wanted, but that seems to be where it stands.
