Seeking Season Two
Welcome to "Seeking Season Two," the podcast where TV nostalgia meets the quest for what could have been. Join hosts Andrew and Catherine, passionate advocates of television's most memorable one-season wonders, as they dive deep into the all-too-brief lives of beloved shows that were canceled after just one season.
Each season on "Seeking Season Two," Andrew and Catherine will take you on a detailed journey through every episode of a different show, exploring the highs, the lows, and everything in between. They’ll dissect plot lines, character development, and those cliffhangers that left audiences yearning for more. From the critically acclaimed to the cult favorites, no stone is left unturned in our exploration of what made these shows great and what potential future seasons might have held.
But "Seeking Season Two" is more than just a retrospective look—it's a what-if exploration into the future that never was. The hosts will speculate on possible story arcs and character evolutions that could have enriched the narrative if the show had continued. Listeners are invited to join in the conversation, sharing their own theories and mourning the loss of potential alongside fellow fans.
Tune in to revel in the nostalgia, critique the closures, and maybe even find closure yourself. Whether you're a die-hard fan of a particular one-hit wonder or just love television storytelling at its best, "Seeking Season Two" is your sanctuary for celebrating shows that left us too soon. Join Andrew and Catherine as they seek to keep the spirit of these shows alive, one episode at a time.
Seeking Season Two
Desperately Seeking Season Two: The Shows That Deserved More
Our two podcast hosts connect over a shared passion in this unique exploration of television's greatest injustices. Catherine and Andrew dive into the world of brilliant shows canceled after just one season, examining why these gems deserved more time to shine.
Their journey begins with Wonderfalls, Bryan Fuller's quirky 2004 masterpiece starring Caroline Dhavernas as a gift shop clerk who receives mysterious messages from animal figurines. Despite creative brilliance and a stellar cast including Lee Pace and William Sadler, Fox aired just four episodes before pulling the plug, leaving nine episodes that most American viewers never saw.
The hosts unpack Fuller's impressive career trajectory from Wonderfalls to Pushing Daisies and Star Trek Discovery, noting his Whedon-esque tendency to carry favorite actors across projects. They examine what made Wonderfalls special, its connection to Fuller's other works, and why network decisions sometimes tragically cut short television's most innovative stories.
Beyond Wonderfalls, Catherine and Andrew preview other planned deep dives into beloved one-season wonders like Firefly, Julie and the Phantoms, Freaks and Geeks, and Constantine. Their personal dynamic adds warmth and authenticity to a podcast that serves both as entertainment and cultural preservation. Share your own suggestions for shows that deserved a second season - the hosts are eager to expand their exploration of TV's most painful premature cancellations.
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Catherine:Desperately Seeking.
Andrew:Season, desperately Seeking Season 2? Yeah, yes. So this podcast is all about those fantastic TV shows that only got one season and really deserved at least another season, if not, if not more.
Catherine:Like Firefly.
Andrew:I knew you were going to bring that one up. That's. That's the one that everybody, I think, brings up first is is firefly accurate right, what else? What are some of the other ones I'm trying to remember?
Catherine:we have a whole giant list of oh well, you, let you your pick julie and the phantoms oh my god, I mean there was like a whole online campaign to get a second season of julie and the Phantoms. Oh my God, I mean there was like a whole online campaign to get a second season of Julie and the Phantoms because that show was fantastic and it ended on a cliffhanger, and now we'll never know.
Andrew:Don't you? I? I hate when they do that the cliffhangers and then it's like not knowing they're going to get a season two and they do a cliffhanger and it just really just messes with the whole audience. Yeah, but some of the other things on this so firefly obviously is one that that everyone talks about for me, freaks and geeks- yeah I'm still shocked that only got one season, my so-called life yeah, oh, that's another really good right there's some good ones on here, but we are going to talk about in our season one two it's technically season one technically season one.
Catherine:We only got through one episode of we never well, because oh did that never get, posted.
Andrew:Never even got aired oh well, it might have gotten aired, but what happened was I was doing the free, the free version of buzzsprout, and after 90 days the episode's deleted, so they don't even exist anymore after 180 days, we got divorced wow, so this is season one, the, the new season one, because the other season doesn't exist. It's it's like the unaired pilot. Yes, there's the unaired pilot of Seeking Season 2 podcast that you will never find except on my external hard drive, because we can't find it either.
Andrew:No, it's on my external hard drive. I have the episode. We just never aired. It Got it. So we are going to talk about? Well, let's talk about ourselves first. So why don't you introduce yourself to the audience? I'm Catherine. Hi Catherine.
Catherine:Hello, who are you?
Andrew:I'm your ex-husband.
Catherine:Yeah, you are. Do you have a name?
Andrew:My name is Andrew. Oh, hello Andrew, hello Catherine.
Catherine:How's it?
Andrew:going, it's going great.
Catherine:Awesome. Glad to hear it.
Andrew:Yes, so we are your hosts. No-transcript. Motion picture, moving image, silver screen, small screen, all those things, things I can watch in my living room. Sunscreen, not sunscreen.
Catherine:I'm a fan of sunscreen I mean, I'm a fan of sunscreen but I'm not a fan of being at the beach or anything. So you know, not needing sunscreen, not generally. I'm an indoor.
Andrew:I'm an indoor cat there you go, so we. So we are going to this season. Season one, we're going to talk about the amazing show that I actually have never seen. Did you watch any of it?
Catherine:I don't think. Well, maybe.
Andrew:I don't remember. I remember being on.
Catherine:I feel like I've.
Andrew:I vaguely feel like I've seen some of it.
Catherine:Yeah, I vaguely feel like I've seen some of it. Yeah, Like well, we just watched the trailer for it and the whole like hearing things, something telling her to do things, does seem very, very familiar.
Andrew:Yeah, I know I didn't watch the whole series, but I may have caught bits and pieces of it. Yes, so Wonderfalls. Let's talk a little bit about Wonderfalls. Yes, created by I don't remember his name. Brian Fuller.
Catherine:Thank you.
Andrew:So Brian Fuller is the creator of Wonderfalls, creator of one of my other favorite shows which did get more than one season Pushing Daisies, great show. Also the creator of Star Trek Discovery.
Catherine:Yeah, I had no idea.
Andrew:Had no idea. No idea, I mean, I knew, but I mean like I didn't put two and two together, that like that brian fuller.
Catherine:So you thought it might be the other brian fuller you know the the other, brian fuller the other, brian fuller, you know sure brian q fuller exactly no, but like I was such.
Andrew:I mean we were both big fans of pushing daisy, such a such a great show. Yeah, and lee pace, the, the lead actor on pushing daisies, was in wonderfall. So we will. We will get to talk about that handsome, handsome little devil.
Catherine:I was going to say and uh, is is, and was very hot yeah, he is.
Andrew:He is a good looking, good looking dude and the lead actress, caroline.
Catherine:Deverna.
Andrew:Deverna, who is in Hannibal, which is another Brian Fuller production. So he's another one that brings along his favorite actors and actresses from previous shows into newer things.
Catherine:Which is very Joss Whedon of him. But unlike joss whedon, I don't think brian fuller has been canceled I don't think so, not yet, at least I hope not.
Andrew:No, because he just did star trek discovery. So, yeah, he's still, he's still a-okay, he's okay, he's okay, so wonderful. So there, there's a whole bunch of different people that show up in here. I was saying Tracy Toms, yep, I was reading something that maybe Nick Offerman shows up in an episode or something Interesting. So there's going to be some. I think there's some random people that just show up in episodes, I mean because this is 2004. So this is 20 years ago, 20 years ago. Yeah, now that we're talking that, this show has been on.
Catherine:God, my youth, my knees were so great back then.
Andrew:Right yeah, the good old days.
Catherine:Yeah.
Andrew:So I'm trying to think of yeah, who else is in this? Oh, who was the other one I was just talking about, the one that's married to Emerson, Michael Emerson.
Catherine:Yeah, I know. Now I'm not going to remember her name anymore.
Andrew:Terry Preston.
Catherine:Thank you. I had it immediately when you asked the last time and now.
Andrew:I'm just like huh, I know, that's why I went to you with this one.
Catherine:I mean, I literally watched Elspeth this morning.
Andrew:I'm like you just completely blanked this time. I'm like, okay, so, yeah, so she's in some episodes there. There's a bunch of other people. Let me, I had it up. I want to see who else is in this. Yeah, tracy toms. Um, yeah, lee pace. Obviously william sadler who's that?
Catherine:oh, I do know who that is. He was on roswell, wasn't? He Was William Sadler on.
Andrew:He was. I remember him best. So a couple of things. What else is I know? The one thing I'm going to mention, I know what you're going to mention. What's that Because?
Catherine:it's going to be. You sank my battleship.
Andrew:No, that's not what I was going to say. Oh, he was one of the guards in, or he was one of the guards in, or a prisoner. He was one of the prisoners in Shawshank Redemption. William Sadler was in Shawshank Redemption. He also played Death in two Bill and Ted movies. So good. Yes, he's just fantastic. So he's in this. Let's see who else is. I mean, was he?
Catherine:not on Roswell, I thought for sure he was Okay good.
Andrew:He was on Roswell 61 episodes of Roswell 61 episodes. I thought he was a main character.
Catherine:Oh my goodness, yeah, I'm pretty sure he was the dad and a cop and, oh yeah, television Without Pity, formerly Mighty Big TV, formerly Dawson's Rep, referred to him as Pornstache.
Andrew:Pornstache Interesting.
Catherine:Because he had a mustache that porn actors would have.
Andrew:I see, and who else? Some of the other people. Oh, I was saying Jewel State shows up for four episodes apparently. So there's a couple other good, couple other good, good, uh good people showing up in there and we'll see who else shows up in these episodes. It only got 13 episodes, so it was probably, was it?
Catherine:I'd have to do some more research and we'll do that for for episode one, but maybe it's a mid-season replacement uh, there are seven unaired episodes on the dvd set that arrived here so it might have gotten a full season order, and then they didn't air the whole season Because it seems like there are 20 episodes. Are there 20 episodes?
Andrew:Okay, so there were 13 episodes Yep, only four were aired. From what I recall reading, there was only four aired. Yep, that seems right, because this says including nine that never aired right, but then I think apparently some some station up in canada like picked it up and like aired the whole season up in canada, if I recall correctly, but in in the uS, yeah, there was only four episodes aired, which was really, really disappointing. Criminal Wonderfall is the complete viewer collection. I'm really looking forward to all 13 episodes, including nine that never aired.
Catherine:Which would be consistent with four having aired.
Andrew:Correct. That's math. That is math. Boom. Who says you're not good at math? Everyone, I say A documentary. We'll have to watch the documentary.
Catherine:And there's all sorts of commentary, I believe.
Andrew:Oh, yeah, oh, and a music video, hello. Oh, this should be fun.
Catherine:Yeah.
Andrew:Excellent. So we're we're going to watch all 13 episodes, comment on every single one of them and we will go from there.
Catherine:Yeah.
Andrew:You know I would. I would love to hear other people's opinions on shows that they feel got canceled after one season and deserve a second shot. And we've got a whole long list. Clerks, the animated series.
Catherine:Constantine.
Andrew:Constantine.
Catherine:That's a great show.
Andrew:Yeah, moonlight.
Catherine:The Lone Gunman.
Andrew:The Lone Gunman. I really want to watch that series again. I mean they were the spinoff from the X-Files Because they were featured in many episodes of the X-Files and finally got their own series and unfortunately it didn't quite take. Forever, Ooh, I always thought Forever got more than one season. I felt like it was around longer than that. It felt like Forever it did.
Catherine:I thought forever got more than one season, like I felt like it was around longer than that. It felt like forever it did. And it's funny because I I just saw um and I can't possibly pronounce his name correctly, but joan griffo is he welsh.
Andrew:He is welsh and welsh names are difficult, but he was just on elsbeth last week. Oh, was he really? Yes, oh, very cool.
Catherine:Yeah, elsbeth is great because every week is a different very well-known actor in the murderer role.
Andrew:In the murderer role, but he was actually not the murderer.
Catherine:He witnessed the murder, he witnessed the murder.
Andrew:Mm-hmm Interesting. And who was the person that just? Was that the one that you sent me? It was Rob Mc, and who was the person that just is? It? Was that the one that you sent me, it was rob mcclure.
Catherine:The one was that he's the one that died. Yeah, and, and matthew broderick was the murderer excellent yes um, yeah, I mean rob mcclure isn't well enough known, I guess to be the murderer.
Andrew:He was the victim well, that's, that's all right. It's a step up from svu death by his cat allergy.
Andrew:Oh, yeah, um, other things on our list, the tick um battlestar galactica, the original um, almost. Yeah, there's a bunch of on here, but I would love to you know in in the comments on these episodes. Please respond, let us know what other shows you loved that deserve a second season and and maybe we will feature them on on this podcast. But but stay tuned for the official episode one of season one, not including the unaired pilot of seeking season two, um, which will maybe show up someday. But check it out. And again we'll be here, catherine and Andrew talking about Wonder Falls. Yay, we'll see you soon, everyone. Bye, bye.
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