Following the large success of Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, Netflix has ordered a Season 2 of Ryan Murphy‘s newest mission for the streamer, The Watcher. But does the collection really want one other season?
“Audiences can’t take their eyes off Monster and The Watcher. The creative team of Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan on Monster along with Eric Newman on The Watcher are masterful storytellers who captivated audiences all over the world,” Bela Bajaria, Head of Global TV of Netflix, mentioned in an announcement upon the announcement of boths reveals’ renewal.
“The back-to-back force of these two series is due to Ryan’s distinct original voice, which created cultural sensations, and we are thrilled to continue telling stories in the Monster and Watcher universe,” she concluded.
Alongside breakout Jennifer Coolidge, The Watcher boasts a star-studded forged, together with Naomi Watts, Bobby Cannavale, Mia Farrow, Margo Martindale, Richard Kind, Terry Kinney, Joe Mantello, Noma Dumezweni, Christopher McDonald, Michael Nouri, Isabel Gravitt, Henry Hunter Hall, and Luke David Blumm.
Netflix initially billed The Watcher as a restricted collection that’s based mostly on a real story first reported by Reeves Wiedeman and printed on New York’s web site, The Cut. The article detailed how a creepy stalker despatched menacing letters and saved a household from transferring into their New Jersey dream home. Every week after the story was printed, there was a fierce six-studio bidding struggle for a function rights deal. Once Nexflix received, the story was tailored right into a collection and it was meant to conclude the place the true story ended. However, the primary season ended unresolved, with out revealing the titular Watcher and transferring a brand new household into the home.
The latest Murphy present has the worst Rotten Tomatoes rating out of any of the creator’s titles. In our rating of Ryan Murphy’s 14 largest reveals, it began on the backside. It could be too early to say, however the basic consensus was that this present feels thrown collectively rapidly, with not a lot of an fascinating assertion to make upon arrival. “Serving as an adaptation of a previously told story — be it fact or fiction — must justify its existence. But did this one?” we requested.
With Netflix reducing reveals left and proper today, it’s a bit shocking to see what appears like a completed story revived for extra episodes, however we’ve been improper earlier than. So we go away the query to you: Is there sufficient left of this collection to warrant a second season of The Watcher? Let us know sure or no within the ballot beneath.