No Season 2 for the counterintelligence thriller.
May 30, 2019
It is being reported that The Enemy Within has been cancelled after its first season. The thriller premiered in February for a 13-episode run that concluded with its now-series finale on May 20.
The show got off to a decent start in the ratings over its first few episodes, but viewers seemed to lose interest as the weeks wore on. Reception from critics was generally mixed, with no real glowing praise to garner additional buzz.
The Enemy Within followed brilliant former CIA operative Erica Shepherd, who became known as the most notorious traitor in American history after betraying her country. While serving a life sentence in a Supermax prison, Erica is contacted by FBI Agent Will Keaton, who has reluctantly turned to her for help in tracking down a dangerous criminal.
Chris
05/31/19 at 04:46am
and it will be replaced with more reality show garbage
Khelben
05/31/19 at 00:31am
I really don't understand the comments like "I don't watch a show until I know there are several seasons"… You do realise if everybody does that, nobody watches any new show and everything gets cancelled, right?
Steve S.
05/30/19 at 10:41pm
Chester WhoisAstounded, let me explain. One season is not necessarily giving whatever show a chance. If someone thinks a show is good that far, and it gets cancelled due to borderline ratings, or despite good enough ratings, then the show wasn’t given a chance to that person. Furthermore, calling out people for their “air of entitlement” over this is a bit obnoxious given the seeming majority of shows we watch are not given an ending to the plot. Maybe you like being taken for a sap, I don’t. I’m not saying that Enemy Within shouldn’t have been cancelled - I am saying that I can respect those who complain, especially given how many watched this show with I assume no real ending.
Steve
05/30/19 at 10:20pm
This was another NBC show in the tradition of "Blindspot" and "The Blacklist". Take two troubled leads with dark pasts and explore the relationship between them. Then stick them together in a "team" of some kind that operates outside the law while claiming to enforce it.
But this one never gelled. The Erica Shepherd character was never true. Her motivations shifted from episode to episode as the plot required, and there was no consistency. Will Keaton was too focused to be a fully fleshed out person. Everybody appeared to exist just so the writers could show us how clever they were with their plot twists each week.
And the CIA had a secret base in Cuba all these years? Come on...
Chester
05/30/19 at 08:01pm
I don't understand the "one season isn't giving the show a chance" comments. Are networks expected to pay to produce multiple seasons when many episodes already show that things are not performing as desired? If a show can not perform in one season, that WAS it's chance. You can't expect millions more to be spent on further speculation. The air of "entitlement" as if you, the viewer, have a right to multiple seasons of every show only to discover IF you like it is astounding to me.
Tomi
05/30/19 at 07:54pm
Gotta cancel one cop/legal/detective duo drama to make room for the next cop/legal/detective drama. Rinse and repeat. That's the network motto.
The Punisher
05/30/19 at 07:47pm
Just another reason i wait until the full season is over before i decide to watch a new show, if they cancel it after one season i dont waste my time...
Tfitz
05/30/19 at 07:35pm
Almost during a show and I am busting myself and haven’t canceled. That was after being cautious! I am sore on streaming and only stream.
Aly
05/30/19 at 07:25pm
I'm glad I took a wait and see approach to this - with all the new shows that came out - I figured most would be canceled, I only watched 1 episode of Proven Innocent and maybe 2 of The Fix, and then this, I recorded, but didn't watch 1 episode - delete in progress like I did the remainder of the others.
If they can't give a show more than 1 season of a chance, people will stop giving shows a chance too. Horribly stupid cycle the networks brought into play.
If they could even commit to, whenever they cancel a show, they promise to give a 2 hour movie to properly end it, people might be a little more willing to give new shows a try.
Andro
05/30/19 at 07:24pm
For goodness sake give programmes time to settle in. It seems like they like throwing money down the drain with all the cancellations networks make.
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