These days it takes a lot to keep a good show down. Translation? Cancellation doesn't always mean goodbye for TV shows. Sense8 is the latest show to beat getting the axe. Sort of.
After two seasons, Netflix pulled the plug on the fan-favorite sci-fi series about sensates, eight strangers who were emotionally and mentally linked. The streaming service cited high production costs for the reason it canceled the series, but fans rallied. They tweeted, they emailed, they wrote in, they organized campaigns—and Netflix listened.
"After seeing that the cancellation was a total cluster, we decided to give Sense8 fans the ending they totally deserve," a Netflix spokesperson said in a statement when the two-hour movie was announced.
Series co-creator Lana Wachowski penned a letter to fans that was posted on the Sense8's social media pages. "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. After that...if this experience has taught me anything, you NEVER know," she wrote.
You can read the full letter below.
Sense8 isn't the only series to beat cancellation. Below, take a look at the other shows that successfully found new life. And yes, we know Sense8's return is only in a movie form. And yes, we're not counting revivals like Gilmore Girls, Will & Grace, Roseanne and The X-Files. Those shows had lengthy runs before signing off and returning to TV life.
Are you looking forward to more Sense8?
The finale wrap up movie airs in 2018.