Sadly for fans of Netflix's THE OA, the second season of reality-warping sci-fi show will be its last. News of the mystery drama's cancellation comes four and half months after the show's Season 2 premiere last March.
“We are incredibly proud of the 16 mesmerizing chapters of The OA, and are grateful to Brit and Zal for sharing their audacious vision and for realizing it through their incredible artistry,” said Cindy Holland, VP of Original Content, Netflix. “We look forward to working with them again in the future, in this and perhaps many other dimensions.”
In the OA, an adopted blind woman by the name of Nina Azarova goes missing for a total of seven years. Upon her mysterious return, little explanation about the nature of her disappearance is given, nor does she elaborate about the unexplained scars stretched across her back. Oh, and did I forget to mention that upon her return that Marling is able to see? Yeah, I mean, what's up with that, right? Rather than confide the details of her sabbatical to her parents or the police, Marling shares her story with a group of locals whom she hopes will help her find her missing friends.
Starring as Nina in THE OA is ANOTHER EARTH and BABYLON actress Brit Marling, with Jason Isaacs, Emory Cohen, Scott Wilson, Alice Krige, Patrick Gibson, Brandon Meyer, Brandon Perea, Ian Alexander and Phyllis Smith all arriving as co-stars for the slow-burn sci-fi series.
Personally, I enjoyed much of the first season of THE OA. Unfortunately, the latter end of the season seemed to have lost its focus, and after delivering a head-scratcher of a finale, I hadn't felt much of a pull to return for another batch of episodes. That's just me, though. I'm sure that there are many out there who enjoyed director Zal Batmanglij's mysterious series to its end, and its for them that I pour one out for THE OA.
Batmanglij and Marling created and executive produced the series with Plan B’s Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner and Anonymous Content’s Michael Sugar. Here's hoping that the team can conjure another idea that brings more original sci-fi to the table.