Sense8 gained a large legion of fans during its run on Netflix. When the show was canceled, it was no surprise that fans were upset at not only the show’s cancellation but the lack of a real series finale.
However, Netflix has a gift for its fans: A two-hour finale episode is in the works for the canceled Netflix series, the show announced on Twitter Thursday and will release next year.
The news came in the form of a letter from co-creator Lana Wachowski, and Netflix shared the letter on its official account, along with a video tribute to the sci-fi series. A Netflix spokesperson stated,
“After seeing that the cancellation was a total cluster, we decided to give Sense8 fans the ending they totally deserve,”
There are sensates within these walls, too. #WeAreTheGlobalCluster pic.twitter.com/uU3qfY9sM3
— Netflix (@netflix) June 29, 2017
The feature-length series finale will not be the first time the show has received a one-off special. The series released a two-hour Christmas special in December 2016 due to a nearly two-year gap between its first and second season.
In her letter, Lana Wachowski confessed that she fell into a “fairly serious” depression after the series was canceled.
“The outpouring of love and grief that came in the wake of the news that Sense8 would not be continuing was so intense that I often found myself unable to open my own email,” she began in the letter. “I had never worked so hard, or put so much of myself into a project as I had with Sense8 and its cancellation hollowed me out.”
Fans will have the opportunity to give the show a proper send-off in 2018 and that should leave fans with not only excitement but anticipation for the shows rightful finale to air on Netflix in 2018.
