Leaving a huge cliffhanger during the Season 3 finale of “Graceland” is a big gamble on the part of the producers of the TV series because should the network does not decide to renew the show for a fourth season, and no other network or streaming service decides to rescue it from cancellation, they will only draw the frustration of the fans, the way it happened to “Constantine” on The CW, and “The Following” on Fox early this year.
The Season 3 finale showed ICE Agent Dale Jakes, played by Brandon Jay McLaren, getting into a fight with FBI Agent Jose ‘Johnny’ Tuturro, played by Manny Montana, and then taking the $9 million loot and leaves with Courtney.
While it was not surprising to say the least, Jake has apparently turned south. But it was not just Jake because soon after, Paul Briggs, played by Daniel Sunjata, urged Sean Logan, played by Lawrence Gilliard Jr., to sign a Homeland Security report to make sure that Martun Sarkissian, played by Peter Stormare, will rot in jail.
In doing so, Briggs needed to convince Mike Warren, played by Aaron Tveit, to sign the report as well even if he knew that it would be impossible. Nonetheless, Mike signed the report.
Briggs subsequently shoots Ari, played by Rhys Coiro, in the head to hide all the illegal and wrongful things they have been doing but still wants to continue doing. He had to because Ari was standing the way.
Catherine ‘Charlie’ DeMarco, played by Vanessa Ferlito, and Paige Arkin, played by Serinda Swan, saw the shooting but merely acted as if nothing has happened.
I cannot understand all the fuss about the cancellation of this show: it thoroughly deserved it, as evidenced by the miniscule viewership! It was bad enough to watch federal agents (supposedly “the good guys”) participating in horrible crimes (e.g., Paul sitting there while the bad guy eviscerates a poor man), with the only justification of trying to get the crime leader. But one had also to take the infighting among the agents, each one going after his/her own plan and more often than not backstabbing another (can one really fathom an agent – Paige – directing the corrupted detective to another agent’s bed – her paramour’s, my due! – so he can kill him?). And the plans, the plans concocted by these guys! Convoluted, absurdly complicated, seemingly relying on the utter stupidity of the bad guys and mostly falling apart, leaving a trail of bodies. Should we be missing the guys who came up with these sick characters and failed stories? We should rather be grateful that they have been silenced.
Thank you for writing an article on this. I think this is the only article I have found that discussed fans’ reaction to the cancellation, as well as the possibility of a streaming service picking it up. Everyone else(i.e the network/other media outlets) seemed to be ignoring us(on twitter, Facebook and some parts of tumblr), as if we don’t want Graceland back which is disappointing.
Shows like Constantine and Hannibal(shows that I also enjoyed) on non basic cable networks are the only shows where many media outlets have been giving more attention to fans reactions and petitions. Which resulted in other networks looking at the for possible revival.
I’m still hopeful of a streaming service picks the show up honestly, because as a fan of Graceland since it’s inception I have grown to love the characters/crew/actors tremendously and think it deserves to go on for a longer time.
The story-lines seemed endless, which is one of the many high points of the show. The chemistry is amazing-and the plots keep you guessing. Sure, there have been frustrating parts(regarding certain character’s decision making), but I still love the show nonetheless.
Here is the show’s petition in case anyone else stumbles upon this article or something; ipetitions.com/petition/save-graceland-tv/
I think it’s worth a shot.