Jeff Eastin, creator of the American drama TV series “Graceland” on the USA Network, appears too confident that the popular show would be renewed for Season 4 that he actually left a huge cliffhanger during the Season 3 finale.
It’s a big gamble on the part of the producers of “Graceland” 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 this year.
There is no other better and huge cliffhanger for “Graceland” than seeing the residents of the sequestered beach house in Southern California, which is home to law enforcers, suddenly decide to become rogue during the final episode of Season 3, notes the Christian Post.
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, Jakes has apparently turned south. But it was not just Jakes 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 in 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, details the Christian Today.
Indeed, “Graceland” has gone over the edge with its over-the-top Season 3 finale but the pressure is now on the series creator and the producers considering that the fate of the show is now in the hands of the USA Network.
No plans for fallback
Jeff Eastin confirmed that they still have no idea if “Graceland” will be picked up by the USA Network for another season.
In a recent interview, he said that the show still does not know if it has a Season 4, but there have been rumblings that it may possibly be renewed. He added that they are still trying to figure out what they want to do and hope that the ploy to push everybody to the edge during the Season 3 finale makes “Graceland” Season 4 a must-watch and as highly-anticipated as they hope it to become.
Eastin said that he was actually very happy about the result of Season 3 of “Graceland” and he believes that Season 3 was the show’s best so far.
Although he is keeping his fingers crossed, Eastin expressed his notion that “Graceland” has a good chance of being extended for another season. What is clear and certain at this point is that the show has not been cancelled and its ratings keep on rising, particularly its Season 3 finale that was aired on September 17.
Team of undercover agents
“Graceland” is a story about a group of undercover agents from various law enforcement agencies in the United States, including the FBI, the DEA, and the ICE. These agents live together in a confiscated beach house in Southern California which they all call as Graceland.
Rookie FBI Agent Mike Warren, played by Aaron Tveit, is assigned to the house fresh out of his training in Quantico.