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I Can’t Believe This Ingenious, Emmy-Nominated Show Got Cancelled After 1 Season
That a lack of action was a consistent point of criticism says a lot about viewers
Introducing Rubicon
I hardly remember the first time I watched Rubicon. It was many years ago and I was in a different, damaged frame of mind. All I remember is I loved it and could not believe such a phenomenal show could get cancelled. Recently I was looking for a show to watch and I recalled Rubicon. I decided to give it a second go, because sometimes opinions change or we misremember the past. If anything, the most recent viewing made me appreciate Rubicon more.
Rubicon is a spy drama from 2010. It consists of one season spanning thirteen episodes, and stars James Badge Dale, Dallas Roberts, Lauren Hodges, Christopher Evan Welch, Arliss Howard, and Jessie Collins. The show never returned for a second season, because it was cancelled after the first. Which, and this opinion was reinforced after the second viewing, is the biggest tragedy concerning wasted potential I have ever come across in entertainment.
I have never done this before. I primarily write about mental health and books. I have recommended action movies before, but this is the first time I will comprehensively review a…
