![]() ![]() Her lauded TV series Chewing Gum, which ran for two seasons between 20, also mixed up the personal and the professional and there are some similar themes at play in I May Destroy You. I May Destroy You is bound tightly to both Coel’s violent experience and her own professional life, but widens further to embrace a generation of urban sophisticates who are experimenting with boundaries and pushing their limits - hard. I May Destroy You needed a physical intimacy co-ordinator, and, one only hopes, an emotional support system for Coel, who bares her very soul here. Coel is, quite simply, a formidable talent, in front of and behind the camera. A drama/comedy which springs from Coel’s own traumatic rape, this has the sense of an explosive, boundary-shifting, era-defining Sex In The City, Girls or Fleabag (it is also part-backed by HBO) but with its almost all-black cast and deft command of huge tonal switches, it’s something entirely new and bracing as well. Viewers of Britain’s staidly conventional BBC1 channel have certainly never seen anything like this before, not even in the 10.45pm slot. For the characters, for the audience, and for writer/co-director and star Michaela Coel as she spins the skeins of her deeply personal 12x30-minute hybrid series. Our status pages are here.There’s a lot to figure out in I May Destroy You. But she’s thinking about what she wants to do next and hopefully, we’ll be lucky enough to be partner with her again.”Ĭheck out our lists for additional cancelled TV shows. I don’t think there’s going to be another I May Destroy You, there’s no season two coming. In talking with THR, Casey Bloys, the content chief for both HBO and HBO Max, said, “Michaela Coel is thinking about what she wants to do next. Not at all.” She didn’t rule out the possibility though, concluding, ” I’d be surprised, but also anything is possible.” It’s an interesting one because it’s not a classic set-up for a load of series. She said, “I have never spoken to Michaela about that. The series ran for 12 episodes, from June through August of 2020, and it seemed like the story had come to a conclusion.ĭuring the run of the series, Webb was doubtful about the series returning for a second season. The series was nominated for numerous awards and those do help draw new subscribers to the channel which is very important to a channel like HBO.Īfter airing on Sundays for two weeks, the drama was moved to Monday nights where ratings are often lower. It was a lower-rated performer compared to other HBO TV shows however, the pay-for-view channel doesn’t rely on advertisers as traditional channels do. The first season of I May Destroy You averaged a 0.05 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 128,000 viewers. Her drink is spiked with a date-rape drug, and she wakes up with gaps in her memory about what happened. She decides to avoid her agent’s calls and goes out for a drink with a friend. Arabella’s first book, Chronicles of a Fed-Up Millennial, was drawn from her Twitter posts and she’s desperately trying to come up with an idea as her deadline fast approaches. The story is set in London and follows Arabella (Coel), a carefree, self-assured Londoner with a group of great friends, a boyfriend in Italy, and a burgeoning writing career. The series also stars Weruche Opia, Paapa Essiedu, Marouane Zotti, Aml Ameen, Adam James, Sarah Niles, Ann Akin, Harriet Webb, Ellie James, Franc Ashman, Karan Gill, Natalie Walter, and Samson Ajewole. The I May Destroy You TV show was created by its star, Michaela Coel. ![]() It’s been confirmed that the I May Destroy You TV series isn’t expected to return for a second season on the HBO channel in the United States and on BBC One in the United Kingdom. ![]() It seems that Arabella’s story won’t have a second chapter. ![]()
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