Will Human Error be renewed for a second season?
Warning: Do not read until you have watched the season finale.
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Warning: Do not read until you have watched the season finale.
If you saw the season finale of Human Error last night you could be forgiven for being a tad confused.
After Holly (Leeanna Walsman) wrapped up the crime that has kept her busy across six episodes, there was a dramatic footnote.
Someone had been shot dead. When she arrived at the crime scene the victim was not revealed.
But the look on Holly’s face spoke volumes. It’s pretty clear she recognised them… but then the credits rolled. Cliffhanger.
So does that mean a second series is coming? It’s a question TV Tonight posed to Nine’s Head of Drama, Andy Ryan.
“Human Error continues to perform extremely well and we’re thrilled that the Overnight and Total TV audiences have grown over the six-episode run,” he said.
“After Episode 2 went to air, we made all six episodes available on 9Now and the result has been terrific with excellent numbers and a series completion rate of almost 100%. Meanwhile overnight numbers have also grown, proving the combination of Channel 9 and 9Now is bringing Australian drama to an even larger audience.”
Surely Nine wouldn’t approve a drama script with a cliffhanger if it didn’t plan more?
“In the season finale, the major crime arc is fully resolved,” he continued. “The murder investigation is solved and our central characters are left to deal with the emotional fallout of all they’ve experienced. One of the reasons audiences have embraced Holly, her colleagues and family is because their lives are messy, complex and relatable.
“Life goes on for them, even after the closing credits of Episode 6.”
Hmmm.
Nine holds its 2025 Upfronts next Thursday in Sydney, hopefully there will be good news given Walsman’s performance and the quality of the show.
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5 Responses
Love Australian drama and Human Error was no different, very watchable and great performances. Hope it gets renewed.
When I saw the ads for “the final chapter”, they made it like it was an iconic television show ending and I was thinking “Human Error? I never heard of the show”
Wasn’t hard to work out who the dead body is….I hope they make a second season I enjoyed this one.
It could be Holly’s undercover but it could represent a return to routine homicide and another dead biker. Given Channel 9’s passion for making local drama and kids TV they won’t make any more unless the Government goes back to forcing them, but the Government are more interested Netflix producing dramas for Netflix subscribers here and overseas because that makes headlines. We knew the first killing was going to be mistaken ID from the history and PR, so we knew the first few eps were just red herrings going nowhere. It was obvious Gabe’s Girlfriend was involved in organised crime from early on in ep 1 and it took the long way round to get there.
Yes, I know it was reasonably easy to work out but I still enjoyed it. My money is on the undercover being the body, but who knows they could throw us a twist. I know what you mean about Netflix lets hope for more local drama.