‘Red Band Society’ Cancelled? Show Director Shares Heartfelt Goodbye With Fans, Says ‘We Still Won’ As Series’ Fate Remains Uncertain [PHOTO]
Fans are continually trying to find ways to get Red Band Society back on TV and into production, but the show's fate still remains uncertain.
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While nothing is officially settled on the freshman drama series' fate, the cast and crew have mainly appeared to resign themselves to the show ending, with director Jason Ensler posting a heartfelt and emotional goodbye to fans on his personal blog Jan. 1.
In the post--which also features several photographs of the cast, including an emotional one of Dave Annable (Dr. McAndrew) getting teary-eyed on the show's final day on set-Ensler reiterates that the show was meant to be a form of art-and at the end of the day, the cast and crew did exactly what they set out to do.
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"Some gigs are torture. Some are bearable. Red Band Society was a blessing," he wrote. "Though it remained unspoken, we all showed up drawing little distinction between work and play-between labor and leisure. We just got up in the morning and pursued our individual and collective interpretations of quality, and left it to whomever was witnessing to determine if we were working or playing. Even after the news that we would shoot no more than 13 episodes, we could've just done the work, but we kept on keeping on with our found spirit, knowing that though weeping may endure when we're done, joy cometh in the morning!"
Ensler also addressed the uncertainty concerning the show's return and whether or not the three remaining episodes would air, admitting he had no idea what is in store for everyone involved in the series. However, he did write that in the end, they all loved what they did, and they would all remember it fondly, no matter the outcome.
"The rating say we lost, but I say we won," he said. "I don't know if the three remaining (and amazing} episodes will air. I don't know if there will be a second season. I don't know if Charlie Rowe will ever grow his hair back. I do know that we stumbled upon something that you wish for, and then unwittingly carry with you after it's done."
"Robert Frost writes that 'a poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness. It is never a thought to begin with,'" he continued. "Perhaps it was the promise of the brilliant pilot that put a lump in our throats-maybe the exuberant energy of a cast of young people who lacked cynicism and regret-maybe it was homesickness. Whatever the reason, we didn't compromise, we didn't waste time. We worked. With joy. If there's some artistic merit to it in the end, so be it. If not, we still had a blast."
Fans who still want to try and help save the show from being officially cancelled (it has currently had its production halted and been left off of FOX's Spring schedule), can continue tweeting using #saveredbandsociety, or they can sign a change. Org petition, which has reached over 20,000 signatures.
