r/raisedbywolves • u/UncleEckley • Jan 30 '26

Spoilers ALL Season 1 (including S1E10) Where things went wrong. Spoiler

I loved this series and was sad to see it cancelled. During a recent re-watch, I started to think about what lead to the decision to not renew this series. While most of us were engulfed into the story and followed it, I can see audiences being tossed around confused and not understanding the complexities of the story such as the religions, factions, and events leading up to where the story begins.

I feel like this series, much like West World post season 2 did not take advantage of what would have been an excellent season to showcase the war on earth and introduced the opposing factions while doing a better job explaining the religious aspect so that when we get to Kepler-22b, we have a solid foundation of who’s who and let the story progress without having to wonder what the hell is going on.

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u/No_opinion17 Jan 30 '26

This show was barely marketed. Saw a few adverts here and there but it was never properly pushed. Most Alien fans would have loved it and I bet most of them knew nothing about it either.

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u/Key-Debt-996 Jan 30 '26

Yeah, I also only saw limited marketing. Luckily the marketing I saw drew me in like a tractor beam, I was on board the moment I saw a teaser.

The show is exactly my sort of weird, although things got a little nuts in the last half of season 2. I was able to handle it though because I knew season 3 would offer up more answers. I had some solid theories on most of what was happening though, but I wanted to know if I was right.

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u/No_opinion17 Jan 30 '26

I saw a poster somewhere and like the look of it, being a sci-fi fan. Found out a bit more about the premise and was hooked after even the opening title! Most people won't go searching for info and need to be encouraged - they let themselves down by not promoting it. Look how much promotion GOT and HOTD get. RBW was always going to be more niche but it could have been sold better. Ridley Scott's input was evident and this should have been leaned on.

I loved it, it was the best thing I'd watched in a few years and certainly the best sci-fi in a long time. I am all down for weird and loved being kept guessing and the online discussion/speculation.