Week PeriodĪlthough it didn’t feature in week 3, we do know that it scored less than 18.17M views meaning it fell nearly 60%. The show featured in Netflix’s global top 10 charts for two weeks picking up 44.72M hours watched before dropping out in week three. How well is Half Bad: The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself performing on Netflix? Given the cancelation, this likely was number 2. They plan for the series to continue but with a different subtitle per season (after all, the main book series is called Half Bad).The title is underperforming and making people search “Half Bad” over “The Bastard” is much easier and sanitizes the name a little.They wanted the title to reflect the title of the book the show is based on more in the hopes that there’s some name recognition.This is rare for Netflix, but putting our conspiracy theory hat on for a second, we have three theories as to why Netflix would do this: When the show was in production it simply went by the name of Half Bad and was later renamed so this is, in fact, the third name change for the series. When it launched, the show was titled The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself, but it has now had Half Bad added to the front of the title. We should note that some eagle-eyed viewers spotted that Netflix changed the show’s name and assets following its release. “My point with a season 2 is that we’re in a really great place in a world where we’ve only looked at a small chunk of it. In an interview with RadioTimes, the cast said there’s “more to explore” with a second season. Still, given that the title comes out of Netflix UK, the barrier to renewal could’ve been lower, but sadly that doesn’t seem like the case. Given the show’s early performance, we ordinarily would have predicted a likely cancelation. I can’t tell you how grateful I am! Let’s always find the positives, and remember sometimes the bad times are the good times xx” And thank you so much for the support from every single one of you and thank you also for the critical acclaim. Let’s be proud of the story already told.

And these characters had a lot more to tell. What a brilliant world Joe and Sally created. More emotional that we won’t be able to tell the story of Nathan, Gabriel and Annalise again. Me, emilien and nadia felt very emotional about the shows end.

Half bad series order