This is the loudest outcry for impeachment in a long time. Netflix has ended the fantasy series First Kill after just one season. In the story, vampire Juliette (Sarah Catherine Hook) falls in love with vampire slayer Calliope (Imani Lewis). A queer story about two lesbian young women with an Afro-American leading actress: Such diverse series rarely make it onto one of the major streaming services. The anger of the fans is correspondingly great.
The Netflix cancellation of the fantasy series First Kill comes as a surprise
A loyal fan community had gathered around First Kill in a short time. And if that sounds like it now: First Kill was by no means a niche phenomenon. Season 1 stayed in the global Netflix series top 10 for 3 weeks, temporarily ranking behind the established Peaky Blinders and Stranger Things. Almost 100 million hours were watched worldwide. There can be no question of a flop according to Netflix parameters.
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First Kill – S01 Trailer (German subtitles) HD
In addition, First Kill was probably rather cheap, the production level not particularly high, which led to bad reviews. Bad reviews, on the other hand, are of little interest to Netflix. However, the streaming service would have an extension hardly cost anything and made many fans happy. So why was First Kill canceled? The fans on Twitter are wondering the same thing. The mood there is sensitive, because the case is reminiscent of prematurely canceled queer series like GLOW and Everything Sucks!
“I’m so sick of this”: The angry reactions to the First Kill ending
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First Kill, a series not tied to any franchise or household names, is being canceled as if it hadn’t dominated the Netflix top 10 during its first month. This is annoying.
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First Kill wasn’t the pinnacle of the genre, but it was special to many in the queer community, as evidenced by this comment:
I don’t care if straight people thought First Kill was overdrafted and cheesy or had bad CGI. You have 100 versions of this, we must be allowed to have a queer version of this. […]
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Again and again the comparison to Heartstopper falls. The acclaimed series about a young white male couple has been renewed for two seasons with similar success.
Renew Heartstopper for two seasons and cancel First Kill, which made 2.2 million in the first two weeks [Stunden] more than Heartstopper had… I’m so sick of it.
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Many fans criticize the lack of representation of lesbian love stories on Netflix compared to gay love stories.
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It’s pretty damn weird that Netflix is canceling First Kill. A hit women loving women series starring a black actress that has been more successful than many other Netflix originals.
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Why exactly Netflix parted ways with First Kill is not known. The streaming service gave no reasons. An explanation may follow, because it doesn’t look like the outrage about First Kill will subside too quickly.
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