Netflix has canceled Sex/Life days after the show's protagonist Sarah Shahi took aim at its "gimmicky" second season and anticipated that she was "never going to work for" the streaming giant again as a result of her comments.
The erotic drama series, which debuted on the platform in 2021, centers around Billie Connelly (played by Shahi) who reconnects with her former flame Brad Simon (played by Adam Demos) despite being married to Cooper Connelly (played by Mike Vogel).
Season two, which arrived on Netflix last month, saw the three central characters return to resume their love triangle.
Check out the trailer for the show's second season:However, Shahi recently criticized the new season, saying that she didn't receive sufficient support from Netflix before going on to say that her negative remarks would like lead to the end of her working relationship with the streamer.
Speaking on the Not Skinny But Not Fat podcast, she said: "I’m not going to put it down, but I definitely did not have the support that I did the first season from the people involved in the show. It became a much different thing for me, and I’m not afraid to say that.
"I struggled with the material. I just felt the thing that it had the first season — I mean, I’m never gonna work for Netflix again now after saying all this, but I can’t lie. And it was definitely a challenge."
In comparison with the first season, Shahi said that there were "more moments that felt very gimmicky."
"Those kinds of things for me are always really hard to read… But I didn’t have to do them. The boys did," she said. "There were other things that I just felt I couldn’t get behind, and it was just challenging."
On Friday (April 7), a Deadline report revealed that a Netflix representative confirmed that the show had come to an end, saying that the second season "brought the series to a natural close."
Interestingly the showrunner of Sex/Life, Stacy Rukeyser, told The Hollywood Reporter following the premiere of season two that the finale wasn't written as the show's ending, and she was anticipating another season to wrap up the story.
"The episode was never intended to be a series finale, that’s for sure," she said.
"I know there are always more stories to tell with these characters in the Sex/Life universe, and I hope we get the chance to tell those stories. It was important that we get to a meaningful place with each character this season."
