Netflix canceled 1899 after one season

Creators Jantje Friese and Baran bo Odar followed up Dark with 1899, a multilingual mystery set aboard the steamship Kerberos. The series was ambitious, featuring a large ensemble and a scope that many felt expanded what the creators had achieved with their earlier show.

Despite acclaim and a devoted fanbase, Netflix canceled the series after its first season. The first episode opens with Maura Franklin (Emily Beecham) waking alone on the ship; as a woman and a practicing doctor in that era, she already stands out. Every passenger seems to be hiding something, and the voyage becomes stranger when the Kerberos investigates coordinates tied to the missing ship Prometheus and ultimately finds it, plunging the story into deeper mysteries.

1899 asked viewers to pay close attention, offering slow-revealing puzzles in the tradition of Dark and series like Lost. Its multicultural cast and use of many languages helped it stand apart, and many critics and fans lamented that it was cut short before those ideas could be fully explored.

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