HBO’s eight-episode limited series Sharp Objects, based on the Gillian Flynn novel, will not folow the same path as Big Little Lies did, another season. Despite strong reviews, Showrunner Marti Noxon has announced that there will be no second season and viewers should “bask in it while you can”.
Appearing at the Television Critics Association’s summer press tour this week, Flynn herself explained why there’s no need for a follow-up:
“I felt this one in particular did feel like it needed more than two hours. It did need that length, again, just to make sure that Camille and her story and that character study didn’t get lost within the mystery itself. As you saw, we don’t even get to what Camille’s particular issue is…until the end of the first episode.”
Sharp Objects premiered earlier this month on HBO and will run through to August 26th.
