# Resurrection - on ABC did they explain the full story before cancellation?

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**Created:** [November 13, 2018, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resurrection-on-abc-did-they-explain-the-full-story-before-cancellation/824463 "2018-11-13T16:58:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2018, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resurrection-on-abc-did-they-explain-the-full-story-before-cancellation/824463/1 "2018-11-13T16:58:05Z")

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I watched most of the first season of Resurrection in 2014. The story got weird and had too many dead people returned. I Lost interest and didn’t watch season 2.

I’m curious did they explain why the dead people were returning? What happened in the last episode? Did they all die again?

Wikipedia doesn’t say very much.

> **[Resurrection (American TV series)](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resurrection_(U.S._TV_series))**
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> Resurrection is an American fantasy drama television series that aired from March 9, 2014, to January 25, 2015, on ABC. It is based on Jason Mott's 2013 novel The Returned, and is centered on a town in which dead people come back to life. It was co-produced by ABC Studios and Plan B Entertainment, led by Brad Pitt, Aaron Zelman, JoAnn Alfano, Jon Liebman, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Michele Fazekas, and Tara Butters.
> On May 7, 2015, ABC cancelled the series after two seasons.
> The series follo...

It was a great premise. The little boy that returned was interesting. But then every week more people came back. It got a bit too much.

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**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resurrection-on-abc-did-they-explain-the-full-story-before-cancellation/824463/2 "2018-11-15T01:47:43Z")

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They didn’t all die again like they did in the French movie it and The Returned both seem based on (Les Revenants). As far as I recall the series ends with Rachel having her baby and hints that it’s evil…I really don’t recall if they ever explained why they came back. The show is on Hulu still if you want to catch up.

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**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resurrection-on-abc-did-they-explain-the-full-story-before-cancellation/824463/3 "2018-11-15T05:29:23Z")

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Thank you.

That’s another mystery I don’t have to worry about. 😉