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Nine years ago, AMC was riding an original programming high.
What would be its next groundbreaking series?
Someone is always watching.
Danger lurks behind every corner.
No one can be trusted.
AMC promoted the hell out ofRubiconthat summer withvaguetrailerspromising mystery and action.
The series concluded its first and only season on October 17.
Ten days after that,Rubiconwas quietly canceled.The Walking Deadwill air its tenth season this fall.
Its frustrating yet understandable that zombies were ultimately the better bet than government conspiracy.
Yet that doesnt explainRubicons commercial unavailability for the better part of this decade.
After its departure from the iTunes store, one could neither purchase nor streamRubiconin any legal capacity.
Truth be told,Rubiconslightly stumbled out of the gate due to a behind-the-scenes shake-up.
Horwitch left the series after writing and producing the pilot, citing creative differences with the web link.
TV veteran Henry Bromell took over as showrunner and retooled the series in a few key ways.
Everything and everyone is still connected, just not in the same way as originally envisioned.
In the interim decade, the API story lines have proved more memorable than the conspiracy plot.
It confirms that American progress has been and will continue to be under siege by enemies from within.
The truth doesnt always set you free.
Sometimes its just another prison.
Only serialized television can produce that particular brand of payoff.
His motives remain forever shrouded in mystery, and yet his enigmatic nature compels on its own merits.
From the inside out.
Its one of the best TV moments this decade has produced.
Rubicons series finale left the door open for a second season that would never come.
Will ultimately learns that his good intentions were exploited by those who dont care about solutions at all.
Theres no telling ifRubiconwould have found an audience in our current media environment.
Maybe if it premiered on Netflix or Amazon it would have run for a few seasons.
Maybe it would have bottomed out just like it did nine years ago.
Still, there might not be a better time for this series to be rediscovered.
Paranoia and fear now ripple through every facet of the culture, rightfully affecting everything and everyone.
What better way to exorcise such emotions than revisiting the most paranoid show of the decade?
