Netflix’s LGBTQ+ teen vampire series First Kill has been cancelled by the streaming giant after just one season.
The story follows Juliette (Sarah Catherine Hook), a teenage vampire who has to make her first kill in order to join her powerful family.
She swiftly sets her sights on Calliope (Imani Lewis), who just so happens to be the descendant of a long line of vampire hunters.
“Both find that the other won’t be so easy to kill and, unfortunately, way too easy to fall for,” the series synopsis states.
First Kill also stars Elizabeth Mitchell, Aubin Wise, Gracie Dzienny, Phillip Mullings, Jr. and Jason R. Moore.
However, despite the show’s dedicated following, it will not be returning for a second season.
Dominic Goodman, who plays Apollo in the series, quickly responded to the news: “To all the First Kill fans; I have nothing but love for every single one of you! Thank you all for taking the show in as your own, seeing you all feel seen made all the hard work and hours worth it til the next project.”
First Kill’s cancellation comes just two months after all eight episodes were released on Netflix in June.
Here’s how fans reacted to the news:
I don't care if straights thought first kill was too campy/cheesy or had bad cgi, YOU HAVE 100 VERSIONS OF THAT, WE ARE ALLOWED TO WANT A GAY VERSION TOO!! NOT EVERY SHOW HAS TO BE A POETIC CINEMATIC MASTERPIECE
— Jazz ⧗ (@DerpSwan) August 3, 2022
wlw shows we lost in 2021/22:
first kill, the wilds, gentleman jack, batwoman, wynonna earp, supergirl, killing eve, atypical, black lightning, legends of tomorrow, dickinson, the owl house, legacies, motherland fort salem
— jen (@avvatrice) August 3, 2022
https://twitter.com/speliviabae/status/1554640308578680832?s=20&t=cqa3Jni5Sio64YmJuNMjfg
maybe first kill wasn’t perfect ( remember their low budget ) BUT the two main characters were lesbians and one of them was black + their queerness was completely normalised and coming out wasn’t the plot. this show was so important!! #savefirstkill
— hellie🌷 (@lovingxwomen) August 3, 2022
netflix is weird as hell for cancelling first kill. a successful wlw show with a black female lead being cancelled after outperforming SEVERAL netflix originals?… what
— ceo of kory (@korysverse) August 3, 2022
https://twitter.com/xolashores/status/1554640234360541185?s=20&t=cqa3Jni5Sio64YmJuNMjfg
https://twitter.com/GEORGlAWARRSTAN/status/1554640865662238720?s=20&t=cqa3Jni5Sio64YmJuNMjfg
this is crazy… wdym first kill got cancelled ??? pic.twitter.com/1Ks1GxL39u
— ceo of kory (@korysverse) August 3, 2022
First Kill stayed side by side with Strangers Things. If that’s not power… https://t.co/E3tDUH0pNz
— sarah catherine source (@schooksource) August 3, 2022
it doesn’t even matter if you think first kill was ‘good’ or not like it objectively makes no sense that it was canceled. it did crazy numbers. the quality of the content doesn’t matter.
— em 🍉 (@vanderrwaals) August 3, 2022
Yep. What she said.
FIRST KILL SEASON 2 pic.twitter.com/pYXeczrQDx
— Purl (@PurlPurlll) August 1, 2022
I’m rlly so devastated over first kill holy shit calliope and juliette r never going to get back together and ELINOR IS STUCK IN JAIL and what’s going to happen to theo??? And wtf oliver and his witch gf is up to??
— daph⭐️🗞 (@lancelover666) August 3, 2022
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