French Netflix Series 'La Revolution' Won't Return for Season 2

Sad news for those that like their period drama mixed with some horror on the side: It looks like Netflix's French series La Revolution won't be returning for a second season.

Set during the latter years of the 18th century, the series reimagines the history of the French Revolution. But instead of an opulent royal court driving a starving populace to rise up, the story centers on the spread of a disease known as Blue Blood, an affliction that not only turns their blood a different color but drives the aristocracy to murder commoners.

Zombie adjacent horror is not something we traditionally see in period dramas like this, but the series is dark and entertaining enough to feel like a completely new thing, a story in which blood and gore are beautifully rendered amid gorgeous, tension-filled landscapes. Unfortunately, viewers won't get to see how Joseph-Ignace Guillotin puts his famous murder machine to use against the undead - La Revolution won't be returning for a second season.