We all know that this is one of the greatest conspiracy thrillers to ever be made. The occasional poorly-chosen line or unimaginative camera angle pales in comparison to the pointed complexity and mounting tension that this show has built upon episode after episode. Everything is connected. There are no real macguffins or false foreshadowings. Everything in this show has a purpose, and for ONCE it all manages to come together all but perfectly.

Unfortunately, the first four episodes - being the product of a production team that was initially misguided and was scrambling to find its feet after the original creator left - were far too slow and basically said to the world, "Hey, I'm a show that's going nowhere." And what happened after everyone stopped watching? Everything started falling into place. Atlas, Spangler, Bloom, Ingram, Hadas, everyone has a place and a purpose and a real reason for being a part of the story. This show has so much potential it's almost scary, and we might lose it all because nobody felt the show was worth their time.

The only way this show can realistically be saved is by improving the ratings. Tell your friends to watch. Tell people who gave up on it to give it another shot. Every episode has a deeply informative recap, so nobody will be left completely in the dark. The next three weeks of ratings are the only chance Rubicon has.

[edit] To put this in perspective, here are the estimated number of US viewers for all the episodes so far, beginning with the pilot:

Gone in the Teeth - 1.07

The First Day of School - 1.90

Keep the Ends Out - 1.20

The Outsider - 1.18

Connect the Dots - 1.14

Look to the Ant - 1.31

The Truth Will Out - 1.27

Caught in the Suck - 1.16

No Honesty in Men - 1.03

In Whom We Trust - 0.97

It's been getting steadily worse, and if we don't get the word out, it might have nowhere to go but down.

I would really appreciate it if you upvoted this thread in /r/entertainment.

Here are the ratings so far for season 1.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Rubicon_episodes

If you take the average of that you get 1.2 million viewers.

According to tvbythenumbers, the first season of Breaking Bad averaged 1.3 million viewers.. and even in the 3rd season of Breaking Bad, Rubicon beat a few episodes! (More people watched "Look to the Ant" than "Fly" and "Half Measure")

http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/04/07/breaking-bad-season-3-ratings/47698

Then you'll look at the production costs with these ratings and AMC has to be happy that the ratings are close yet Rubicon has had like one gun fight compared to a billion explosions on Breaking Bad.

Don't be scared guys, Rubicon is coming back.

UPDATE:

Ratings way up this week for "Wayward Sons"

1.26 Million Viewers.

http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/10/12/sunday-cable-ratings-boardwalk-empire-plunges-rubicon-up-mad-men-kardashians-mlb-playoffs-more/67765

this last episode was incredible. i wont spoil it for you guys, but we finally get a bit of the action we've all been craving.

what did you guys think?

I think that'd be swell. The same thing happened for Damages.

I was re-watching the series recently thought it’d be fun to get an American Policy Institute mug…of course there wasn’t anything available for a one-season show from 10 years ago. So I made my own! It appears this sub is now mostly lost Jeep owners but hopefully someone out there will appreciate this 😅

Overall the interest and knowledge about the show seems pretty low. Not in my circle of friends, but we are suckers for great TV shows and I promote the show to everyone I know. Problem is, we can't do anything to push ratings, because we watch from Germany over the known channels (you know...).

So far I see a lot of negative sentiments in comments on Reddit about Rubicon (in r/entertainment etc) and a lot of people who say, they only watch it because nothing else is on.

Am I delusional? I consider Rubicon the best new show this year. I can't understand that others don't share my love for the characters and the plot. I am not sure about the actual ratings, but if even the Reddit-nerds don't fall in love with it, what about the mainstream?

I'm afraid, we will only see on season of this amazing show and the foreshadowing of the cancellation already makes me sad.

found this searching for save rubicon.

can we get some reddit love all over this please?

sopme kind of retweet thing going?

please cross post to television or anything else you feel is relevant. too.

what are the major neflix online catch up style links?

[sorry im outside USA so can't access any streaming]

What did you think of this latest episode? My personal opinion is that it was a bit rushed. And I don't mean that I don't like that the show is getting a lot faster, but that in order to do that something like the subplot of Katheb (the scenes he was in) became kind of stereotypical for terrorists. This was the first episode I felt that uncozy 24 feeling when I watched it. But nonetheless, it's still premium, this was just the build up for a grand finale I believe.

edit: forgot a word

Just watching the first 3 episodes, and I'm astonished how effortlessly they build up the paranoia while still telling a compelling story.

It's like watching a great magician dazzle you. All I want is to peak behind the curtain to fully understand the sleights of hand. I still find nuances I've overlooked several times.

Nobody I know likes it. Apparently, subtle camera work, sharp dialogue, and intricate plot are boring. I love the natural performances and long pauses, they're so suspenseful. Every character is reducing their attack surface with an efficiency of interaction.

There's so much going on, that I know I'm still missing lots.

Managed to convince the wife to watch the show with me. My third time. Finished up Archive 81 pretty quickly and needed to find something "new". Well....new to her anyway. Told her up front it was an amazing show that ties up ENOUGH threads by the end of the season.

My wife is pretty picky with her televised entertainment, but she took to Rubicon quickly. At the end, as Spangler walked away and the final episode cut to black, she went "fuck! that's it? dammit!"

I almost felt bad showing it to her. Almost.

Damn what I wouldn't give for a continuation.

the worst [tv] news i got last week was the cancellation of rubicon

while watching t.w.d. last night they showed an amc trailer of their "original series" that still includes some rubicon shots.

have you no feelings at all?

Email

and the Theme Song

The music in the opening credits sequence is fantastic…it’s honestly one of my favorite ever opening title sequences of any show (and I’m old and have watched A LOT of TV)

Currently rewatching it via AMC+, and man I really loved it. It’s still a great show on rewatch. I was super disappointed when it was canceled…I thought it really had a chance to have legs and span several seasons. Oh well… c’est la vie

I've just finished watching the final episode, and I was blown away by the detail, the visual artistry, and the care that which the writers took to flesh out each and individual character. Furthermore, I often found myself ruminating on some of the show's themes. One, in particular, struck me and presented itself as troubling:

In the final scene of the final episode, Will confronts Truxton and states, "There is no reason in this world that any sane person would accept for murdering a train of innocent people just to kill one man." If this statement were to hold true, then would it not follow that there is "no reason in this world that any sane person would accept for murdering a building of innocent school children just to kill one man--Kateb?" In the context of Grant, Miles, and Tanya, I guess it serves to highlight their personal insanities.

I guess, I just wanted to point out the intelligence, specifically the destruction and sometimes the creation of absolute morality, that this show seems to bring up time and time again.

i need to know if rubicon will be renewed!

i've heard critics say that the huge success of 'the walking dead' pilot doesn't help the case for another season.

god, i hope they're wrong.

Rubicon is recently available on AMC Premiere. I noticed this when I joined so I could watch all of NOS4A2 at once, instead of waiting for an episode a week. Absolutely loved this show and have missed it. I think being able to see 2 great shows for $5 is a bargain.

I’ve never once streamed a show that suddenly stopped before the last two episodes and made me pay.

It's after 9/11, but is it 8 or 9 years after 9/11/2001, 2010, or was it closer to 2001? It's almost 70s lowfi and analog and feels more like the 80s when I was in DC than only 11-years-ago (this is not about Jeeps). Thanks in advance.