Graceland is a drama series that launched on the USA Network in the United States. Jeff Eastin developed the show, which has had three seasons with a total of 38 episodes. And the legend of Graceland is founded on fact. On June 6, 2013, the first season of the program was released. The USA Network has pulled the plug on the NBCUniversal cabler program, even though the show was nothing short of jaw-dropping. So, unfortunately, there will be no fourth season of this show.
Then again, let’s not lose hope. This show has always been a favorite among audiences, so the chances of revival stand pretty high.
Here’s what we know about Graceland Season 4 so far.
The Plot of Graceland Season 4
A bunch of undercover officers from several law enforcement organizations in the United States, including the DEA, FBI, and ICE, live together in “Graceland,” a seized Southern California beach mansion. Mike Warren, a rookie FBI agent fresh out of Quantico training, is assigned to the residence.
The story hinges on the reality of what those problems are and how he handles them, whether by causing more problems or by progressing appropriately. Mike had hoped to secure a desk job but instead got caught in the place’s convoluted existence.
The film Graceland follows a group of undercover officers from several US government organizations who shared a seized beach mansion nicknamed, well, Graceland. The idea is a tad out there, but the slightly eccentric series has been a fixture of USA Channel’s programming for the past few years. With White Collar, which ended its six-season run less than a year ago, show creator Jeff Eastin just had one hit.
Jeff Eastin had already planned how season 4 would play out. The 48-year-old screenwriter disclosed to The Hollywood Reporter that they had planned to promote Brandon Jay McLaren, who plays Jakes, to series regular. He also acknowledged pondering a six-month time leap after Jakes’ departure for the fourth season.
Graceland Release Date
According to reports, USA Network has decided not to renew the sitcom for a fourth season. As per EW, the show just failed not to receive the necessary numbers to warrant its slot on the schedule. This looks to have been a quick discussion with a straightforward decision. Graceland had only been on the air for two weeks when it finished its midsummer run on USA, and series that are on the verge of cancellation or have a large fan base can sometimes be left in limbo for weeks before a final decision is reached. Unfortunately, Graceland looks to be deficient in both areas.
Graceland Season 4 Cause of Cancellation
The series got off to a good start. The plot improved with each season, with the covert operatives living in Graceland spinning out of control to the point that it was difficult to discern if they had gone rogue or were merely keeping their covers intact.
The ending was undeniably one of the finest cliffhangers in recent memory, and the actors believed it would be enough to persuade the network to renew the show for another season.
The entire cast was crossing their fingers that there will be another season so that they could continue sharing “Graceland’s” story. Unfortunately, it was not to be. According to a source, while “Graceland” was a terrific, innovative program, the “ratings didn’t support bringing it back from a commercial standpoint.”
The cast was hopeful, but unfortunately, it was not meant to be. Sujanta said “That’s something that not only Briggs didn’t see coming but as we’ve now seen that season ends in the resonance of Jakes’ sudden departure. Hopefully, there’s a Season 4 so we can figure out what happens. To tell you the truth, the whole cast just has our fingers crossed that there will be a Season 4. We love telling the ‘Graceland’ stories and playing these characters. I’ll be honest with you, I have not the first idea where Jeff will pick up Season 4 if we’re blessed to get one.”
Graceland Critical Reception
“Graceland” debuted as being one of the top television series of the season, garnering 4.3 million viewers in its first season. It plummeted from the Second season to Season 3 in all categories, dropping by more than 30%. According to Nielsen’s “live-plus 3” estimates, it achieved a 0.55 rating in adults 18-49, a 0.66 rating in adults 25-54, and 1.5 million total viewers for the most recent season.
The cast of the show
The Show casts famous personalities such as Daniel Sunjata Aaron Tveit Brandon Jay McLaren Vanessa Ferlito Manny Montana Serinda Swan.
Here’s the cast list expected in the case of the show’s revival.
- Ciera Payton as Cassandra is Jakes’ ex-wife and mother of his son Daniel. She left Jakes due to the difficulties of having a family while he works undercover. She works as a nurse in a local hospital. In season two, she files restraining order against Jakes, preventing him from seeing their son.
- Raheem Babalola as Derek is Cassandra’s boyfriend and father figure to Daniel. He met Jakes at a bar, unbeknownst to him that Jakes knew exactly who he was. After striking up a conversation, he reveals to Jakes that he is a former gang member who left that life behind after getting shot twice during a drive-by. He woke up in a hospital and fell in love with the nurse, who turned out to be Cassandra. He currently lives with Cassandra and Daniel.
- Deniz Akdeniz as Wayne “Bates”‘ Zelenski is a DEA agent who was assigned to work and live in Graceland, taking over Mike’s room after he left for Washington, DC. He quickly formed a friendship with the other roommates, especially Johnny. He was transferred out of the house after Mike moved back in and had to decide between Jakes’s and him to work on the bus line case.
- Emily Rose as Jessica Foster is the assistant deputy director of the FBI, and Mike Warren’s lover.
- Erik Valdez as Carlito Solano
- Jamie Gray Hyder as Lucia Solano is Carlito’s sister.
- Brianna Brown as Kelly Badillo is the widow of Juan Badillo.
- Nestor Serrano as Carlos Solano is Lucia and Carlito’s father and the head of the Solano cartel.
- Carmine Giovinazzo as Sid Markham is the head of the LAPD’s gang task force.
- Frank Licari as FBI director
- Lawrence Gilliard Jr. as Deputy Agent Sean Logan is the FBI agent-in-charge of the Los Angeles branch, who is aware of Paul Briggs’s accidental killing of Juan Badillo and assigns Briggs to infiltrate the Sarkissian family.
Graceland Ending
Mike’s plot to bring down crooked FBI agent Sid Markham was about to be realized. What he didn’t realize was that Sid had located Graceland, so revealing Briggs’ disguise, and had stolen Mike’s revolver from the home. When Briggs learns that Charlie was AWOL in Mexico, he abandons the operation to take down cartel chief Carlos Solano, leaving Mike to clean up the mess by crossing the border illegally. Mike uncovers a slaughter when he appears at the Solano estate to capture Sid in the process of making money. Sid used Mike’s gun to shoot almost everyone, along with his own crew, before shooting himself in the belly to incriminate Mike.
Mike couldn’t hide from officials for much longer since he was shot as he entered the compound. Paige and Briggs aid the now-criminal agent in obtaining a hospitalization under a fictitious name. Paige chooses to provide Mike’s bogus identity to Sid when Mike accidentally discloses, because of so much blood loss, that he truly had staged Lena being on the run and she was indeed deceased. Sid, pledging to slaughter everyone in Graceland, shuts off Mike’s oxygen supply until he codes—but the hospital is entirely ignorant since Sid placed Mike’s vital sensor on his fingertip so he could get away with killing him. Briggs comes too late to help Mike, and there’s no way out.
Truly a masterpiece of a cliffhanger, and we hope Graceland season 4 returns by some sort of a miracle. That is all we know as of now. Stay tuned to this space.