Did Schmigadoon! Just End Season 2 With a Series Finale? Stars, EP Weigh In on Future of Apple’s Musical Satire
Did Schmigadoon! just take its final bow?
Whereas Season 1 of Apple TV+’s musical satire closed on a cliffhanger — Melissa and Josh were about to cross the bridge, but still hadn’t reached the other side — Wednesday’s Season 2 finale offered a pretty definitive ending.
After the sinister Octavius Kratt was killed via chandelier, Madam Frau took over the cabaret club and used her position to promote new and exciting talent such as Dr. Frank-N-Furter former Sgt. Rivera; attorney Bobby Flanagan teamed up with the Topher’s tribe to break up Kratt’s monopolies; lovebirds Topher and Jenny found use for their talents at Miss Codwell’s orphanage; and Codwell and Dooley went into business together. Heck, even the narrator, who was revealed to work for the leprechaun, got to decide his own fate, hitching himself to Sgt. Rivera.
With all those loose ends tied up, Melissa and Josh were free to leave Schmicago and return to New York City — but before they left, one final musical number warned them that happy endings don’t exist; there are only happy beginnings. What followed was a brief epilogue revealing that our central duo have a baby after years of struggling to conceive.
It’s about as perfect an ending to their story as we could’ve imagined — and yet, neither the stars, nor series co-creator Cinco Paul, are ruling out a return trip to Schmigadoon… or Schmicago… or wherever Melissa and Josh wind up next.
“I think there’s always a reason to go back,” Cecily Strong tells TVLine. Keegan-Michael Key concurs, adding: “Think of how complex a human being is. There are so many reasons why somebody would try to go to this place again, or some new version of this place.”
Paul, meanwhile, points us back to the message of Season 2’s closing song. “As we learned, there’s no such thing as a happy ending, only happy beginnings,” he says. “I would love to be able to keep doing this, and that’s all I will say. We’ll see!”
As of press time, Apple TV+ has not made a decision on the fate of Schmigadoon! For now, grade Season 2 via the following poll, then hit the comments and tell us what era of musicals you’d like to see parodied in a potential Season 3.
It’s great that they offered a definitive and satisfying ending. But if they did want to continue, the presence of the kid could let them visit some kid-oriented musicals like Cats or the various Disney ones.
My thought exactly!! Disney/Broadway…Yes!!
100% Having kids changes everything. So they go out to the woods with the kid, who’s maybe a bit troubled or struggling. They could also have a lot of fun with just educating a kid. Matilda, Hamilton, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, etc. There’s lots of angles they could take.
I feel like it has at least one more in it, this time something with more modern musicals. Though so many modern ones are the likes of the Disney and other ones vs original ones, it would be interesting to see how they might manage such a thing. A kid would be the perfect chance to do something fairy tale related though, which could extend to ones like Wicked. But then what about the likes of Book of Mormon, Come From Away, and Hamilton? (Period musicals might be especially difficult to incorporate but if they get to modern ones, how can they not reference it?). There’s also an in-between bit with grungier options like Rent that could be explored, but something fairy tale-ish could be fun with the kid aspect. And since a lot of the musicals this time were more from the 70s, maybe Into the Woods from the 80s – though that did come out before Phantom which was referenced with the chandelier in the finale. And you mention Cats which was 81, same year as Dreamgirls which also had a reference this episode (interesting the 80s ones came at the end as things were changing). But mostly it was 60s/70s musicals this season, so 80s and after could maybe work. Another trend in Broadway has been the jukebox musicals, but those might also be tricker to incorporate.
I hope that it continues. The idea that I kept thinking about for a potential season 3 would be to have one of the “characters” find the two of them in the real world and ask for help because “Schmicago” has moved to the next decade and they don’t fit in with the musical style any more. Also it’s sinful how little Patrick Page sang in this one so I hope if it returns he gets an opportunity to have a great song moment.
Or if they do go a fairy tale-ish route as mentioned by commenters above, it could be a character seeking them out because a dark force has taken over the land. Or a villain kidnaps their child and they have to rescue it. Taking a cue from Eli’s names below, but with the knowledge so far it’s been one’s with an I sound, maybe….
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SCHMICKED
Yes, or Book of Schmormon.
Two more seasons
1. Schmamma Mia-Juke Box Musicals
2. Schmamilton- Modern hip hop style musicals
This is such an amazing show. Bring on Shmanadu!
They are already writing Season 3, and have been for a while (assuming to get ahead of the looming-now-here Writers’s Strike.)
I’ve also been told by one of the writers that Season 3 is 80s/90s musicals.
I wouldn’t expect a renewal announcement until the Writers’ Strike is over, though.
My assumption was that they would move onto the ’80s-90s. They just hinted at Phantom! What about Le miz?
It could be so easy… the child wanders into the forest and they have to follow…. :)
This show is just so clever! I hope every song gets nominated for something!
No matter where you will go to – just do it!
Enjoyed this clever series so much! So much talent! My hope is that they get another chance…..I trust Cinco Paul already has a million great ideas that us fans will love! I support him and his team to dazzle us….just give him the chance!
Just Cats, Rent, and Les miserable, then I’ll be fine if they end it.
The 1980s and 1990s obviously: big epic rock-and-roll scores, stuff like Rent, Hedwig, and so on.
Maybe flash forward a decade or so and their kid is now a teen, and the two now-parents are struggling to connect with their increasingly distant child.
Most musicals follow a two-act structure, so a two season structure for the show certainly makes sense.
What if a holiday in Paris took them to Les Schmiz?