In 2015, when Netflix debuted Bloodline, I didn’t think I was taking much of a risk by investing my time. Here was a moody crime drama set amid the lush visuals of the Florida Keys, starring Sissy Spacek, Friday Night Lights’ Kyle Chandler, Broadway legends Sam Shepard and Norbert Leo Butz, and ‘90s cult icons Linda Cardellini and Chloë Sevigny. What about this show doesn’t sound like a winning formula? Everyone, of course, would watch this show with me, I thought. It would be A Thing to watch Bloodline.
As it turns out, no, it won’t ever be A Thing. After the third season (scaled back from 13 episodes to 10) drops on Netflix today, it won’t be coming back. That’s rare for a Netflix show, and puts Bloodline in weird company. The only...
